Carol Sabbar, Director of Library and Instructional Technology Services, Carthage College LibGuides is an amazing tool to provide, present, and promote library research resources to your community. But it can also present other various tools outside of traditional bibliographic instruction. See how Carthage College has leveraged LibGuides to promote resources and tools for statistics, language learning, preparation for grad school exams and more. We have implemented this in our academic library, but we think our uses will inspire libraries of many types to use this powerful tool in new and creative ways.

1. Carol Sabbar
Carthage College Hedberg Library
Kenosha, WI

2. Hedberg Library is the academic library for
Carthage College. Founded in 1847, Carthage is a
four-year, private college of the liberal arts and
sciences in Kenosha, Wisconsin. With about 2,600
full-time undergrads, a small graduate program,
about 150 faculty and approximately 200 staff.
Library and Information Services includes library,
media, and information technology services.

3. The Carthage library staff
includes…
http://libguides.carthage.edu
/liaisons

4. We have many of the same tools as
you all do:
● Our web site:
www.carthage.edu/library
● Our catalog: WorldCat Local
from OCLC
● Subject guides and access to
databases using the LibGuides
platform: libguides.carthage.edu

5. ● Some libraries build their whole library site on it.
Not us.
● Since we are involved in
many areas that are not
traditionally “library,”
we use if for those, too...

6. ● It’s the perfect platform to build a research
center: http://libguides.carthage.edu
● With subject guides, like:
http://libguides.carthage.edu/biology
● And database lists:
http://libguides.carthage.edu/az.php
● And various tools like Ebsco A to Z, chat...

7. Since libguides is the perfect platform to
present the resources that you have, choose
to showcase resources the people might not
otherwise find or know about:
● Graduate and other exam prep -
http://libguides.carthage.edu/gradprep
http://libguides.carthage.edu/certprep

8. ● You can post how-to’s in PDF or video
● Post your videos on YouTube or elsewhere
and put the links in LibGuides
● It’s a nice, clean interface with a simple
URL: http://libguides.carthage.edu/it
(eLearning is our college LMS, and Chris Grugel is a librarian
and our instructional technologist)

9. Provide the items that people need:
● EdTPA: http://libguides.carthage.edu/edtpa
● Career services:
http://libguides.carthage.edu/careerservices
● Statistics resources and guides:
http://libguides.carthage.edu/stats
● Citing sources: http://libguides.carthage.edu/citing
● Archives: http://libguides.carthage.edu/archives

10. Enlist students or others to add what THEY use
● Chinese
● French
● German
● Japanese
● Spanish
● Latin
● Hindi/Urdu
● Korean

11. ● Lose the “that’s not what we do” mentality
● Remember how much you love connecting
people with information, and embrace it
● LISTEN to your patrons
● Get ideas from others