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News, updates, and insights from the RefBytes team.
Aug 25, 2026 · Jon Fackrell
Adaptive flashcards that live inside your LMS, with grades that reflect what a student actually knows. Here is what we built and why.
Read more →Jun 09, 2026 · Jon Fackrell
Learning Tools Interoperability is the reason a tool can live inside Canvas without a separate login. A plain explanation of the standard, and what to check before you adopt anything that claims to support it.
Read more →Apr 21, 2026 · Jon Fackrell
The room booking sheet, the digitization tracker, the spreadsheet that outgrew itself. On building the software a library needs that has nothing to do with the catalog.
Read more →Mar 10, 2026 · Jon Fackrell
It is one of the most-visited pages your library runs and one of the most tedious to maintain. Introducing RefBytes A-Z.
Read more →Jan 27, 2026 · Jon Fackrell
Every collection eventually needs something the directory does not have. On custom modules, plugins, and themes — and how to decide whether you actually need one.
Read more →Dec 16, 2025 · Jon Fackrell
Managed hosting for Omeka Classic and Omeka S, with both platforms in one dashboard. Here is what it does and why we built it this way.
Read more →Nov 11, 2025 · Jon Fackrell
Omeka will run on almost any PHP host. That is not the same as running well. A practical checklist for evaluating where your collection is going to live.
Read more →Sep 23, 2025 · Jon Fackrell
Two platforms, one name, and a decision that shapes years of work. Here is how to tell which version of Omeka fits the collection you are actually building.
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