CONWAY, Ark. (June 12, 2013) – The Hendrix College Olin C.
Bailey Library website was recently recognized as the CLS (College Library
Section) Website of the Month by the Association of College and Research
Libraries (ACRL).
The ACRL CLS Communications Committee selects one website a
month that features a site that the committee feels noteworthy. The committee
noted that Bailey Library’s site provides “links and sections for searching,
services and help that are distinguished by large font and intuitive
wording. Section labels along with the ability to expand or minimize
information on the navigation menu are also helpful features.”
“The page uses a vertical navigation menu on the right side
and utilizes the left to display information after clicking on links. For the
home page, happenings, contact information, and photos fill this left side
area. Links and sections for searching, services and help are distinguished by
large font and intuitive wording. Section labels along with the ability to
expand or minimize information on the navigation menu are also helpful features
that allow users to know exactly what they are finding and where. Also worth
mentioning is a horizontal quick links bar that appears after one clicks away
from the home page information, saving a lot of back and forth or further
navigation. It appears with almost any link users’ click on and gives them the
options to find books, articles, access the journal list, library hours and
more.”
Previous ACRL CLS website award winners include Whittier
College, Loras College, and Haverford College.
Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in
engaged liberal arts and sciences education. For the fifth consecutive year,
Hendrix was named one of the country’s “Up and Coming” liberal arts colleges by
U.S. News and World Report. Hendrix
is featured in the 2012 edition of the Princeton Review as one of the country’s
best 377 colleges, the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change
the Way You Think about Colleges, Forbes magazine's annual
list of America's Top 650 Colleges, and the 2013 edition of the
Fiske Guide to Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist
Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.