how to become the most googled person in your library tara coleman loex of the west june 5, 2008

How to become the most Googled person in

your library

Tara ColemanLOEX of the West

June 5, 2008

Graduate School

Bizzell Library, University of Oklahoma

First grown-up job!

Hale Library, Kansas State University

Subject guides, are they useful?

Too much to show, not enough time

Library sessions are boring

What do people like to look at online?

Subject guide changes

• Databases• Links• Handouts

Kept Added

Subject guide changes

Google search appliance!

K-State homepage

Outreach

Instruction changes

Instruction changes

Meebo is a hit

Web statistics surprises

Feedback

Did you go to the Libraries' Kinesiology web page?

(If yes, did you find the information helpful for your assignment?)

Yes 54.1% (33 responses)

No 45.9% (28 responses)

FeedbackIf you needed help, did you think it was easy to get a hold of the librarian?

Yes 70.49%(43 responses)

No 4.92%(3 responses)

Kinda 22.95% (14 responses)

N/R 1.6% (1 response)

What’s next?

Google me if you have questions

http://www.lib.k-state.edu/