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| March 01, 2006 | McKinnell, Jennifer | COPYRIGHT 2006 Information Today, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

LIKE many other academic libraries, the Health Sciences Library (HSL) at McMaster University initially developed and maintained its Web site in house, on a shoestring budget, with limited technical expertise. It wasn't perfect, but it did the job it was meant to do: The site provided quick access to the library's online resources and served as a central location for finding important library information.

Over the past 10 years, however, the HSL Web site evolved and expanded well beyond this original format. Usability studies were conducted, an e-resources database built, and the information content on the site revamped and rewritten several times. However, the ...

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