[LM_NET] TARGET: Cookie Cutter Library Pages

[Mary Ann Bell <drmaryannbell@GMAIL.COM>]

I just blogged about this topic and would love comments there:
http://drmabell.blogspot.com/
Or, would be interested in comments sent to me as well. I have been paying
virtual visits to a number of school library web pages today, grading
student work on an assignment that asks for critiques of pages. I am
encountering more and more cookie-cutter pages. They are often templates
provided either by an administrative system like FirstClass, or by the
school/district library automation system. They look polished and
businesslike, but I miss the creativity displayed in original productions. I
am wondering a couple of things. Are librarians being made to take down
there original creations? How have librarians who still have
non-standardized pages been able to keep them? Have they had to defend their
right to have a more creative page instead of the template? Thanks in
advance, Mary Ann

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"Try curiosity!"--Dorothy Parker
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Dr. Mary Ann Bell
Associate Professor, Library Science
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX
drmaryannbell@gmail.com
lis_mah@shsu.edu

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