A new site is the result of a host of decisions both large and small. One of the more important decisions has to do with defining the top-level information buckets on the site. In the case of the next WJ, with so much new and exciting functionality, there are both functional and conceptual implications to these top-level nav decisions that, we hope, will give you insight into the possibilities for the new site. Here’s a preview:

The first thing to note is the My WebJunction tab–this along with the related Public Profiles (available from just about anywhere you see another member’s name) gives you a *social* view of information, based on what you and others have identified as important and interesting.

As before, there’s a Courses tab so you can easily get to e-learning resources.

Next you’ll see that we’ve pushed *subjects* (Library Services, Technology, Library Management) to the forefront: in the next WJ we’ve integrated documents and discussions together onto *topic pages*; while courses currently live in their own catalog (and people do like to search for them there), in the course of time we have plans to add course listings to topic pages as well. This means subjects are more visible, making it easier for you to get more quickly to what you want to know about.

Finally is the Member Center, the place to go for help and best practices for using WebJunction’s wide array of new interactive capabilities.

And to complete our Tab Tour, here’s the tabbed layout that appears on a typical topic page:

• Overview is the “home page” of the topic page, where page managers can keep you informed about key resources on the topic.
• Documents lists articles and uploaded files on the topic–and allows you to post your own.
• On Discussion you can view and contribute to discussion threads on the topic.

Our intent is that these design decisions will get you closer to the information you want in the most suitable format. We look forward to hearing what you think!