Dear Editor,
Why do people feel they have to change a good thing? What was the matter with the "old" Record? To me it appears stories and announcements are just tossed in here and there. The same week the new Record came out pay slips were changed from yellow to white. Whose brilliant idea was that?
| Ted Manley, BEIP/NCRR |
Please add mine to the list of names requesting a return to the old format of the Record. The only improvement I note is the photo quality.
| Dr. Amy R. Sheon, DAIDS/NIAID |
Wow, the Record looks terrific! Your designers really deserve applause for the fresh new layout. It looks much more interesting and inviting thanks to the cleaner masthead, the improved graphics, and the addition of more white space. I also love the contents bar on the cover, though I do think it might be better to re-crop the picture to keep the "E" out of the black. I know you guys have received a lot of criticism over the design change; perhaps I don't concur because I am one of the younger people working here. Give the others time, they'll catch up!
| Christopher Reuther, NIEHS |
I have one small suggestion. If you are going to provide a URL to a specific hypertext WWW document, I would provide the entire URL. That way, you go straight to the page without having to search for it. For example, on the story on the HIV vaccine (Aug. 13, p. 3), you could have included "/newsroom/hivaccin.htm" to take the reader directly to the document. Perhaps the ICDs want you to send readers to their home page and if that's the case, then you should tell readers where to look, e.g. "look under press releases." Other than this one minor observation, I have no other comments. Very impressive.
| Dennis Rodrigues, OC/OD |
I can appreciate your interest in giving the NIH Record a 1990's look. However, I would like to pass on my comment that I have found the new layout very confusing. This is largely due to the lack of delineation between stories. For example, normally, one expects a sidebar to be associated with the story it adjoins. I find that many sidebars in the new layout are really short "stories" in themselves. In addition, sometimes pictures that seem related to one another, or to an adjoining story, are not really related at all. I hope that you are considering some evaluation process to see how your readers like the new format and to solicit suggestions for improvements. Good luck!
| Martha Pine, NIGMS |
I am writing to comment on your report of the bomb threat in Bldg. 37. The note was found at 7 a.m. and the official evacuation from administrators was not given until 11 a.m. A note found at 7 a.m. and an 11 a.m. evacuation was not an immediate evacuation. I was very annoyed with the NIH Police who came to my office to question someone who had seen the note. He did not say the note was a bomb threat. The NIH Police stated that a note was found in the elevator and it was a threat against someone. I found out through another office the subject of the note. Employees, including myself, started leaving on their own for safety. Administrators were still lingering over the decision of evacuation. Never underestimate a foolish mind!
| Edna King, LB/NCI |
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