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The user experience: inspiring design.(infotech)(website design)(Website overview)

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| December 01, 2011 | Schmidt, Aaron | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

NEED SOME DESIGN INSPIRATION or encouragement? Here are some well-designed sites and services I've noticed recently in libraries.

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On a recent tour of libraries near Mexico City, I observed attractive, consistent signs throughout. They all use the same typeface and don't need supplementation with tacked-up printing paper. These signs are the product of a nationally centralized program.

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The Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, KS, employs megamenus--a grouped listing of up to dozens of menu items--to aid patrons' discovery process. The menus appear as a big drop-down panel and reflect a site …

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