RILINK began using Springshare's LibGuides in 2012 to build an organizational website and provide professional development to members on using LibGuides. Over time, RILINK expanded the use of LibGuides across member schools for collaboration and resource sharing. A timeline shows that between 2012-2015, RILINK provided training sessions and webinars to help members implement LibGuides and prepare for migrating content to the version 2 platform, which became available to all RILINK members in January 2016.

1. Exponential Growth:
Using Springshare Web Tools
to Open Up
a World of Collaboration
A Timeline
RILINK RILA Presentation
May 28, 2015

2. January 2012
RILINK begins using LibGuides CMS to
build its organizational website.

3. August 1, 2012
www.rilink.org goes live

4. August 21, 2012
www.rilink.org debuts at RILINK Summer
Conference 2012

5. Aug 22, 2012
• RILINK members Andrea Hajian,
Rosanne Trissler, and Sarah Hunicke
present on their schools’ use of
LibGuides at RILINK Summer
Conference 2012.
• http://guides.rilink.org/summer2012

6. Nov 10, 2012
Ginna Nicolas and Talia Richards from
Springshare introduce LibGuides to
RILINK members at a RILINK professional
development session.

7. December 2012
RILINK Schools accounts and sites are
created. Subscribers start to “dabble.”

8. January- June 2013
• School library media specialists begin
building their sites.
• Seven professional development
sessions on guide development are
provided in face-to-face settings.

9. Aug 13, 2013
• Both professional development for
current subscribers and a "sandbox"
experience for potential subscribers is
provided at the summer conference.
• "Getting Started" sessions are provided
by current RILINK subscribers.
• Beth Gorter and Katie O'Kane presenters
from different districts use LibGuides to
collaborate on their session.
• http://guides.rilink.org/sc2013_day1_2c

10. Aug 14, 2013
• Jane Perry and Jen Simoneau present
on Day 2 RILINK Summer Conference
2013.
• The presenters are from different
districts.

11. October- November 2013
Professional development sessions on
guide development continue in face-to-
face settings.

12. November 2013
• Heidi Blais and Sue Rose use LibGuides
CMS to present at AASL National
Conference.
• http://guides.rilinkschools.org/blogthe
book

13. Aug 13, 2014
• LibGuides CMS v2 overview and work
sessions for subscribers are part of Day
2 at RILINK Summer Conference 2014.
• RILINK announces LibGuides will
become a benefit of membership in
January 2016.

14. January- May 2014
• Professional development sessions on
guide development are provided in
face-to-face settings.
• RILINK uses AnyMeeting to provide an
overview of LibGuides CMS v2.

15. November 2014
RILINK uses AnyMeeting to provide two
sessions: LibGuides Bootcamp &
LibGuides Advanced.

16. Jan 15, 2015- April 15, 2015
Online sessions to prepare for the
migration of content to version 2 are
provided via AnyMeeting.

17. July 1, 2015
RILINK Schools v2 goes live!

18. July 2015
Face to face training for LibGuides CMS
v2 will be offered at the East Bay
Educational Collaborative for all current
subscribers.

19. Aug 11 & 12, 2015
Work sessions for current subscribers will
be provided at RILINK Summer
Conference 2015- Navigating Student
Learning: Charting K16 Digital and
Information Fluencies.
Photograph Courtesy of Richard Benjamin

20. September 2015
By the end of September, a plan will be
in place to bring on the rest of RILINK
member libraries beginning in January
2016.
Begin
Training
of New
Users
Create
Accounts
Build Sites
Solicit
New Users
for Each
Phase
Establish
Phases to
Begin
Using
LibGuides
Provide
”Tours” of
LibGuides
CMS

21. November 2015
During the fall of 2015, RILINK will
continue to promote the use of v2 with
current users and provide training
sessions.

22. January 1, 2016
• LibGuides CMS v2 becomes a benefit
of RILINK membership.
• Work begins to provide training to new
users of LibGuides CMS v2.