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Why We Love LibGuides

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This is part 2 of my larger presentation, LibGuides on Steroids: Expanding the User Base of LibGuides to Support Library Instruction and Justify Workload

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Why We love libguidesLet us count the ways!
LibGuides, 2007-Do you LibGuides?
What librarians love about LibGuides: From the literature…quick and easy to create (perfect for non-techie subject liaisons)can be customized, personalized, brandedpromote consistency of format and contentsallow repackaging of content for different audiences can be embedded in a CMSautomatically check links; broken links reported to page creatoreasily capture statisticsWeb 2.0 applications allow dynamic communication and collaboration
What librarians love about LibGuides: Uses beyond guideslibrary research/resource FAQ for distance learning studentsresearch methods resource pageIL pagesinstructional pages to replace live instruction???training tool/reference site for staff and student workerssupporting library/institutional projects and eventstenure/promotion document repositorysurveysdigital repositoryconference presentations!

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Why We Love LibGuides

  • 1. Why We love libguidesLet us count the ways!
  • 2. LibGuides, 2007-Do you LibGuides?
  • 3. What librarians love about LibGuides: From the literature…quick and easy to create (perfect for non-techie subject liaisons)can be customized, personalized, brandedpromote consistency of format and contentsallow repackaging of content for different audiences can be embedded in a CMSautomatically check links; broken links reported to page creatoreasily capture statisticsWeb 2.0 applications allow dynamic communication and collaboration
  • 4. What librarians love about LibGuides: Uses beyond guideslibrary research/resource FAQ for distance learning studentsresearch methods resource pageIL pagesinstructional pages to replace live instruction???training tool/reference site for staff and student workerssupporting library/institutional projects and eventstenure/promotion document repositorysurveysdigital repositoryconference presentations!