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The narrative website: from signposting to storytelling

As we move from a collections-based to a relational library, storytelling becomes very important. One trend is the emergence of a stronger narrative or storytelling emphasis on websites, which helps position the library, promote its services, and address specific interests.

Lorcan Dempsey Jul 10, 2023 16 min read

Fonts

Font choices, values and ecosystem, with some national library examples

Typefaces and fonts are functional. However they also contribute in other ways - to brand, to atmosphere, to feeling. This is a brief introduction to aspects of the typeface ecosystem. I combine this with some commentary about how typefaces are used in national libraries to provide context.

Lorcan Dempsey Jun 11, 2023 44 min read

Institutions

Calgary Central Library: combining intimacy and civic statement

The Calgary central library was on first impression the finest public building I have been in for years.

Lorcan Dempsey Sep 11, 2019 3 min read

UX

The decentered library network presence

The library does not have a singular network presence. There may be a main website, but the library also syndicates its presence to other venues (e.g. RSS), has unbundled to social sites (e.g. Facebook), and sources activity in the cloud (e.g. LibGuides).

Lorcan Dempsey Apr 19, 2014 5 min read

UX

Full library discovery

The collection remains central to the library experience. However, as library services evolve beyond the collection so it makes sense for discovery services to represent more of what the library does and can provide - to move from 'full collection discovery' to 'full library discovery.'

Lorcan Dempsey Sep 15, 2013 4 min read

UX

Two things prompted by a new website: space as a service and full library discovery

Drawn by a Tweet I looked at Stanford's very nice new library website just now. I only spent

Lorcan Dempsey Aug 31, 2012 3 min read

Systems

Worldcat Identities Network: a 'mashup'

There has been some nice reaction to the Worldcat Identities Network [https://www.oclc.org/research/news/2011-07-28.htm]. [https:

Lorcan Dempsey Jul 30, 2011 1 min read

Institutions

Gamification: services and libraries

I have been interested to see more notes in my tweetstream about peoples’ exercise or diet regimes. They are typically

Lorcan Dempsey Jul 24, 2011 3 min read

Books

Books, artifactually and anecdotally speaking ...

Artifacts Anecdotally speaking ……. it seems to me that the artifactual and design elements of print books are coming more to

Lorcan Dempsey Jun 8, 2011 3 min read

Systems

Effective web presence ...

We are growing used to the idea that simply making things available on the web does not necessarily make them

Lorcan Dempsey May 31, 2011 1 min read

Academic reputation enhancement ... redux

Two things prompted this note …. First, there is an interesting report in the current issue of Nature on the ‘online

Lorcan Dempsey May 12, 2011 3 min read

UX

Decentred network presence

We still tend to think of the website as the focus of institutional presence on the network. And, often, mobile

Lorcan Dempsey Apr 30, 2011 2 min read

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