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From: "Eleanor Nielsen" <>
Subject: Re: [NJHUNTER] New Jersey Historical Society
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2001 20:02:34 -0400
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This is awesome. I am very impressed. Looks like a hefty load, but most
welcome.
Congratulations NJHS.
Eleanor

> Hello New Jersey Researchers,
>
> Yesterday, I met with a member of the web development team for the New
> Jersey Historical Society. We discussed content for the upcoming NJHS web
> site. Among items discussed were:
>
> 1. A complete listing of their holdings.
> 2. Mail in lookup requests.
> 3. On line maps of early New Jersey, counties and towns.
> 4. The history of the organization.
> 5. Their hours of operation.
> 6. Directions to the Society
> 7. Membership in the Society
> 8. Hotel accommodations near the Society for visitors.
> 9. Mass transit facilities for visitors.
> 10. Parking facilities for visitors.
> 11. Restaurant facilities for visitors.
> 12. Events sponsored by the Society
> 13. A form to preorder documents for viewing that are not on site.
> 14. Posting of photos of New Jersey
> 15. Links to other libraries that have additional or complimentary
> information.
> 16. What to expect from a visit to the Society.
> 17. On line store.
> 18. On site research fees for mail in research (for research, not just a
> lookup)
> 19. Putting their cemetery holdings on line.
> 20. User imputed databases.
> 21. User query system that will be answered by staff members or other
> visitors.
> 22. User discussion area.
> 23. Search engine that will search the entire site, including User
sections
> and holdings.
> 24. Asking for volunteers to put NJHS data on line, such as the cemetery
> lists, rosters.
> 25. A Section that tells what information they have that is unique to the
> NJHS.
> 26. Web site forms for various uses, including research requests.
> 27. User suggestion area.
> 28. A "How-To Research" guide
> 29. Turnaround time for lookups and research requests.
>
> When I asked who the web site would be aimed at, I was told History Buffs,
> Education Systems and Genealogists. I replied that I hoped that it wasn't
> in that order and that I would estimate that at least 90% of the web site
> visitors would be Genealogists doing research. I also stressed that
Lookup
> Requests and Research Requests would skyrocket and that they should be
> prepared for that.
>
> The last item that I stressed was the NJHS experience for visitors.
> Visitors should know before arriving:
>
> 1. How to get to the NJHS easily.
> 2. Where they can park, have lunch.
> 3. Have a 'game plan' of what they can do and how to do it before they
> enter the site so visitors/researchers can maximize their time with
> research and not with learning the system.
> 4. Be able to 'order' off site documents prior to their arrival so these
> documents will be ready for immediate research.
>
>
> I don't know what the final web site will include but the initial web site
> should be on line by the end of the year.
>
> Thank You,
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Glenn G. Geisheimer <>
> NJ State Coordinator USGenWeb Project
> <http://www.rootsweb.com/~njgenweb/index.html>;
>
>
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