Internet Public Library Teenspace
What I like:
- The IPL Teenspace has a great selection of resources, is nicely laid out, and is fairly well designed. The choices of colour (the website is primarily white with turquoise and amber accents) are good, and create a space that is gender neutral and doesn't seem to be trying too hard to appeal to a young audience (no hot pink or slime green here).
- The website has good interactive content, including a poetry wiki where teens can post their own work, homework help, and then a dazzling array of links to a wide variety of information sources on the shelves and on the web. Links are divided into Clubs and Organizations, Health and Sexuality, Money and Work, Technology, Reading and Writing, School and Homework Help, and Sports, Entertainment and Arts.
What I don't like:
- While the layout and design are straightforward and usable, the site could do with a bit more flash - it's a great resource, but a tiny bit boring to look at.
San Francisco Public Library Teens
What I like:
- The use of photographs from real events to illustrate the website.
- That the teen health and wellness link is central on the page and stands out (although the link is inaccessible to non-patrons.
- A prominent link to the library's teen blog.
- A prominent link to library events.
- The main page is well laid out and doesn't contribute to the information overload that can happen so easily when web designers and contributors get caught up in trying to put everything they can at the front end of a website.
- The San Francisco Public Library Teens page is slightly garish. I, for one, think that readability is key to good web design, and the grape kool-aid purple background with white and blue text is hard for my (non-teen) brain to navigate.
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