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Is your homepage doing too much?

Posted on April 10, 2025October 9, 2025 by Laura

Let’s be real. Most library homepages look like someone tried to squeeze the entire building onto one screen. There’s the…

Posted in usability
flaming dumpster surrounded by a christmas village. Text reads Because you’re not getting much work done anyway 2024

Because you’re not getting much work done anyway (2024 edition)

Posted on December 10, 2024October 9, 2025 by Laura

Look away from the flames for just a few minutes and possibly be reminded that there are still some good corners of the interwebs. Happy holidays.

Posted in fun
A fairy tale castle in the distance as seen through a partial frame of green grass, roses and an overhanging tree

There’s no such thing as a perfect website

Posted on August 19, 2024 by Laura

When we look at a library website, there are a multitude of decisions that likely went into its creation, and it’s not always easy to discern why or how those decisions were made.

Posted in websites
Statue faceplaming

Libraries, stop asking “how”

Posted on May 23, 2024October 9, 2025 by Laura

Not one comment has ever asked anything akin to “Why do we need [INSERT TREND HERE] in libraries?”

Posted in Keeping Up, Presentations, trends2 Comments on Libraries, stop asking “how”
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Are you on a listserv? Don’t be this person

Posted on February 27, 2024October 9, 2025 by Laura

We’ve seen some…things. Please, please, learn how to post to listservs appropriately.

Posted in email
Holiday decor with the text because you're not getting much work done anyway 2023

Because you’re not getting much work done anyway (2023 edition)

Posted on December 13, 2023October 9, 2025 by Laura

Cue my annual list of ways to not notice the news cycle and, of course, to not get your work done.

Posted in fun

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