Marill Jennifer L, Miller Naomi, Kitendaugh Paula
Public Services Division, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 20894, USA.
J Med Libr Assoc. 2006 Jan;94(1):30-40.
What are the challenges involved in designing, modifying, and improving a major health information portal that serves over sixty million page views a month?
MedlinePlus, the National Library of Medicine's (NLM's) consumer health Website, is examined.
Challenges are presented as six "studies," which describe selected design issues and how NLM staff resolved them.
Improving MedlinePlus is an iterative process. Changes in the public user interface are ongoing, reflecting Web design trends, usability testing recommendations, user survey results, new technical requirements, and the need to grow the site in an orderly way.
Testing and analysis should accompany Website design modifications. New technologies may enhance a site but also introduce problems. Further modifications to MedlinePlus will be informed by the experiences described here.
设计、修改和改进一个每月页面浏览量超过六千万的大型健康信息门户网站会涉及哪些挑战?
对美国国立医学图书馆(NLM)的消费者健康网站MedlinePlus进行研究。
将挑战呈现为六项“研究”,描述选定的设计问题以及NLM工作人员如何解决这些问题。
改进MedlinePlus是一个迭代过程。公共用户界面的更改一直在进行,反映了网页设计趋势、可用性测试建议、用户调查结果、新的技术要求以及有序扩展网站的需求。
网站设计修改应伴随测试和分析。新技术可能会增强网站,但也会带来问题。此处所述的经验将为MedlinePlus的进一步修改提供参考。