Why don't all public library authorities use a common and consistent
form of web address? Why don't they all use /libraries after the
address of the authority, eg.
www.loamshire.gov.uk/libraries
Some libraries already do. But most have complicated URLs, often
reflecting the organisational hierarchy they find themselves in. Many
have unquotably long URLs because of the database structure of the
site. Simple consistent URLs that followed the same pattern nationwide
would make library sites easier to find and easier to promote.
There is no technical impediment. Whatever the real URL, the /libraries
address can be the public face of it, even on database sites.
You may have noticed that this is the style of naming that the BBC uses
and it comes in very handy when the address of a particular site needs
to be referred to.
Robert Harden
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