Using LibGuides to Enhance Library Services

The easy-to-use tools in Springshare’s LibGuides help you organize webpages, improve students’ research experience and learning, and offer an online community of librarians sharing their work and ideas. Editors Dobbs, Sittler, and Cook have recruited expert contributors to address specific applications, creating a one-stop reference. Readers will be able to create subject guides that achieve the full potential of LibGuides with advice on such topics asLearning from the best—a showcase of 28 LibGuides with exceptional design and pedagogyCollaborating with faculty to embed LibGuides in course management systemsCreating a customized look to your LibGuides with design flair and enhanced functionalityGetting ready for smart-phone users with a plan for the mobile webSetting up Google Analytics on a LibGuide siteTeaching with LibGuides

The easy-to-use tools in Springshare’s LibGuides help you organize webpages, improve students’ research experience and learning, and offer an online community of librarians sharing their work and ideas. Editors Dobbs, Sittler, and Cook have recruited expert contributors to address specific applications, creating a one-stop reference.

The easy-to-use tools in Springshare’s LibGuides help you organize webpages, improve students’ research experience and learning, and offer an online community of librarians sharing their work and ideas. Editors Dobbs, Sittler, and Cook have recruited expert contributors to address specific applications, creating a one-stop reference. Readers will be able to create subject guides that achieve the full potential of LibGuides with advice on such topics asLearning from the best—a showcase of 28 LibGuides with exceptional design and pedagogyCollaborating with faculty to embed LibGuides in course management systemsCreating a customized look to your LibGuides with design flair and enhanced functionalityGetting ready for smart-phone users with a plan for the mobile webSetting up Google Analytics on a LibGuide siteTeaching with LibGuides

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART 1: A Brief Introduction to Libraries and the Internet1 A Short History of Library Guides and Their Usefulnessto Librarians and PatronsJennifer EmanuelPART 2: Administering and Maintaining LibGuides—for System Librarians2 Making the Case Campus-widefor Purchasing LibGuidesStephanie DeLano Davis3 Administering LibGuides:Planning, Implementation, and BeyondBeth Larkee Kumar and Tabatha Farney4 Strategies and Techniques for AdministratorsAaron W. Dobbs and Rich Gause5 Developing LibGuides Training: A Blended-Learning ApproachLaura Westmoreland Gariepy, Emily S. Mazure, Jennifer A. McDaniel, and Erin R. WhitePART 3: Creating LibGuides—For Guide Creators6 Design: Why It Is Important and How to Get It RightNedda H. Ahmed7 Integrating LibGuides into the Teaching-Learning ProcessVeronica Bielat, Rebeca Befus, and Judith Arnold8 Creating Your First LibGuideKenneth Liss9 Adding Some Pizzazz to Your GuidesKathy GaynorPART 4: Making Better Use of LibGuides10 Helping Users Help Themselves: Maximizing LibAnswers UsageAaron Tay11 Using Statistical Gathering Tools to Determine Effectiveness and AccountabilityLora Baldwin and Sue A. McFadden12 Using LibGuides to Promote Information Literacy in a Distance Education EnvironmentBarbara J. Mann, Julie Lee Arnold, and Joseph Rawson13 Why Go Mobile?Mark Ellis, Leslie Adebonojo, and Kathy CampbellPART 5: Technological and Pedagogical Exemplars from Academic, K–12, Public, and Special Libraries14 Showcase of Exceptional LibGuidesSharon Whitfield and Claire ClemensAbout the Editors and Chapter ContributorsIndex