With free access to Twitter’s application programming interface (API), developers and other creative gallery, library, archive and museum (GLAM) folks have been using the twitter platform to increase accessibility to digitised cultural heritage collections in some weird and wonderful ways. But it’s been tricky to keep track of all the policy changes at Twitter of […]
There is a lot of talk about Artificial Intelligence (AI), with the release of powerful tools and new initiatives and techniques emerging. But it can be hard to separate the signal from the noise, and figure out what this all means for our work and the future of the library sector. The debate really kicked […]
The data is in: Announcing our top 10 articles from Newslet for 2022! Our libraries newsletter is a labour of love, and at this time of year, we like to take a look back to find out exactly what you enjoyed the most from our 21 Issues over the past year. As always, we are […]
In our hectic world of endless to-do lists, it can feel as if everything needs to be done now, ticked off, and completed. There’s often little space for experimentation and practice, no time to dwell or mess around discovering how things work by getting them wrong and trying again. Failure is scary. It can feel […]
Introduction Google has announced the end of life for their Universal Analytics, which is being replaced by Google Analytics 4 (GA4). This means that from July 1, 2023, you will no longer get web metrics recorded using standard Universal Analytics properties. If your library uses Google Analytics to track usage of any of your websites, […]
It’s no secret that we ❤️ newsletters and library newsletters can come in quite a few different flavours. In this second post in our series to mark 200 issues of Newslet, our own library newsletter, we wanted to recognise some of our favourite examples and explore how they produce content that keeps their audiences engaged. […]
An experiment in using AI and automated image tools to create usable images for blog posts, social media and other common use cases. When you’re sharing content or promoting services, it’s always useful to have a collection of images to use. We’ve been pondering some alternatives to the sometimes frankly meh stock images available and […]
A high-quality, targeted newsletter can help you connect with your audience and increase engagement with your library. At Artefacto, we publish a few different kinds of newsletters including an international CPD newsletter for libraries as well as specialist newsletter products for clients. In this post, we wanted to bring together some of the best practices […]
Five or so links from around the web about new and interesting applications of technology Online archives and digital collections have made library collections much more accessible of late, and the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitisation programs of many institutions. And, even better, more and more digital collections are being published and shared openly. […]
All of us here in the Artefacto team are creative technologists, makers or artists of some kind, so the concept of makespaces as creative spaces for learning and collaboration has always been appealing to us. Makerspaces are many things to many people. They can be permanent, temporary, stationary or mobile. They come in different shapes, […]