Who is the library web chic?
Karen A. Coombs has an MLS and an MS in Information Management from Syracuse University. She serves at the Head of Web Services at the University of Houston Libraries. Her duties there include development and maintenance of the libraries’ web site and electronic presence. Karen has presented at many national conferences including ALA Annual, LITA Forum, Internet Librarian, and Computers in Libraries; she has written articles for Computers in Libraries, Library Journal, Library Hi Tech, and Journal of Academic Librarianship. She is a member of the LITA Top Technology Trends panel, and co-chair of the LITA Special Interest Group for Blogs, Wikis and interactive media.
Prior to working for the University of Houston Libraries, Karen worked as the Electronic Services Librarian at SUNY Cortland. Her duties there include development of the library web site, design and maintainance of the library’s Web catalog, development and maintenace of the library’s web-based systems, maintainance of electronic resources, and a host of other duties as assigned.
For more professional information about Karen see her CV.
Purpose of the site
There are lots of web design and technology resources available on the Internet. However, most of these are geared to the traditional web designer and provide no discussion or view point from the application of web design and technologies to libraries. This site is meant to be a resources for librarians (and maybe others) who are interested in the application of web design and technologies in libraries.
This page has the following sub pages.
