LibGuides: Tool of the Trade
Mary Ann Cullen
Georgia Perimeter College
mary.cullen@gpc.edu
10-17-2015
Atlanta Emerging Librarians
“Library Tech Notes: Updates in the Field”
What’s a LibGuide?
Why LibGuides?
Why LibGuides?
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Advantage 1: Easy way to make a website
Advantage 2: Reuse/borrow content
Advantage 3: Collected on Library website
Advantage 4: Friendly URLs
Advantage 5:
Mobile Friendly
Advantage 6: Non-web librarian as creators
Advantage 7: Accessible design
Advantage 8: Usage statistics!
Page views
Guide views
per day/month
Advantage 8: Usage statistics (Links)
What links are people
clicking on?
Examples
LibGuide as Instruction Tool: Tutorial
LibGuide as Instruction Tool: Using Library resources
LibGuide as Instruction Tool: Homework help
LibGuide as Subject Guide
LibGuide as Subject Guide
LibGuide as Reader’s Advisory: Librarian favorites
LibGuide as Reader’s Advisory: By topic
http://guides.gpc.edu/
studentsuccess
LibGuide as Internal Communication Tool
• Publish as
“Private”
• Password Protect
• “Internal” type
requires log-in
LibGuide as mini-site for group
LibGuide as mini-site for Community Read
LibGuide as Library website
LibGuide as Library website
Things to know
Libguides is a Springshare product
Versions
Version 1
Top Navigation only
Comments
Polls
Versions
Version 2
Top or Side Navigation
“Assets” organization
Versions
Version 2 : Headers/Footers, Tabbed boxes, Gallery boxes
Header box
Tabbed box
Gallery box
Versions
Version 2 CMS
Custom Groups
Password protect docs
Discussion posts
More customization
options
Behind the scenes at Version 2
Learn More
Libguides
http://support.springshare.com/libguides
LibGuides
https://youtu.be/g9cTGXXUEo4
Live Demo
http://guides.gpc.edu/ael
Screenshots in case the live demo doesn’t work…..
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Questions? Comments?
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Thank you!
Email: mary.cullen@gpc.edu
Resources: http://guides.gpc.edu/AEL

Libguides:Tool of the Trade

Editor's Notes

  • #6 LibGuides are a communication tool. Here are some advantages to using LibGuides….(This is by no means an exhaustive list.)
  • #19 Another use for Libguides is as an aggregation point.. When a faculty member or group asks you to look for resources, it’s easy to put what you have on a guide. This makes it easy for the faculty to refer back to and you can add and subtract as the conversation continues. This is a one-page guide I made for a faculty member who asked me to come up with some resources for her intermediate algebra class
  • #22 Another use for Libguides is as an aggregation point.. When a faculty member or group asks you to look for resources, it’s easy to put what you have on a guide. This makes it easy for the faculty to refer back to and you can add and subtract as the conversation continues. This is a one-page guide I made for a faculty member who asked me to come up with some resources for her intermediate algebra class
  • #23 Another use for Libguides is as an aggregation point.. When a faculty member or group asks you to look for resources, it’s easy to put what you have on a guide. This makes it easy for the faculty to refer back to and you can add and subtract as the conversation continues. This is a one-page guide I made for a faculty member who asked me to come up with some resources for her intermediate algebra class
  • #24 Another use for Libguides is as an aggregation point.. When a faculty member or group asks you to look for resources, it’s easy to put what you have on a guide. This makes it easy for the faculty to refer back to and you can add and subtract as the conversation continues. This is a one-page guide I made for a faculty member who asked me to come up with some resources for her intermediate algebra class
  • #25 Another use for Libguides is as an aggregation point.. When a faculty member or group asks you to look for resources, it’s easy to put what you have on a guide. This makes it easy for the faculty to refer back to and you can add and subtract as the conversation continues. This is a one-page guide I made for a faculty member who asked me to come up with some resources for her intermediate algebra class
  • #26 Another use for Libguides is as an aggregation point.. When a faculty member or group asks you to look for resources, it’s easy to put what you have on a guide. This makes it easy for the faculty to refer back to and you can add and subtract as the conversation continues. This is a one-page guide I made for a faculty member who asked me to come up with some resources for her intermediate algebra class
  • #27 Another use for Libguides is as an aggregation point.. When a faculty member or group asks you to look for resources, it’s easy to put what you have on a guide. This makes it easy for the faculty to refer back to and you can add and subtract as the conversation continues. This is a one-page guide I made for a faculty member who asked me to come up with some resources for her intermediate algebra class
  • #28 Another use for Libguides is as an aggregation point.. When a faculty member or group asks you to look for resources, it’s easy to put what you have on a guide. This makes it easy for the faculty to refer back to and you can add and subtract as the conversation continues. This is a one-page guide I made for a faculty member who asked me to come up with some resources for her intermediate algebra class
  • #30 Pricing is based on FTE for academic and K-12 libraries and # of cardholders for public libraries
  • #31 Link to Reading list. Advantage over LMS is that it’s easy to embed without having to redo it for every section/semester. Remains as a resource for students after class is over.
  • #32 Link to Reading list. Advantage over LMS is that it’s easy to embed without having to redo it for every section/semester. Remains as a resource for students after class is over.
  • #33 Link to Reading list. Advantage over LMS is that it’s easy to embed without having to redo it for every section/semester. Remains as a resource for students after class is over.
  • #34 Link to Reading list. Advantage over LMS is that it’s easy to embed without having to redo it for every section/semester. Remains as a resource for students after class is over.
  • #37 Springshare is really great about having training available. There are libguides, videos, and web training sessions. They also have “best of” link to see examples.
  • #39 My video about creating LibGuides.
  • #41 This is what the page looks like in the editor’s view. (Note the “On this page” box is hidden.)
  • #42 To add a new box, I click “Add box” and fill in the blanks.
  • #43 To add a new box, I click “Add box” and fill in the blanks.
  • #44 To add content, I click “Add/Reorder and select the type of content. First I’m going to add Rich Text/HTML, then I’m going to upload this powerpoint as a Document/File.
  • #45 Rich Text/HTML gives you a WYSIWYG editor. You can add text, images, tables, etc.
  • #46 When adding a document, link or media widget, I can reuse existing assets or create new ones. The advantage to reusing is that if the originial is updated, the copies are also updated.
  • #47 When adding a document, link or media widget, I can reuse existing assets or create new ones. The advantage to reusing is that if the originial is updated, the copies are also updated.