Library Web Design – Search Box Round-up
If you could only have one single feature on your library web page… what would it be? Search, right? Except library searches don’t usually work like Google (yet)… That doesn’t mean library websites...
View ArticlePowerhouse Museum joins the Commons on Flickr
The Powerhouse Museum in Australia has just joined the Library of Congress to be the second member of the Commons on Flickr. And BTW – Seb Chan’s Powerhouse blog Fresh + New(er) is one of my favorites...
View ArticleFooter mullet
I was talking to some folks today about our library website redesign plans and various web design trends… One of the topics of conversation was the big footer trend. Our web designer described it as...
View ArticleYahoo design pattern stencils
Yahoo recently released a great set of design stencils based on their design patterns. Even if you aren’t an interface designer, you might find these helpful for planning out your web form or site...
View ArticleMobile Mania – Library Websites
Ok, so I just got an iPhone (yay me!) and now I’m totally obsessed with mobile interface design. I’ve been looking at a variety of mobile interfaces so I thought I’d share some here. I started with...
View ArticleResources for iPhone development
Tutorial blog put together a nice list of tutorials, graphics, and code to help with developing for the iPhone. http://tutorialblog.org/designing-for-the-iphone-resources/ I’d also add 2 nice...
View ArticleWeb Color Tools Round-up
A friend recently asked me for my favorite color picker tool so I thought I’d go ahead and compile them here plus some sites I use for color inspiration. Want more? Check out my delicious collection of...
View ArticleNCSU Library Mobile
NCSU recently launched a new mobile website – and it’s very impressive! It offers standard features like catalog search, locations & hours, etc., but also allows you to view a map of where...
View ArticleLabels are hard
I’ve been joking at work about writing a series of “case studies in why things are hard” for some time now and I’m finally inspired to do so. We often get interface requests that seem perfectly...
View ArticleiDesign student competition 2011
This is the second year of the University of Michigan Library’s iDesign competition. This year’s theme is virtual browsing and the challenge is to design an innovative tool which will enhance...
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