The Provost’s Office sent out an update about the online catalog this morning (text below). How does everyone feel about this response? Does it resolve everyone’s concerns about being able to find departmental websites?
I’ve responded to the Provost’s email with a recommendation that departmental websites also be linked to from the Department pages within the catalog (e.g., for Biology, that would be this page).
Let us know what you think and whether or not you have any lingering concerns about the catalog.
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Email from Provost’s Office:
Public Relations received some complaints concerning the difficulty in navigating in the University’s on-line catalog (Acalog). Some users thought it was not clear how to navigate to a department’s web site from the Acalog pages. In response to this concern, the Office of Public Relations has added a link on program pages in the online catalog to take users back to the Department website. For example, you may view the Biology program page:
The user can get back to the Department website by clicking on the link in the sentence that reads:“For more information about the Biology department, visit its website.”In addition, users can always find the Department Web Site by going to the “Colleges and Departments” link from the “Academics” drop down menu at the top of the page.
We hope that this enhancement will be helpful. Any additional feedback is always welcome. Please direct your comments or concerns to Anne Marie Stamford (stamforda1@scranton.edu). Thank you!
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UPDATE: 11/3/2010
The PR office has added links to departmental websites to the bottom of every “program” page in the catalog (which Teresa referenced below) – for example, see Biology’s program page with a link to their department page at the very bottom.