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Rasheed Adigun
Librarian · Developer · Designer

I build accessible
information experiencesfor people and research.

I'm Rasheed Adigun, an MSLIS candidate at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign working at the intersection of AI literacy, web development and user experience research.

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Web pages designed
180+Web pages designed
Reference inquiries supported
35kReference inquiries supported
Years across web & libraries
6+Years across web & libraries
Research projects
3+Research projects
News

I received the 2026 HSLI Jira Scholarship for graduate study in Illinois.

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What I do

Three practices, one goal: information people can actually use.

Academic Librarianship

  • Instruction & information literacy education
  • Reference & research consultations
  • Research data & scholarly communication
  • Collection & subject guide development
  • Outreach & community engagement

Technology & AI

  • Web development & CMS content systems
  • Library systems (Alma, Primo VE, SpringShare)
  • AI literacy & AI-enhanced search
  • AI ethics, governance & policy
  • Information retrieval & discovery

UI/UX & Accessibility

  • User research & usability studies
  • Prototyping & design systems in Figma
  • WCAG 2.1 AA audits & remediation
  • Information architecture
  • Inclusive, human-centred design
Selected work

Recent projects

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AI2026
NaijaTalk chat interface showing the language switcher, a welcome message and suggested starter prompts

Multilingual AI Chat Assistant

Personal project (NaijaTalk)

NaijaTalk is a chat assistant that actually answers in Yoruba, Igbo and Hausa, built because most AI tools quietly assume everyone thinks in English.

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Websites2025
iSchool MS in Information Management program page showing the site navigation, breadcrumb trail, left-hand section menu and call-to-action buttons

iSchool Web Redesign | 180+ Pages

School of Information Sciences, UIUC

A summer spent rebuilding 180+ pages of the iSchool website: accessibility, brand-consistent design, clean metadata and a style guide so it stays that way.

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Websites2025-2026
Computer Science Research Resources LibGuide home page after remediation, showing a clear heading structure and simplified side navigation

LibGuides Accessibility Remediation

Grainger Engineering Library & Information Center (GELIC), UIUC

Rewriting and remediating engineering research guides so students can actually find (and read) what the library offers.

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Research areas

Studying how people search, and how systems answer.

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  • Academic Libraries
  • Digital Accessibility & Inclusive Information Systems
  • Human-Computer Interaction & User Experience
  • AI Literacy & Information Literacy
  • AI Ethics & Responsible AI
  • AI Governance & Policy
  • Information Behavior
  • Information Retrieval & AI-Enhanced Search
  • Educational Technology

Projects & studies

  1. 2026 - PresentResearch Team Member

    Investigation of Accurate Boolean Searching in AI-Enhanced Databases

    Grainger Engineering Library, UIUC

    Systematic testing of Boolean search strategies across AI-enhanced academic databases following a standardized protocol, with collaborative data collection in Zotero group libraries.

  2. 2026 - PresentResearch Team Member

    Rapid Review: Newspaper Industries' Response to Cultural Innovation and Academic Library Policy

    Research Protocol Team, UIUC

    Literature review and synthesis for a rapid review examining how newspaper industry responses to cultural change can inform academic library policy development.

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  3. Apr. 2026UX Study Evaluator

    Website Usability Trial Run

    IDEA Lab, UIUC

    Evaluated five high-traffic service areas, identifying navigation barriers and delivering recommendations for interface clarity and accessibility.

Tools I work with

More about me
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • JavaScript
  • TypeScript
  • React.js
  • PHP
  • Python
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Responsive design
  • MySQL
  • SQL
  • WordPress
  • WooCommerce
  • SpringShare LibGuides
  • CMS content management
  • Website migration
  • Metadata management
  • WCAG 2.1
  • Accessibility auditing
  • SEO
  • Figma
  • Wireframing
  • Prototyping
  • User research
  • Personas & flows
  • Usability testing
  • Information architecture
  • Ex Libris Alma
  • SpringShare suite
  • Primo VE
  • OCLC WorldCat
  • EBSCOhost
  • Scopus
  • Web of Science
  • IEEE Xplore
  • Information literacy
  • Research consultations
  • Boolean logic
  • Citation management
  • Canvas
  • Instructional design

Have a project, study or website that needs care?

I collaborate on research teams, accessibility audits, product design and website builds.

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