WELCOME!
Jul 08, 2015
WELCOME!
WHAT WILL BE COVERED
What is a LIBGUIDE?
Creating a Guide
Dashboard
Friendly URL’s
Statistics
Share/Reuse
Customizing
Branding
Clip Art/Video/Media
Community
Contact Information & Resources
THERE ARE NOW MORE THAN 12,000 USERS
AT OVER 750 LIBRARIES
WORLDWIDE USING LIBGUIDES.
They have created 40,000+ guides.
WHAT IS A LIBGUIDE??
LibGuides is a web 2.0 content management and publishing system created by
SpringShare.
It’s a hosted system which is run on the SpringShare servers. The company
provides support and upgrades. A library just needs to subscribe to the service.
Libraries use it to:
integrate multimedia content into library services
promote library resources to their users
create subject guides, course guides, information portals, research help
pages, etc.
DASHBOARD
CREATING A GUIDE
Blank Slate / Canvas!
FRIENDLY URL’S
Assign friendly URL’s http://easternct.libguides.com/ill
MORE THAN JUST A GUIDE - GUIDE SETTINGS
STATISTICS
SHARE AND REUSE
EXTREMELY CUSTOMIZABLE CUSTOMIZE TABS FOR EVERY ASPECT OF YOUR
DEPARTMENTS GUIDELINES• Staff
• Patrons
• FAQ’s
Branding… to make
it more like your
library home page
BRANDING
IMAGES – CLIP ART – VIDEOS - LINKS
COMMUNITY SITE
YOU CAN CREATE A GUIDE FOR ANYTHING
• Departments – Access Services…
• Special events – book signings…
• Programs – celebrate cultures…
• Clubs – readers…
• Groups – educators…
• Special Interests – job seekers…
• Host your entire library site and more…
AUTHOR PROFILE
Guide
s
THANK YOU!!!
Contact Information:
Ginna Nicolas
Regional Sales Consultant
917-617-2741 -cell
646-454-9644 -office
Resources:
Brandon, Jenny, Kelly Sattler, and Christine Tobias. "Libguides Interface Customization. (Cover Story)." Online 35.1 (2011): 14-18. Academic Search Premier. Web. 9 Apr. 2012. http://www.infotoday.com/online/
• Customizations that made the Best Of http://bestof.libguides.com/content.php?pid=155134&sid=1495945
• Great customization abroad http://guides-formadoct.ueb.eu/ and at home http://researchguides.library.syr.edu/
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