The mission of the Emery County Library System is to provide the resources and services for lifelong learning, the space and opportunities to gather and connect, and to foster a love of reading. They were looking for new branding and a modern site design that could be powered by a user-friendly CMS for their staff to make needed updates to content for each library branch. A major project requirement was to have a consistent theme for the Library District as a whole, but allow each library branch to have their own mini site with relevant information and access controls for branch staff and residents. They also asked us to help them create a new branding and guidelines that would strengthen the trust and vision of the organization. Approach:Conducted a heuristic review and code audit of existing siteConducted a SWOT analysis of competitor sitesConducted a review of web publishing options Solutions:After creating new branding and style tiles for use in the site design, we crafted a new information architecture that was used to design wireframes that demonstrated the new proposed design conceptsApproved wireframes were converted into more high fidelity mockupsDeveloped all frontend and backend code for site, and published to existing servers.Workflow training, HTML templates and style guide was created for staff to use to produce and publish content on their own

Benicia Public Library serves a wide range of people who live, work and go to school in Benicia, California and surrounding communities. The website serves to provide information about library services and programs and is also a portal to numerous digital resources.Their previous website used the Drupal CMS platform, was designed in-house, consisted of multiple pages and micro sites, and integrated software from several third parties. The Library desired changes and modifications of structure and content as well as additions as part of the new website and not just a simple migration. Benicia’s director and staff was open to using a new/different CMS platform and/or hosting solution provided all needs outlined in Key Issues were met. A flexible calendar feature for events at the library was a also major need.They needed a partner who could provide them the full spectrum of a new strategy, design and implementation plan that was based solidly on user data. We provided them a solution that leveraged multiple rounds of user and design research to create a plan that spanned a new information architecture to design and development of their new site.