While my previous post was about how LLMs can supplement web accessibility work, they certainly do not match a thorough, human audit of web code and content. Real human eyes on the problem are often effective at diagnosing many of the most common pitfalls. Our library is working on such an audit. A small sub-committee… Continue reading Web accessibility: a self-auditing approach
Author: Mark Eaton
Web accessibility: a supplementary approach
You may have heard about the requirement in the U.S. for most state and local governments’ web content to be WCAG 2.1 AA compliant by April 26th. This is a big lift, and our librarians have already been fretting about it for months now. But as I go about poking at Aider and o3, I… Continue reading Web accessibility: a supplementary approach
Getting started with Aider
Last night, I got Aider properly set up on my laptop, both in the terminal and in neovim. It is remarkable. I honestly see how people get into a lot of trouble with vibe coding using tools like this. It’s a world of difference from chatting with Claude.ai via the web, or using GitHub Copilot… Continue reading Getting started with Aider
Curious about Aider
Someone I rather respect (both as a programmer and as a librarian) recently described the period of time after he got properly set up with LLM-enhanced coding tools as “the most productive two weeks of my life.” In a fit of enthusiasm, he completed a ton of previously unfinished projects in very quick succession. Despite… Continue reading Curious about Aider
Against IMRaD
In my opinion, the scholarly literature of librarianship has an IMRaD problem. IMRaD is an acronym that stands for “Introduction, Methods, Results and Discussion.” Along with some variants, it is the standard paper structure for much of the sciences and social sciences. Wikipedia includes a visualization of IMRaD that looks like this: To be fair,… Continue reading Against IMRaD
🚨 Call for editors 🚨
Apply by September 15th, 2025 Humanities Methods in Librarianship – a new, no-fee, open access journal – is looking for editors to join our talented editorial team! The journal publishes high quality, peer-reviewed research, creative works, and book reviews. We aim to broaden the scholarly conversation by encouraging submissions that deploy methods from the humanities… Continue reading 🚨 Call for editors 🚨
New journal: Humanities Methods in Librarianship
My collaborators and I are very happy to announce this project, which has been brewing for a few months now. We’re launching a journal called Humanities Methods in Librarianship. In the next few months, we’ll put out a call for editors and peer reviewers, launch an instance of PKP’s Open Journal Systems, and ultimately put… Continue reading New journal: Humanities Methods in Librarianship
Return to XPS 13
In a previous post, I talked about reviving an old Dell XPS 13 9360 that I had accidentally smashed several years ago. I am glad I revived it; it is a lovely machine, though very obviously showing its age, as it is almost 10 years old now. It now runs Debian serviceably, and I’ve been… Continue reading Return to XPS 13
DNS, part 2
Earlier this week, I wanted to set up a root domain to point at a subdomain. The obvious reason for this is that I wanted a page to load whether a user types in example.org or www.example.org. I had tried this back in 2019 with my projects page, albeit with no success. This may have… Continue reading DNS, part 2
Blogroll
Inspired by @fsvo, I’ve added a “Blogroll” tab to the top of these blog pages. Blogrolls were a popular late 1990s/early 2000s way to recommend content. The idea is that you include a list of links to other blogs on your own blog, so that people can discover new, related content. It’s basically low-tech relevance… Continue reading Blogroll
