Designing and developing biophysics library websites: A practical approach using web 2.0 service

In this paper the authors have tried to document the process of designing a library website using web 2.0 services. For this, Weebly has been selected using which the authors have developed the website of Department of Biophysics of Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. Weebly is a web based solutions to create websites. It provides free as well as paid account/options for creating websites. The library website developed by using the free account aims to provides single window access to e-resources subscribed by Biophysics department along with easy access to UGC-INFONET Digital Library Consortium e-resources in the subject Biophysics. It also provides information about library collections and services, library rules, etc. Users can also make use of inbuilt Books Recommendation Form, library Feedback Form, No Dues Form. The authors have also attempted to consolidate additional scholarly open access e-resources in the field of Biophysics. The website can be accessed from http://bphlibrary.weebly.com/.