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Summary: This book helped us create a stimulating website
Review: A few years ago, my staff was stuck in the midst of a long stage of growing pains. Most of us had been weaned in the era of the typewriter, and we were still getting accustomed to having an online catalogue. Then came the deluge of instantly accessed electronic media. Nexus Lexus. The Web. CD ROM. Well, we managed to keep somewhat abreast of what was coming out, and in between directing patrons to dusty volumes of John Dos Passos and showing them how to access documents at this dot-com and that dot-org, we decided that our library system needed a web site. Our is a small to medium sized Ohio city and so we had a very good idea of who our clientele would be. But of course we did not possess programming savvy. "Creating a Power Web Site," to put it simply, gave us an extremely readable, rich resource that enables us to speak with authority when we work with our programmers to create what we are convinced is a stimulating and inviting web site. We recommend it.
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Summary: Not helpful and overpriced
Review: I don't usually review books, but I was compelled to write about this one and my disappointment. A staff member purchased this book for my use. The authors in the intro make it sound like librarians are being dragged kicking and screaming into the information age and that this book will make it less painful. The book is intended to provide help in updating your web site - not creating one. Title is misleading in my opinion. The content is disjointed, there are no examples of how your code will look, there are even some tags that I have never seen used on any web page. Plus, I have already found one typo. The price is outrageous even with the CD (which is not very useful). Don't buy this book if you need to learn how to create or update web sites!
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