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.
St Johns County Public Library
The new St. Johns County Public Library website has launched! Working with St Johns County Public Library Staff, Jae Bass and Lisa Calvert, we...
Library Technology Planning Interview
Library Technology Planning for Today and Tomorrow was released in the Fall of 2018. It is amazing how much buzz the book is receiving! First, a positive review in the March 2019 Choice Journal, and now an interview. Recently, I had the pleasure of talking about the...
ADA and Websites
My newest web design project is making sure a website I am developing is at least "ADA Compliant." I quickly learned this is not a straightforward as it seems. After several days of independent research, I phoned Cynthia Ng who presented for Novare Library and Florida...
Choice Review of Library Technology Planning for Today and Tommorrow
The book Library technology planning for today and tomorrow : a LITA guide was reviewed in Choice Reviews in the March 2019 issue. Here is the review/ Silveira, Diana. Rowman & Littlefield, 2018 179p bibl index, 9781538109311 $78.00, 9781538109328 $38.00,...
NEFLIN has a New Webpage
Novare has launched a new website for NEFLIN. The new responsive website focuses on training, resource sharing and connecting members. Using modules, the page is easy for staff to update and feature new training opportunities, special events and projects. The site...