by Kerrlita Westrick EDT 555 Fall 2003

The Web sites will be rated on the these items:

  • Organization/structure of data
  • Ease of navigation
  • Speed with which pages load
  • Overall quality
  • Use of color
  • Use of graphics





The following rating system will be used for five School Library or Library Profession Web sites I have chosen to evaluate.

5 book rating = Wonderful

4 book rating = Very Good

3 book rating = Good

2 book rating = Fair

1 book rating = Poor

Resource Centre Palmerston District Primary School, Palmerston, Australia

Web site maintained by: Barbara Braxton

Comments: Large graphic introduces you to Web site, but it is not an image map, which is confusing. You scroll down past the graphic to a series of pulldown menus for different information. Very nice page, but I disliked the scrolling and pulldown menus.

Organization/structure of data

Ease of navigation

Speed with which pages load

Overall quality

Use of color

Use of graphics

Springfield Township High School Virtual Library, Erdenheim,, PA

Web site maintained by: Joyce Valenza

Comments: Great image map on opening. There are many links to information below image map, but they're in very small type and all have different color links. Great content!

Organization/structure of data

Ease of navigation

Speed with which pages load

Overall quality

Use of color

Use of graphics

Madison Meadows Middle School, Madison School District, Phoenix, AZ

Web site maintained by: Sally Roof

Comments: The library page is consistent with the rest of the school Web site. There are links to online subscription resources and a teacher made site with links to curriculum related items. The link does not match the original page. Very nice graphics, simple and easy to look at.

Organization/structure of data

Ease of navigation

Speed with which pages load

Overall quality

Use of color

Use of graphics

Ventana Vista Elementary School, Tucson, AZ

Web site maintained by: Caryl Jones

Comments: No links to home page or online resource page. I found them by removing part of the URL. There is also no title to the page and the library name is in very small text under the graphic. The color is nice and the graphic is nice, but the navigation and organization flaws were major.

Organization/structure of data

Ease of navigation

Speed with which pages load

Overall quality

Use of color

Use of graphics

Arizona Library Association Teacher Librarian Division

Web site maintained by: Linda Shackle

Comments: Very organized and easy to use. The navigation was very good. The Web site is a strange purple color, but it matched with the sunset graphic they use consistently throughout the AZLA Web site. Some of the graphics were extra large and would have looked better if they were smaller.

Organization/structure of data

Ease of navigation

Speed with which pages load

Overall quality

Use of color

Use of graphics

9/28/03kmw