Trends and Common Practices in University Web Sites

PebbleRoad: The Changing Face of University Websites

This is an excellent article on recent trends and good practices adopted by Universities in Web site design and re-design. There are many useful -- and I might add important -- tips in here for museums who are contemplating making changes to their own Web sites. The sections on Information Architecture and the page description diagram contained in the section entitled "Homepage, News & RSS" are particularly relevant and important.