We've been busy this summer. Instead of hitting the beach, we've been pounding the keyboard to bring you this shiny new website. We'd love for you to leave a comment telling us what you think and what you'd like to see in the future.

See what's new (hint: everything) and what you can expect to see in the upcoming months.

The usability testing some of you helped us with last semester proved that the old site wasn't as intuitive as we thought. So we took that experience and made things easier to find. For example:

• Basic resources, like books and articles, are big as life on the home page.
• The Subject Guides point you to things that are important to your major.
• A useful search box has been added to the top of the page.

Those of you who were used to the previous site will probably appreciate the Library Tools tab at the top of the page where all the old favorites can easily be found.

We can't really say the site is complete but no website ever should be. We're going to continue usability testing and working to make the design better.

In the coming months, look out for more video tutorials and other handy features. You'll be able to tag resources for classes or group projects and recommend resources to include in the Subject Guides.

So what do you think? What would make this site and the Cowles Library more useful for you?