ANALYSIS OF INTERNET CROATIAN IN FUNCTION OF MORE EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH USERS

Goran Pavelin, Dubrovnik, 31'th May 2012.  Archives are treasures of information; communicate with users most directly by visiting the archives building.  Archives can communicate information in other ways: By organizing exhibitions, publications and magazines, speech through media, via its website.  The aim is to present material that preserve, learn about the general public with archival activities, raising awareness of archival exsistence.  Archival activity- an important information service to society.  Archivistic efficiency- directly depends on the extend to which they adapt to the demands of the modern information environment.  In recent years, research archives dealing with the growing number of people and the wider public archives of the former elitist or scientific.  Internet becomes key form of information that can meet the needs of a broad public intersted, and through wich archives in a simple way to meet the needs of its users.  Opening of public archives - connected wih the spread of democracy, the progress of data processing and information technology.  Rapid development of the global information infrastucture and network multimedia systems made more accesible information and this leads the archivist position to compete with other suppliers of information.  From information products and services that provide archives today are expected to be available in electronic form and a wide range of users and content; form and technology to be adapted to the demands of the modern information environment.  Modern social development, political change and the use of information technology make it posssible to switch the focus of archive storage availablity.  Certain individuals or institutions - communication on the Internet via their official website - these sites have some standards and rules.  Rosenfeld, Morville (hateful elements):  The impossibility of finding content websites  Bad graphic design website  Audio and visual ornamentation – excessive decoration  Improper way of speaking;  Focus on designer and his design;  Warning that the web site is under construction;  Lack of attentioon – details  Rosenfeld, Morville ( sympathy is expressed by): Aestetic Big ideas, the communication aspect Utility Possiblities of finding Personalization  Elements of information architecture for the web site are: navigation, designation, organizational systems, indexing, searching methods, metaphors – these elemnts are adhesive that holds together a web page.

 The basic elements of each site is integrated and imlpemented in a way understandable to users and all technical and aestetic requirements.  So, when making web site we should take account of:

The user Organization of information Navigation Information retrieval The authenticity of information  List of Croatian archives- accordnig: www.arhinet. Arhiv.hr 1. State archive of (http://dabj.hr ) 2. State archive of Dubrovnik ( www.dad.hr ) 3. State archive of Gospić (www.arhiv-gospic.hr ) 4. State archive of – no web 5. State archive of Križevci – no web 6. State archive of Međimurje ( http://dram.host56.com/index.html ) 7. State archive of ( www.dao.hr ) 8. State archive of ( www.dapa.hr  9. State archive of (www.riarhiv.hr )  10. State archive of ( www.dasb.hr )  11. State archive of ( www.dask.hr )  12. State archive of Split (www.das.hr )  13. State archive of Šibenik – no web  14. State archive of Varaždin ( www.dav.hr )  15. State archive of Virovitica – no web  16. State archive of Vukovar – no web  17. State archive of – no web  18. State archive of . – ( www.daz.hr )  The leading Internet site www.usability.gov - extensively covers the collected knowlledge and information about quality web design.

 The archive particulary important that their web site meets the basic requirements of, especially because they communicate with diverse public and as public institutions have to be adapted to all.  Basic data: A group of question related to the existence of a web site and its accessiblity via the browser and search engines and use the possiblities that they offer.  Included are all listed in the archives of , regardless, whether used or not, the Internet to communicate with users. The issues are:  How is Google answer to the request of the archives? ( the number responeses expressed numeral)  What is the position of a web page archive to Google list of results ? (the answer was presented in position)  Is Google Map showing the location of the town on Google maps? (Possible answer: yes or no)  Is the web site is divided into sub in Google's view (Possible answer: yes or no)  Web page is equally displayed in browsers:  Internet Explorer (yes or no)  Mozila Firefox (yes or no)  Google Chrome (yes or no)  Web designes-diferent web tools ? (negative response means using only HTML, and a positive response refers to the adition of HTML in the form of flash or java application) Thank you for your attention!