• Keep the End User in Mind
  • Students
  • Teaching Tools
  • Librarians
  • Users with Disabilities
• Achieve Superiority Through Simplicity
  • Organization and Format
  • Fonts and Color
  • Language (Labeling System)
• Improve Performance Through Design
  • Speed
  • Appearance
  • Usability
  • Navigation System
  • Searching System
• Refine and Iterate
  • Currency
  • Regular Evaluation and Revision
  • Web Page Inventory 

Source: 
Usability Testing for Library Web Sites: A Hands-on Guide by E. Norlin. ALA, 2002. 
Z674.75 W67 N67 2002

Information Architecture for the World Wide Web by L. Rosenfeld. O'Reilly, 1998.
TK5105.888 R67 1998

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