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My First LibGuide

By on March 8, 2013 in LibGuides, Training

I’ve finally managed to find a few minutes to play with the LibGuides demo… and, like any service, it’s a bit scary when you don’t know what you’re doing! (I don’t know if that’s reassuring or not, if you discover that even a geek like me gets a bit worried when confronted by a new […]

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The Official SpringShare "Create a New Guide" Guide

By on March 5, 2013 in LibGuides, Training

Here’s SpringShare’s very own page that introduces you to creating your first LibGuide… http://help.springshare.com/content.php?pid=34814&sid=256703 (Sorry, we can’t embed the video into our own page – but in any case, the whole page is worth a peruse.)

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University of Alberta Libraries: Introduction to LibGuides

By on March 5, 2013 in LibGuides

This is a promo video about LibGuides from the University of Alberta Libraries. It doesn’t tell you a huge amount about how to use LibGuides, but in terms of selling the idea it’s very slick…

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A Quick Introduction to LibGuides

By on March 5, 2013 in LibGuides

The rather excellent ASU Libraries’ “Library Minute” videos include this introduction to LibGuides…

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The Website Conundrum

By on March 1, 2013 in Library Website

We moved to the current website in 2005 – that’s a staggering (well, in website terms) eight years ago! It’s long overdue for a change, and the University’s “new design” has been waiting for us to adopt it for a couple of years. The problem – and make no mistake, it’s a massive problem – […]

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Introduction to LibGuides

By on March 1, 2013 in LibGuides

LibGuides is a service used by huge numbers of libraries (including many in the UK) to host their user support information. If you’ve looked at a few academic library websites over the past few years, you cannot help but have seen links to LibGuides. They can be used to supplement a library’s website, or even […]

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Welcome to Library Update

By on March 1, 2013 in Library Update

Welcome to Library Update – the blog that will keep you informed of some new developments in the Library this year. I say “some”, I really mean one (at least to begin with) – LibGuides. We are getting a trial to LibGuides sorted out initially, so that we can test it out and see if […]

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