libguides opal 2009
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MELISSA MEGGITTELECTRONIC RESOURCES LIBRARIAN
WALSH UNIVERSITY
LibGuides: Showing Students the Way
Presentation Goals
Detailed description of LibGuides, highlighting special features and social community
LibGuides as course guides and other creative uses
Demonstrating Web 2.0 features
What are LibGuides?
Dynamic guides Hosted on SpringShare SiteLocal AdminRich Text EditorIntegrated Web 2.0 FeaturesEmbed in Course Management SiteExtensive Social Network Community
LibGuide Community
Community Site Explore guides created by other librarians to get ideas or improve your own guides. Use guides from other libraries as template for your guides.
LibGuide Lounge
Springshare Lounge: Good place to gather best practices, how-to's, tricks and featured guides
How Walsh Uses LibGuides
I first tried Squidoo- a free template software
Squidoo Guide
History Course: http://www.squidoo.com/hist308
Squidoo: Pros and Cons
Pros of Squidoo:Free!Fairly easy to makePopular with students and faculty
Cons Required too much HTML knowledgeAdvertising Limited Admin control and statistics
Background to LibGuides
Started using guides in Spring 2009
Did not establish goals with guides, librarians have choice to create guides
Walsh did not have electronic subject guides prior to LibGuide purchase
Walsh LibGuides Page
Guides in Courses
Mention in classWork from them in class Insert into Coues Management System with
no "in class" presentationEmbed video tutorials in guides
Education Course http://walsh.libguides.com/EDF607
Other Walsh Guides
Guide as Library Website
Guide for Writing Tips
Web 2.0 Features
LibGuides has many easy to use Web 2.0 Features
Book IconsEmbedded VideoEmbedded ChatRSS FeedsInteractive PollsStudent Link SubmissionsQuick Search Widgets: EBSCO, GoogleScholar,
Catalogs
Web 2.0 Features