LibGuides is an extremely powerful tool, and there’s lots that we can do to make our guides interesting, engaging and dynamic… but the temptation is to just replicate the same rather bland information that we have on our website. To help us avoid this road to dullness, we are going to try and collate ideas […]
Archive | May, 2013
Using Template Pages to Build a Guide (dev phase)
As LibGuides is built on the concept of reusing information, one of the first steps we’ve taken is to design some basic templates for the core content that most people will want on their subject guides. It’s difficult to see exactly how all of this will work out – so I’ve used the first drafts […]
Resource Lists: We Need Your Help!
So you know what our proposals are for managing resources in LibGuides – here’s the bit where we come to you to ask for help! We need to get descriptions written for all resources on the A-Z list, and the basic details (on and off-campus links, any password information, etc.) checked. We also need to […]
Managing Resource Links on LibGuides
As I mentioned in my last post, we need to change the way that we manage our lists of resources on LibGuides – and having spent some time thinking about this, I’m ready to share our four key proposals with everyone: 1. All Resources Will Be Managed Centrally Periodicals will maintain a central list of […]
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Idea Archive
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Introduction to LibGuides
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The Website Conundrum
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A Quick Introduction to LibGuides
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University of Alberta Libraries: Introduction to LibGuides
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Idea Archive
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Using Template Pages to Build a Guide (dev phase)
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Resource Lists: We Need Your Help!
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Managing Resource Links on LibGuides
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Managing Resource Lists
