The NCSU Libraries is pleased to announce the appointment of Susan Teague-Rector as Web design project librarian, effective January 15, 2010

In this role, Teague-Rector will work on a library-wide team to redesign the NCSU Libraries’ public Web site, including migration planning, content strategy, and information architecture, applying user-centered design methods to gather input and feedback. As part of the Libraries’ communication team, she will collaborate with internal clients and stakeholders to identify needs for content architecture and presentation, and establish workflows for a new Web-publishing environment. She will also contribute to the development of ongoing editorial policies and procedures for the Web site.

Teague-Rector joins the NCSU Libraries from Virginia Commonwealth University, where she was the Web applications manager responsible for the implementation, product development, and enhancement of numerous Web information systems including the main library Web site, digital archives, and other related systems. She led the library through several Web site redesigns, managed Web 2.0 initiatives throughout the library, including Movable Type and MediaWiki software, and supervised the day-to-day operations of the Web team. Her work included extensive collaboration with library departments including digitization, public services, and preservation staff. Additionally, she has developed Web policies, content management processes, standards, and documentation.

Teague-Rector’s recent professional activities include a presentation at the ELUNA 2009 Conference entitled “Location, location, location: A transaction comparison of catalog searches originating from the library homepage and Aleph,” and “Designing Search: Effective Search Interfaces for Academic Library Websites,” published in the Journal of Web Librarianship in 2009. She holds the Master of Science in Information Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she was a Carolina Academic Library Associate, recipient of the Kalp Scholarship, and recipient of the Dean’s Achievement Award for Best Information Science Master’s Paper. She earned the Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in art history and in French from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.