Good discussions lately, by the by.
Diane wrote:
>I wonder what other people choose as the best things to highlight on their
>own journal homepages? I'd be interested to hear.
Here's a list of archaeology-related "e-journals", which I define as a
journal page with content. That could be complete articles, like Internet
Archaeology or Ivor Hume's Web of Time, or simply abstracts of their print
articles.
http://archaeology.miningco.com/msubjnla.htm
I personally like a small graphic of the cover on the home page, small
because of the accessibility issues brought up earlier this week, but
present because if I were a print publisher, I would want a visceral
remembrance of my journal to still resound. It probably is the American in
me, but using the journal cover image is a bit of the old marketing ploy
"branding." I for one often can't remember whether it's "Archaeology in
Oceania" or "Archaeology of Oceania", but I remember the cover. (it's *in*
in case anybody's counting).
However--content? I always think content is more important than image, in
the long run. Big flashy images are memorable, but mostly for their
irritation sake; even if one has a big enough machine to download them
rapidly, the distraction is annoying. Think of what your audience wants to
know. The biggest complaint I have of web sites is that they don't consider
the audience. I also have a listing of print journals in archaeology; but
why go to their sites unless you need to subscribe?
http://archaeology.miningco.com/msubjnla2.htm
My favorite e-journal web page is Archaeology magazine's, because even if
you're a subscriber you find things of interest there:
http://www.he.net/~archaeol/
I think the webmaven there has done a terrific job of combining art, speed
in downloading, and information.
kris
Kris Hirst
Office of the State Archaeologist
The University of Iowa
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