Public library websites…

One of the reasons why many public library websites look a bit dated, lack user friendliness and often feature irrelevant content is because they have to sit within the myriad constraints of the wider Council website. I’ve spoken with lots of librarians from different authorities across the UK over the years and many of them [...]

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Using open source to build a user friendly library website that’s relevant to the lives of users…

Librarian in Black blogged about this a few weeks ago but this is the first chance I’ve had to check out the new Darien Library website. It’s the brainchild of self confessed library geek John Blyberg who, in a previous life was instrumental in the development of my other favourite library website – Ann Arbor [...]

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