Marketing is an important task that seems to be overlooked in many libraries. Just offering useful services doesn’t work if your patrons don’t know they’re available. Even a simple marketing strategy can make your library and your services much more visible in your organization, giving you extra leverage when it’s budget time. Act Your Age [...]

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (as explained in the link) was written using several characters that had passed into the public domain. It makes a good demonstration of the value of expiring copyright.

Aaron’s Censorware Ed Felten half-seriously suggests that we create censorware that doesn’t overblock and has an open list, so that US libraries who want to receive federal funding can do so without unduly harming free speech. Up for the challenge, I’ve written a simple censorware program (the censor code is only a couple of lines): [...]

Research-Based Web Design & Usability Guidelines

Usability testing of library websites: Selected resources