Many libraries recently took the responsive leap with new websites designed on a fluid grid to deliver library content to the point of need. Whoa! Flipping that switch that increased the attention around the library website was a statement that the #libweb was no longer just an artifact but an important part in that whole library-without-walls thing.
Yet when the community talks about “responsive web design” we are still mostly talking about layout, forgetting that layout is just the vehicle for the stuff that patrons actually care about – the content. The future of the web is one where content will go everywhere freed of the shell of its website.
So this talk has two motives: to identify common, iffy content decisions that negatively affect the usability of library websites (i.e., carousels), and to introduce methods and a vocabulary for developing a content strategy for mobile (and the future).