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

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THANK YOU!!!

Contact Information:

Ginna Nicolas

Regional Sales Consultant

ginna@springshare.com

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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