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The Future Depends on What You do Today”: evolving subject support in UCD Library for a sustainable future
The document discusses the evolution of subject support at University College Dublin (UCD) Library, highlighting changes in website support models and the re-introduction of subject portals due to new information literacy strategies. It details the growth of subject portals from 1997 to 2015, user feedback, and the current state of UCD's subject guides. The report emphasizes the importance of sustainable and flexible resources for supporting academic disciplines.
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- 1. An Leabharlann, An ColáisteOllscoile, Baile Átha Cliath 4 The Library, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4 “The future depends on what you do today”: evolving subject support in UCD Library for a sustainable future Diarmuid Stokes HSLG 2015
- 2. Summary • How UCDLibrary subject support on the library website • How it evolved • How it changed • What replaced it
- 3. Annotated bibliographies ofreference materials, Web sites, databases, and journals within a specific discipline (Reeb & Gibbons, 2004, p. 123) What are subject Portals “They are not designed to serve either the experienced scholar or the reference librarian. They are for beginners who seek instruction in gathering the fundamental literature of a field new to them in every respect”. (Stevens et al., 1973, p. 41)
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- 8. Growth of UCDSubject Portals 1997-2008 1997 1999 2001 2003 2008
- 9. 2011 New Content ManagementSystem Change to Website support Model Evaluation of Website Content
- 10. The (unexpected) returnof Subject portals Library Restructuring Information Literacy Model Subject Specific Guides
- 11. Why Subject portalsagain? But weren’t the figure low? Awareness Visibility Academic support Support for Multidisciplinary subjects One stop shop
- 12. Why Choose Libguides? Interface Add,Reuse, Share Embed Widgets in Libguides Libguides in….. Templates
- 13. How did weimplement it? Pilot Programme Develop templates Add Content Promote Mainstreamed
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- 15. Where are wenow 42 Subject guides, 9 Research guides Usage Feedback “Useful, pretty inclusive.” “it all seemed to be there” “covers everything you need” Libguide usage Sept 2014-May 2015 Map Collections at UCD and on the Web 15746 Your Library Information Skills 12284 EndNote 10136 GIS at UCD and on the Web 7779 Welcome New Students 7373 Theses Information 5812 English, Drama & Film 5190 Bibliometrics 4624 Research Data Management 3887 Library Staff Intranet (login required) 3571 Law 3494 Business 3226 Health & Wellbeing Collection 2402 Veterinary Medicine 2222 Agriculture & Food Science 2034 UCD Library Spotlight 1806 Languages, Literatures & Linguistics 1796 Geography 1723 ORCID 1714 Integrating Library Resources into Blackboard 1702 Medicine and Medical Science 1581 Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems 1536 History & Archives 1483 Physiotherapy 1229 Standards and Patents 1203
- 16. Since Then Intranet Library spotlight Healthand Wellbeing Collection Maybe even….. Library website Increasing usage
- 17. Conclusion 2003 Introduced Subjectportals 2011 abandoned due to low usage stats and work load concerns 2013 Brought back due to new IL Strategy 2015 Usage Stats still low, But library happy Now we have Subject portals that are sustainable, flexible and Libguides can be used for more than subject portals
- 18. Thank you Diarmuid Stokes- Liaison Librarian, UCD e: Diarmuid.Stokes@ucd.ie t: @dstokes01
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