Public Library Intranet
Overview
- A full-width staff welcome banner with a branch photo and the day’s focus, paired with branded quick-access tiles.
- Local weather for branch locations so staff can plan programs, displays, and outdoor activities.
- A staff news feed with system-wide announcements, recognition, and operational updates.
- A Meet the Staff section that introduces the people working across every branch.
- Quick links to the latest policies, forms, and procedures in the staff documents library.
- A mosaic photo gallery of staff-life and program moments that celebrates the people behind the branches.
Benefits
- Gives multi-branch library staff one branded home base for the information and tools they use every day.
- Keeps public programs and staff training on a single shared calendar so nothing is double-booked or missed.
- Builds culture by spotlighting staff-life and program moments in a visual photo gallery.
- Reinforces the library brand with a consistent custom theme and custom fonts across every section.
- Scales easily as the system adds branches, programs, and content over time.
Common Questions About This Public Library Intranet
What is this public library intranet built with?
This public library intranet is built entirely with standard SharePoint web parts – Image, Text, Weather, World Clock, News, Events, and Image Gallery – styled with a custom theme, custom fonts, and an extended header. There is no custom code and no third-party tools involved. It is the kind of clean, maintainable intranet Greg Zelfond builds for libraries and public-sector teams that want a polished home base without ongoing development overhead.
What is included on the homepage?
The homepage opens with a staff welcome banner and branded quick-access tiles, followed by a staff news feed with system-wide announcements and operational updates. Below that sit local weather, a Meet the Staff directory, quick links to the latest policies and forms, and a staff-life photo gallery, giving every branch a single, current view of the day.
Does this design use any custom code or third-party tools?
No. This intranet homepage uses only out-of-the-box SharePoint web parts and built-in styling, with no custom code and no third-party tools. That keeps it stable, secure, and easy to maintain, and nothing breaks when Microsoft ships updates to SharePoint. Out-of-the-box is the only way Greg builds, because it gives organizations a design they can own and extend on their own for years.
Can this design be customized for our library?
Absolutely. The theme colors, fonts, header, and section content can all be tailored to your library, and the news, weather, staff profiles, policy links, and photo gallery are populated with your own branches and programs. Greg adapts the layout to the systems libraries actually use, like the catalog, room booking, and staff document libraries, so the homepage fits how your branches work.
Will this public library intranet work on mobile devices?
Yes. Because it is built with standard SharePoint web parts, the homepage is responsive by default and reshapes itself for phones and tablets without any extra work. Circulation staff, pages, and branch managers can check the latest news, weather, and quick links from any desk or service point, and the SharePoint mobile app delivers the same content on the go.
Can Greg build this intranet homepage for our library system?
Yes – this is exactly the kind of work Greg Zelfond does. As an independent SharePoint consultant and Microsoft MVP, he designs and builds out-of-the-box intranets like this one for libraries, government, and public-sector organizations, using only standard web parts so you can maintain them yourself. Reach out through the contact page to talk about building this for your library system.
