Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Libguides best practices

We got Libguides! Hooray! Our completely blank Libguides webpage is hanging out in cyberspace waiting to be populated. One of the key things I've picked up from people who have implemented Libguides before us (score one for being a late adopter!) is to implement them thoughtfully. For other Project Runway fans, I think it's like using the accessory wall thoughtfully.
Our action plan right now is as follows:
1. Usability testing
2. Develop templates
3. Create boxes that other librarians can copy or link to.
4. Train train train.
5. Implement
Since I'm a librarian, I immediately headed to the Google to find out what others have done. I found (no big surprise here) some great stuff from other libraries. Here's some of my favorite stuff:
Lots of fun stuff to look over as we start down this path! And there's still that self-study to consider.
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  1. DerikBFebruary 23, 2010 at 12:15 PM

    Hooray!

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  2. UnknownFebruary 23, 2010 at 12:58 PM

    Hi Amy,

    Welcome (this is Slaven, from Springshare). Another resource you should check out is our Springshare Lounge user community (http://www.springsharelounge.com). We have 1,000+ LibGuides librarians participating in the discussions, and in there you will also find a forum called "Best Practices, Examples, etc." with plenty of great resources from other libraries in terms of how they go about their LibGuides creation and maintenance.

    Thanks much,
    -Slaven

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