The CSS tutorial was much more complex, but I was able to follow the idea and understand why style sheet would be valuable for web page designers. My understanding of the purpose of style sheets is too make the job easier to create the page and keep the basic style through out the web site. It seemed though that even the CSS became fairly complicated and would require a fair amount of work. I wonder though how much more useful style sheets would be for pages that vary greatly. Do they save much more time than cutting and pasting?
The report from GSU on creating a content management system was interesting. It was clear from the article though, that to be able to create such a useful device, a library would need a very skilled technology person and a lot of feedback and involvement from the librarians. The problems identified, such as a lack of continuity between the librarians' pages and the inexperience with Web design were major flaws for a library expecting its staff to contribute to the web page. That the web development librarian was able to create a way for librarians to contribute content to the system without needing to understand the design was a brilliant idea and allowed information to remain fresh without needing to rely on a technology expert to enter everything. I appreciated the detail the article gave on the steps the library went through to create a functional system, but was also honest about some aspects that people were not happy with. With this demonstration I was able to see how using CSS would be beneficial.
This week I responded to Oliver's LIS 2600 Blog and Amanda Pike writes about Information Technology
