The Howe Library in Hanover, NH has a newly redesigned web site:

• attractive
• good architecture
• catalog search very prominent on the homepage
• moving from web site to catalog is seamless
• kids & teens pages have a distinct look but maintain the
  overall structure of the web site
• "Ask us" is featured prominently throughout the website, links to a form
• online features include museum pass booking, room booking, donations
• virtual "online" library is a prominent feature
• content management system allows for easy updating and maintenance
• link to events calendar offered on every page

There's a lot to like on this library's web site. The way that the site handles the list of databases is particularly good. Where it says "Articles" on the home page, there's a link labeled "Let us recommend the best databases for your topic »." Clicking it takes you to a page that asks to you select a broad discipline from a long list. Once one is selected, you get a nice set of recommendations for "Best Article Databases" and for "Encyclopedias, dictionaries, handbooks..." See for example the results for when you select "Geology" from the list of topics.

Another nice feature, one that is found on every page, is the option to "rate this page." Doing so takes you to this "comments" page.

The colors used throughout are bright, modern, and lively. Icons that mostly make intuitive sense keep the design from being too "texty." This site should be on the radar screen of any librarian involved with web design.