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Image Guidelines

If there is an existing graphic / logo (story time, Studio NPL, etc.), use the established image as the thumbnail image in Bedework. Please don’t create a new image.

Use the Image Library by going to Click here to choose from the library of images. 1. Use the copy graphic to copy the image URL path. 1. Use your keyboard shortcut to paste (CTRL+V) the path in the table into the Image URL, Thumbnail URL, and Alt Text fields. The URL paths links will begin /public/img/.

  • Alt Text is legally required for all images. Patrons using screen readers hear this text read aloud. This should be a description of the image pictured, not just the name of the event.
  • If there is not an existing graphic, create an image one to upload.
  • Calendar approvers review the image.
  • Images submitted with events may be removed, remade, or replaced, at the approver’s discretion.
  • Accepted images are addded to the Images Library accessible from the Bedework entry form for re-use later.

Size and Text Specifications

  • Max width: 400px
  • Max height: 600px
  • File size: Less than 100 KB
  • Words in icon-type images (“Movie Friday” or “Chocolate Worms”) should be readable at thumbnail-size, which is 80px wide.

Images are required for the following events

  • Be Well at NPL (add image URL from image Library)
  • Book Clubs (add image URL from image Library)
  • Exhibits (resize and upload artwork image) - must include image b/c they are displayed on Art at the Library page
  • Nashville Reads (add image URL from image Library)
  • Mental Health Outreach (add image URL from image Library)
  • Metro Social Services (add image URL from image Library)
  • Seed Exchange (add image URL from image Library)
  • Story Time (add image URL from image Library)

Finding Images

  • For existing logos / icons, see Bedework Image URLs
  • For book cover and movie posters, see the Library Catalog
  • To find new images, see Finding Copyright Friendly Images

Resizing an Image (on a Microsoft Windows PC)

  • Open MS Paint
  • Open the image you want to resize, or copy-and-paste an image
  • Hit the resize button at the top

img "resize image"

  • Click the button for "Pixels." Check "Maintain aspect ratio." Type what size you want the image to be, and click “OK.”

img "resize skew"

  • Save the image as a .png file.