Why your library needs a style guide
One of the best things I’ve helped make at work is the Web Style Guide for NC State University Libraries. I’m one of its authors and probably its #1 power user. I love a good reference resource, what can I say?
Anyway, I wrote about why & how a library should make a style guide!
Libraries don’t just contain, preserve, and share content—they also create it. A lot of it! Your library probably has an extensive website, a collection of handouts, plenty of email templates, and years’ worth of social media posts. And being a place of collaboration, your library’s content probably has multiple authors.
How can you ensure that your library’s written output sounds consistent? How can you avoid the whiplash between a website that sounds friendly and welcoming and an overdue notice that sounds formal or even harsh?
Answer: a style guide!
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I pen occasional posts for LibTech Insights, a blog about technology in academic libraries from Choice, an ACRL/ALA publisher.