Upgrading Your Library’s Website

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A two-part webinar series taking place on Wednesday, April 9 and Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 2:30pm Eastern/1:30pm Central/12:30pm Mountain/11:30am Pacific.

In this two-session event, you’ll gain concrete strategies for taking your website to the next level. Library website expert Laura Solomon will show you how to identify and remove pages you no longer need and make your streamlined site sleeker and more functional. 

  • Session 1: Auditing Your Library’s Website
    By participating in this session, you will:
    • Understand how to benchmark your website against modern web standards 
    • Gain strategies for gathering data and applying data-driven principles to your site audit

  • Session 2: Transforming Your Library’s Website—Small Changes for Big Impact
    By participating in this session, you will:
    • Learn how to craft more effective writing, refine navigation, adjust graphics, and implement other essential tweaks that can make a big difference.
    • Discover how to create a website that addresses your users’ needs and solves their problems, even without a complete overhaul. 

Join us to explore how small changes can lead to substantial improvements in your library’s online presence.

Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS is the Library Services Manager for the Ohio Public Library Information Network and a W3C-certified front-end web developer.  She has been doing web development and design for more than twenty years, in both public libraries and as an independent consultant. She specializes in developing with Drupal. She is a 2010 Library Journal Mover & Shaker. She’s written three books about social media and content marketing, specifically for libraries, and speaks nationally on both these and technology-related topics.  As a former children’s librarian, she enjoys bringing the “fun of technology” to audiences and in giving libraries the tools they need to better serve the virtual customer.

This event will be hosted in Zoom. Automatic captions will be enabled for this event. This event will be recorded, and registrants will receive access to the recording within a day after the event ends.

If you have questions or requests regarding accessibility, contact us at ce@ala.org or at 312-280-5100.

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