libguides: research & beyond

LibGuides: LibGuides: Research & BeyondResearch & Beyond

Oklahoma Library Association Conference

March 29, 2012

Chelsea Baker, Instruction & Circulation LibrarianEast Central University

Dana Belcher, Assistant Library DirectorEast Central University

LibGuides TimelineLibGuides Timeline

• April 26, 2011: Acquired system

• Summer 2011: Customized the system & developed standards & templates

• September 15, 2011: Subject guides created for each liaison area

• Fall 2011: Began creating course guides for each instruction session

Subject Guides—Before Subject Guides—Before

Subject Guides—After Subject Guides—After

Course GuidesCourse Guides

Library Website TimelineLibrary Website Timeline

• January 2007: Innovative WebRefresher• ACRL’s College Library Section –

College Library Website of the Month

• September 2011: Began library website redesign process through Innovative WebRefresher

– Design– Information architecture

DesignDesign

Information ArchitectureInformation Architecture

UseUser

Information Architecture: Information Architecture: Multiple Access PointsMultiple Access Points

Old Information OrganizationOld Information Organization

Only access point

for catalogOnly access point unless

you KNEW to look in

Departments or elsewhere

Have to return to this

page to get to this

information

New OrganizationNew Organization

Multiple access points to ALL information

based on type of user

Appears on ALL webpages

Rotating pictures

PUSH information Access points repeated in USER

buttons

Repeated in all guides

Beauty and the BeastBeauty and the Beast

LibGuides as our CMSLibGuides as our CMS

LibGuides as our CMS: LibGuides as our CMS: Instant Statistics Instant Statistics

Guide/Page January February March 2012 Total

Faculty & Staff Guide 247 149 131 527

Books, Articles &

More Page 40 17 19 76

Reserves Request

Form 4 6 1 11

• Link-checkers: computer and human

• Linked boxes make updating easy

• Maintenance standards for course & subject guides

LibGuides as our CMS: LibGuides as our CMS: MaintenanceMaintenance

• Responsibility– Information– Pages– Collaboration

• Current step - Reusable Content– All-in-one guide– Separate guide

LibGuides as our CMS: LibGuides as our CMS: Content OwnershipContent Ownership

• Librarian Accessibility

• Linking

LibGuides as our CMS: LibGuides as our CMS: LimitationsLimitations

Lessons LearnedLessons Learned

• Collaboration is king

• Don’t be afraid to use tools in new ways

Next Steps Next Steps

• Sharing ownership

• Google analytics

• Prepare for future redesigns

• Peer and self review

Contact Us! Contact Us! Chelsea Baker

(580) 559-5370

cbaker@ecok.edu

Dana Belcher

(580) 559-5564

dbelcher@ecok.edu

http://library.ecok.edu