Tips, Tricks & Presentation Tips
ARPA Grant Presentation Resources
In 2022, Diana Silveira from Novare Library Services worked with Regina Burgess at the Panhandle Library Access Network (PLAN) on an ARPA grant to provide technical assistance to rural counties in the Florida Panhandle. The project had four activities: Technology...
Self-Paced Learning with Niche Academy
Novare Library Services, your trusted source for continuing education for library staff, is now on Niche Academy offering self-paced learning for library staff. Novare now has content on Niche Academy. The collection is scheduled to grow - with new content coming...
Tools and Tips Summer Edition
New tools, techniques, products, and ideas in a semi-regular blog post. Here is the summer compilation, along with my 2022 projects.
Tools and Tips for the Month
A look at tips and tools that I discovered or found invaluable this month. The eclectic mix of tools for web design, technology planning, training, productivity and more.
Toolkit for Digital Marketing and Web Design
There are so many digital tools available to us. But, which ones are the most useful for digital marketing and web design? This post will explore my personal toolkit and explore mostly free and a few low-cost solutions to help create. Free for non-profits, and a $120...
Personas 101: A Tool for Successful Marketing & Planning
Personas are fictitious profiles of your users - or potential users developed to help you create marketing and services to help target audiences. They can be really powerful tools to help staff ensure the resources and services we offer are hitting the mark. There...
Survey Software
It's a new year and it's a great time to find out what your users need and think! Using survey software is an easy and effective way to gather a large amount of feedback in a short amount of time. No matter what software you choose, a survey will only give you the...
User Experience in Web Design
Web design in its essence is not about how fancy you code or what software/platform you use to create the site, it's about the user experience. Can users find what they need? Do they have the experience you would like them to have? At its most basic level, that is...
Essential WordPress Plugins
Top ten essential WordPress Plugins for making your site user-friendly and secure. They are mostly free but some have great preminum options.
PPLC New Website is Live
Novare Library Services has been working closely with PPLC (Pinellas Public Library Cooperative) Staff since the beginning of 2020 and through the pandemic. As a result, we are thrilled to announce we have launched two new websites for PPLC. The first is a site for...
Who’s Tracking You…Facebook Of Course
We know everyone is tracking us on the web. Knowing a seeing, however, can really make a difference. Facebook's new Off Facebook Activity shows who is capturing data on you using Facebook. It's alarming to say the least. The information is somewhat...
Free Resources While Quarantined
A list of free learning and fun activities to adults and kids.