Website Makeovers Live: A Hands-on Classroom Session
This event includes attendee participation on mic and camera.
Description
If you’ve ever wondered how to make your library’s site more modern, engaging, and user‑friendly, this three-hour interactive event will give you a chance to get practical insights and hands-on experience. Digital strategist and design expert Laura Solomon will work with real library websites live, walking you through every design decision and explaining exactly why it works.
Learning Objectives
By participating in this event, you will discover:
- How small layout changes can make a big impact
- Powerful visual updates that instantly improve usability
- Practical design principles you can apply to your own site right away
You can submit your library’s website for a chance to be chosen as a live makeover candidate! Don’t miss the opportunity to see real‑world improvements unfold step by step and leave inspired to level up your organization’s digital presence.
About the Instructor
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.