Your library deserves a website that works as hard as your staff does.
Built specifically for small and mid-sized public libraries — not a generic web agency guessing what a library needs. Fast to launch, WCAG 2.1 AA accessible from day one, and backed by ongoing maintenance so it never falls out of date again.
No obligation. Just a conversation.
Cedar Hollow Public Library is a fictional library I built on this template, so you can click through a finished site. Your logo, colors, and photos replace all of it.
If any of these sound familiar, this is for you.
Small & Rural Public Libraries
Your website hasn't been touched in years, was built by a vendor or volunteer who's long gone, and no one on staff owns it anymore.
Library Boards & Directors
You can approve a vendor relationship, but you can't hire a web developer. You need someone who owns the whole thing, not just the launch.
Systems Facing the ADA Deadline
You've heard the accessibility requirements are changing and want to get ahead of it on your own timeline, not scramble later.
Everything a library website actually needs.
Built from a template designed specifically around how libraries operate — not bolted on after the fact.
Catalog Search & Staff Picks Shelf
Search your existing catalog from every page, plus a shelf of staff picks and new arrivals with cover art, each linking to that title's record. Works with the catalog you already have.
Events & Programs Calendar
Story times, workshops, and meeting room bookings, easy for staff to keep current.
WCAG 2.1 AA Accessibility
Meets the DOJ's ADA Title II standard from launch, with a documented accessibility statement.
Branch & Hours Pages
Locations, hours, facilities, and contact details for every branch, kept in one place.
Friends of the Library & Donations
A dedicated page to support fundraising, memberships, and volunteer recruitment.
Fast, Mobile-Responsive Design
Static, secure hosting that loads quickly and works cleanly on any phone, tablet, or desktop.
Simple, fixed-scope packages built for library budgets.
Every package is the same design, built mobile-first and WCAG 2.1 AA accessible. Choose by how much of your library's world needs to live online. The Cedar Hollow demo is the complete Growth build; Starter and Standard are the same site with fewer pages.
Starter
- Home, about & service area, and hours, locations & closures
- Search the catalog, plus a staff-picks shelf with cover art that works with the catalog you already have
- Get a library card, and contact & staff directory
- Accessibility statement page
- Your logo and colors; one revision round
Standard
- Everything in Starter
- News & announcements
- Events & programs calendar
- Digital library: e-books, databases & streaming
- Meeting rooms & study space
Growth
- Everything in Standard
- Board of trustees, minutes & policies
- Friends of the Library & donations
- Bookmobile & branch pages
- Library of Things & special collections
Maintenance Retainers
No IT staff? No problem. I keep your site secure, current, and running every month.
Basic
Uptime & security monitoring, minor text edits
Standard
Monthly content updates, quarterly check-in
Premium
Accessibility re-checks, small design refreshes
Every project is scoped around your library's specific needs — request a quote for pricing.
Want to see what these packages look like built? The Cedar Hollow demo is a complete library site on this template — catalog search, events calendar, hours and closures, accessibility statement, and more — that you can click through the way a patron would.
Explore the Demo SiteThe ADA accessibility deadline is coming. Get ahead of it.
The Department of Justice's ADA Title II rule requires public library websites to meet WCAG 2.1 Level AA. Systems serving 50,000 or more people have until April 26, 2027. Everyone else has until April 26, 2028.
Check which one applies to you before you assume. The threshold is the cumulative population your service area covers, not the population of your town. A library in a town of 8,000 inside a county of 62,000 is on the 2027 deadline, not 2028.
Getting compliant now, on your own schedule, is a lot easier than scrambling against a deadline later, and it is built into every site I design at no extra cost.
ADA Title II Compliance Deadlines
From first conversation to launch day.
No lengthy RFP process. Just a straightforward path from where your website is today to where it needs to be.
Free Consultation
A short call to understand your library's needs, current site, and budget. No pressure, no obligation.
I Build Your Site
Your logo, colors, and content applied to the library template — with one round of revisions included.
Launch & Ongoing Support
I handle the launch, then keep it running with a maintenance retainer so it never goes stale again.
Ready to give your library the website it deserves?
The first step is just a conversation. Reach out by phone or email and let's talk about your library's needs, timeline, and budget — no pressure, just an honest discussion.
Get In Touch
Typically respond within one business day.