Category: Academic Libraries
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UXLibs 2023: Summary and Themes

This time last week I was on my way back to my hotel in Brighton after the second day of UXLibs. If you haven’t seen it, you can read about every session I attended over the three days, in detail, over on my UXLibs 2023 Live Highlights post. But now that I’ve had some time…
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Making Library Websites More Usable, Accessible and Sustainable

Just over 6 months ago, I put myself forward for a lightning talk at CILIP Conference 2022 as part of the New Voices, Big Ideas section of the programme. I’ve had a variety of experiences in my career, throughout being a copywriter and then working in marketing and digital, and now libraries. I’ve presented to…
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Improving the Usability of a Library Website – Part One: Information Architecture and Sitemaps

Recently, I joined a working group within the library team, that was given the task of improving the library website. This is the beginning of a blog series I will be doing, where I will be talking through exactly how and what we’ve done as a team. Hopefully, this might help others in finding their…
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Highlights: CILIP Information Literacy Group Event – Game-based Learning for Information Literacy Teaching

On Monday, I attended the CILIP Information Literacy Group Event – Game-based learning for Information Literacy Teaching. Here are my thoughts after the event.
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So you’ve done a Masters in Library and Information Management? What now?

New to the library profession? Me too! Read all about how I got here, and my advice on what to do next after you’ve completed your library degree.