[Web4lib] LibGuides

[Campbell, James (jmc)]

For us there are two factors that seem to determine popularity. One is simply the size of the program, the guide for English gets more use than the guide for Japanese.  The other is whether or not it is integrated with instruction. So yes, course guides are heavily used (if there are a lot of people in the course), but so are the general guides in those departments and schools where they are used as the basis for library instruction. (And as an aside, our use of RefWorks also correlates strongly with instruction.)

I agree about the usefulness of the button, but we also have a master list of our subscription resources and encourage page builders to link to the entries in it.  It's been particularly useful lately as we've cancelled some things. Once the entry in the master list goes, so do all the linked entries on other pages.  

      - Jim Campbell

      Digital Access Librarian | Librarian for German
      University of Virginia Library | Charlottesville, VA 22904-4112

      513 Alderman | campbell at virginia.edu | 434-924-4985


-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org [mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Brian Gray
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 7:50 PM
To: Michelle Strassberg
Cc: web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] LibGuides

Our most popular guides have been class-specific rather than subject
defined.,

The browser toolbar button works amazing to get links in the guides.

Brian Gray
mindspiral at gmail.com
bcg8 at case.edu


On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 8:51 AM, Michelle Strassberg <mstrassberg at bergen.edu
> wrote:

> Greetings ~
>
> I have been assigned the job of creating one of the first LibGuides at my
> academic library.  I am familiarizing myself with how the Guides are set up
> and have been looking at what other academic libraries have put together.  I
> am trying to find out what others' experiences have been in creating the
> Guides, if you have any helpful hints and how useful your librarians and
> students have found them.
>
> Thank you very much,
>
> Michelle Strassberg
> Library Assistant/Reference Intern
> Sidney Silverman Library - Bergen Community College
>
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