Draft for review草案審閱中

Seventeen branches, one catalogue, and a website organised around the library's departments.十七個分館、一套目錄,網站卻是按照館內部門編排的。

The proposed sitemap reorganises the library's site around what a visitor arrives wanting to do — borrow something, book a space, bring a child to an event, or get research help. This document explains the reasoning behind each structural choice, what evidence supports it, and what is still unresolved.本提案將圖書館網站重新組織為讀者實際的來訪目的 —— 借閱、預約空間、參加活動、尋求研究協助。本文說明每一項結構決策的理由、支持證據,以及尚未定案的部分。

2,140pages on the site today現有網站頁面總數
44nodes in the proposed map提案架構節點數
31of them live at phase 1第一期上線節點數

Seven sections replace a site that mirrors the staff directory.七個區塊,取代一個對照員工組織圖的網站。

Today's navigation names departments: Circulation, Reference, Outreach, Technical Services. A visitor who wants to renew a book has to know which of those owns renewals. The proposal replaces departments with the four questions people actually arrive with, and files every page under the one that answers it.現行導覽以部門命名:流通、參考、推廣、技術服務。想續借的讀者必須先知道續借歸哪個部門管。本提案改以讀者實際帶著進站的四個問題編排,每個頁面歸屬於能回答它的那一個。

FIG 1 · Top-level structure
Seven main sections plus a footer utility band. Collections and Services carry 30 of the 44 nodes between them.七個主要區塊,加上頁尾工具列。館藏與服務兩區合計承載 44 個節點中的 30 個。

How to read this document如何閱讀本文件

If you are approving the structure若您負責核定架構

Read Today, then Structure, then the decision records. The records are where the contested calls are argued.請依序閱讀現況、架構,再看決策紀錄。爭議性的判斷都在紀錄中論述。

If you are scoping the build若您負責評估開發範圍

Structure carries the node counts; the diagnosis table carries phasing and what each change depends on.架構頁載有節點數量;診斷表載有分期與各項變更的相依關係。

City Libraries · Sitemap proposal v0.3 · draft
Diagnosis現況診斷

The site is organised for the people who run it.現行網站是按照營運者的邏輯編排的。

Every problem below was observed, not inferred. Each is stated as the visitor experiences it.以下每一項問題都經過觀察而非推論,並以讀者的經驗描述。

Problem問題 Evidence證據 Consequence後果 Phase期別
Renewals are unfindable"renew" is the top site-search term, from 9 different pages「續借」為站內搜尋第一名,來自 9 個不同頁面Calls to the branch desk for a self-service task可自助完成的任務卻打電話到服務台P1
Events are split across three sectionsThree separate calendars, none canonical三份各自獨立的行事曆,沒有一份是正式版本Attendance under-reported; listings contradict出席人數低估,活動資訊互相矛盾P2
Search logs show what people could not find, not what they wanted. A tree test on the proposed structure would confirm whether the new labels are actually clearer, and is not yet scheduled. 搜尋紀錄顯示的是讀者找不到什麼,而非他們想要什麼。針對新架構進行樹狀測試才能確認新標籤是否真的更清楚,目前尚未排程。

Four questions, seven sections.四個問題,七個區塊。

A page belongs to the section that answers the question a visitor was holding when they arrived. Where two questions lead to the same page, both routes are built — the page has one home and several doors.頁面歸屬於能回答讀者來訪問題的那個區塊。若兩個問題導向同一頁面,兩條路徑都會建立 —— 頁面只有一個家,但有多道門。

FIG 2 · Routes into the same content
Three routes, one destination. The page is published once; only the paths differ.三條路徑,一個目的地。頁面只發布一次,不同的只是路徑。

Collections, expanded展開館藏區塊

  • Three levels maximum; a fourth becomes a filter, not a page.最多三層;第四層改以篩選器呈現,不另設頁面。
  • Special Collections goes four deep — archival finding aids are cited by URL and cannot be flattened.特藏區為四層 —— 檔案檢索工具以網址被引用,無法扁平化。
FIG 3 · Collections expanded
Two levels below the section, then the catalogue takes over. The site does not try to be the catalogue.區塊之下兩層,再往下交給館藏目錄。網站不試圖取代目錄系統。
Interactive prototype · click anything互動原型 · 可直接點擊

The same 44 pages, as a navigation you can use.同樣的 44 個頁面,做成可以操作的導覽。

Everything above is a map; this is the map wired up. Use it to test whether a label reads correctly and whether a page is reachable in the number of clicks the structure promises.前面是地圖,這一頁是把地圖接上線。可用來驗證標籤是否讀得懂,以及頁面是否能在架構承諾的點擊次數內抵達。

7top-level menus第一層選單數
1440 / 390breakpoints covered涵蓋斷點
EN / 繁中both label sets, toggled in the prototype雙語標籤,於原型內切換
The prototype carries its own language toggle, independent of this document's switch — they are separate documents. Nothing inside it is a live page; every destination is a labelled placeholder that reports its own route. 原型有自己的語言切換,與本文件的切換各自獨立 —— 兩者是不同的文件。原型內沒有實際頁面,所有目的地都是標示路徑的示意頁。
FIG 4 · Desktop mega-menu · 1440px
Hover a top-level item to open its menu; Collections and Services use the two-column layout. Scaled to fit this column — open it in a new tab for true 1440px. 將游標移至第一層項目即可展開選單;館藏與服務採用雙欄版面。此處已依欄寬縮放,另開分頁可看到實際 1440px 尺寸。
FIG 5 · Mobile navigation · 390px

The same structure as a full-screen accordion: seven top-level rows, each expanding to its groups and then to their children. 相同架構改以全螢幕手風琴呈現:七個第一層項目,逐層展開至群組與子項。

Opens in a new tab.另開分頁。
Proposed提案中 WIP

Three decisions that shape everything else.形塑其餘一切的三項決策。

Most of the sitemap follows mechanically once these calls are made. Each is recorded with the alternative that was considered and why it lost.這幾項決策一旦確定,其餘架構大多隨之確立。每項均記錄曾考慮的替代方案及未採用的原因。

In short.摘要。 Organise by visitor intent, keep the catalogue separate, and let one page have several doors. 依讀者意圖編排、目錄獨立於網站之外、允許一個頁面有多道門。

DEC-01 · Organise by visitor intent, not by departmentDEC-01 · 依讀者意圖編排,而非依部門

Decision.決策。 Top-level sections name what a visitor wants to do; department names appear nowhere in the navigation. 第一層區塊以讀者想做的事命名,導覽中不出現任何部門名稱。
  • Why. Site-search shows people searching for tasks, never for departments.理由。 站內搜尋顯示讀者搜尋的是任務,從未搜尋部門。
  • Considered instead. Keeping department names as a second level — rejected because it reintroduces the same question one click later.曾考慮。 將部門名稱保留為第二層 —— 未採用,因為只是把同樣的問題延後一次點擊。
  • Cost. Staff lose the map of their own service; an internal A-Z is needed to compensate.代價。 館員失去自身服務的對照地圖,需另建內部 A-Z 索引補足。

DEC-02 · The catalogue stays a separate systemDEC-02 · 館藏目錄維持為獨立系統

Decision.決策。 The site links into the catalogue and never mirrors it. 網站連結至目錄,但不複製目錄內容。
  • Why. Mirrored records go stale within a day and there is no owner for the copy.理由。 複製的書目資料一天內即過期,且無人負責維護副本。

Open questions待確認事項

What is not yet settled, and what would settle it.尚未定案的事項,以及如何驗證。

  • Q-01No tree test has been run. The labels are reasoned from search logs, not tested with readers.尚未進行樹狀測試。標籤是依搜尋紀錄推論,未經讀者驗證。
  • Q-02Redirects for 1,900 existing URLs are owned by the vendor and not yet scoped.1,900 個現有網址的轉址由廠商負責,尚未評估範圍。
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