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LibGuides and Facebook: Creating a 24/7 library
The document discusses using LibGuides and Facebook to create a virtual 24/7 library. It suggests considering current information sharing structures at a school and their limitations/benefits. It also discusses reaching an ideal digital library by giving up old practices and engaging the school community and professional learning network for help. Finally, it provides an overview of what LibGuides is and how it can be used to create interactive subject guides with statistics.
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- 1. LibGuides & Facebook Creating a 24/7 Library
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- 5. What structures arein place for sharing information in your school? Who manages, contributes to the distribution of information? How much input do you have? What are the limitations and benefits of current structures?
- 6. Carefully nurtured orgrowing wild
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- 11. Start Need 25 people to “Like” a page to claim URL
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- 15. “Like” Advise
- 16. Do your currentdigital services adequately serve the best interests of your students? What would your ideal digital library encompass? How might you reach this situation? What can you give up doing? Who in your school community could help you? Who in your PLN could help?
- 17. What is LibGuides? • Template driven CMS for libraries • Web enabled (2) • Resides on Springshare’s server • Can be custom mapped to own domain • Own policies and administration
- 18. Why LibGuides? • Pathfinders, Subject guides • Quick and easy personalisation • Professional appearance • No HTML skills needed • Interactivity • Support • Statistics available
- 19. Community http://libguides.com/community.php?m=g Newest 100 guides
- 20. Guide Page Box Content item
- 21. Everything on thispage makes up a Guide Pages - tabs subPages under tabs Inbuilt search Content Boxes
- 22. Guide Multiple access points
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- 25. Subject, course, topic,content specific Page
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- 27. More box types Tagclouds
- 28. K-12 Community Local lighthouses http://libguides.brisbanegrammar.com/libraryhome http://libguides.tigs.nsw.edu.au/library http://monte.libguides.com/libraryhome http://libguides.mhs.vic.edu.au/ International lighthouses http://theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/ http://sdst.libguides.com/index.php
- 29. Carmel Galvin tw: @crgalvin http://librarycurrants.blogspot.com TrinityGrammar School http://trinity.nsw.edu.au The Arthur Holt Library http://trinity.nsw.libguides.com/libraryhome http://www.facebook.com/TGSLibrary
Editor's Notes
- #2 ASLA2011 LibGuides and Facebook
- #3 Existing intranet site
- #4 Guiding the way Antennae New technologies replacing old
- #5 Current situations – decision making
- #6 3 minute discussion between participants
- #7 Carefully nurtured or growing topsy turvy? Wikis, blogs, Glogsters, Videos, ebooks and a myriad of other types of information
- #8 Choosing pathways, rocky roads
- #9 Focus on improvement
- #10 Library page
- #11 Telling us this is where are members are Opportunity to model posts and comments
- #12 Build a presence
- #13 Simple to post
- #14 Value added resources
- #15 Regular commitment
- #16 Other pages and advisory
- #17 3 minute discussion between participants
- #18 LibGuides
- #19 Reasons for using
- #20 Communal benefits
- #21 Structure of a guide
- #22 Books and Reading guide
- #23 Accessibility
- #24 Browse all guides
- #25 Browse by subject
- #26 Individual pages
- #27 Box types
- #28 Variety
- #29 Great guides!
- #30 Great guides!