IDENTIFICATION

URL and name of site -- Library of Congress Web Home Page http://www.loc.gov/

name of company/organization -- Library of Congress

physical location of site -- Library of Congress

date site first went public -- June 1994

name and email address of Webmaster -- Library of Congress Web Team lcweb@loc.gov

URLs and physical locations of any mirror sites -- none

BUSINESS INFORMATION

main business goal of Web site -- Provide the US Congress and general public with information and access to the Library of Congress

in what sense is this site a success? -- it is used heavily

to what do you attribute your success? -- content

nature of content -- source library materials, legislative information, bibliographies and guides, visitor information, etc.

target audience -- US Congress, researchers, general public

size of current audience in terms of visitors (not hits) per month -- not known

HOW YOU DO IT

do you own your own Web server? -- yes

if yes, what hardware, what software? -- IBM RS6000 servers and NCSA Web Server Software

authoring tools used -- UNIX and DOS editors, WordProcessors, HTML assistant

site statistical package used -- free scripts

are stats publicly viewable? yes

if yes, URL -- available from the home page http://www.loc.gov/stats/

special features of the site intended to attract and hold audience -- online exhibits, Americana digitized collections, guides and findng aids

do you use outside design services? -- no

do you provide Web-based access to databases? -- yes

if yes, type and size -- Z39.50

do you allow interaction among users and with users? -- no

AGONY & ECSTASY

biggest headache faced -- design and structure

most gratifying moment -- good reviews


From: "Elizabeth F. Miller" <emil@loc.gov>

Date: Tue, 14 Nov 1995 09:27:04 -0500 (EST)


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