Category Archives: Web

Big Type and Readability

** This blog post has been originally published in ACRL TechConnect 0n May 30, 2012.  ** The Big Type Jeffrey Zeldman published a post that explains his choice of big type in his website/blog last week.  If you are curious … Continue reading

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When Browsing Gets Confusing

***** This blog post has been originally published in ACRL TechConnect 0n May 7, 2012. ***** ——– During the usability testing I ran a while ago, there was one task that quite baffled at least one participant. I will share … Continue reading

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Usability in Action (2) – The Role of a Homepage

What to place and where to place the many elements of a website’s homepage is often the result of a delicate negotiation and compromise between what users want and what the site owner wants.  While the most ideal case is … Continue reading

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Usability in Action (1) – Don’t Offer Irrelevant Options in the First Place

Many assume that adding more information would automatically increase the usability of a website.  While there are cases in which this would be true,  often a better option is to make that needed information not necessary at all for a … Continue reading

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Tips for Everyone Doing the #codeyear

***   This post has been originally posted to the ACRL TechConnect blog.  *** Learn to Code in 2012! If you are a librarian interested in learning how to code, 2012 is a perfect year for you to start the … Continue reading

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Protest against SOPA and PIPA to protect the open Internet

***Protest against SOPA and PIPA to protect the open Internet.*** For more information, see here or click the image below: http://sopablackout.org/learnmore/ Sign the petition here: http://sopastrike.com/strike

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Digitizing current materials – notes (to be updated later)

Digitizing current materials What if you want to proactively digitize relatively current materials of your institution? – The opportunity to capture materials within the context and in communication with the contributors. – Express digitization grant from the national network of … Continue reading

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Tech Skills for New Librarians & Me (seeking advice)

I was recently asked to write a short piece on what kinds of tech skills new librarians will need to have before going out to the job market.  So I got to put together a list of some of the … Continue reading

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Personal Branding for New Librarians: Standing Out and Stepping Up

Tomorrow, I will be giving a webcast for ACRL 2011 Virtual Conference with Kiyomi Deards and Erin Dorney. The webcast is open to all attendees of either ACRL 2011 Conference or ACRL 2011 Virtual Conference. I have moderated a panel … Continue reading

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Usability Express: Recipe for Libraries

Here is the slides for the presentation I am doing with my colleague, Marissa, at Computers in Libraries 2011 conference this coming Wednesday.  I cover the first half in which we look at the common usability flaws in library websites … Continue reading

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