[Web4lib] Questions for LibGuiders

[rileyhuf]

We also use Drupal. We use it not only for research guides but other areas
of the site. It is a full blown CMS. Administratively it takes some IT know
how to set up and get running for the organization, but I think it is worth
it because it is so versatile and robust.
Debra

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 4:25 PM, Chris Bourg <mchris at stanford.edu> wrote:

> We do not use LibGuides.
> We are using Drupal for our Information Center website and create our
> Research Guides <
> https://www.stanford.edu/group/ic/cgi-bin/drupal2/research-guides> there.
>
> We have Research Guides for every freshman and sophomore writing class (PWR
> 1 and PWR 2).  We have common nodes (Find Books/Films, Find Articles, Find
> Statistics) that are used in all or several guides, and specialized nodes
> for most classes.
>
> We just surveyed the Freshman who took the PWR 1 classes this quarter, and
> 65% said they used the Research Guide.  Not nearly as high as I would hope.
>
> Chris
>
> Mark Gooch wrote:
>
>> For those of you who are using LibGuides, are you doing so because you
>> don't have an "easy to use" CMS for your website.  If you do have an "easy
>> to use" CMS were there other reasons for going to LibGuides?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Mark
>>
>>
> --
> Chris Bourg
> Head, Information Center
> Stanford University Libraries and Academic Information Resources
> http://infocenter.stanford.edu
>
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Debra Riley-Huff
Web Services Librarian
Assistant Professor
JD Williams Library
University of Mississippi
University, MS 38677
662-915-7353
rileyhuf at olemiss.edu