{"id":16,"date":"2013-03-01T15:59:29","date_gmt":"2013-03-01T15:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.blogs.soton.ac.uk\/libupdate\/?p=16"},"modified":"2013-03-01T15:59:29","modified_gmt":"2013-03-01T15:59:29","slug":"introduction-to-libguides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.soton.ac.uk\/libupdate\/2013\/03\/01\/introduction-to-libguides\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to LibGuides"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We all need guidance at times<\/p><\/div>\n

LibGuides<\/a> is a service used by huge numbers of libraries<\/a> (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.<\/p>\n

They can be used to supplement a library’s website, or even host the bulk of the information. In fact, there’s even a CMS option so that LibGuides effectively becomes the library’s website.<\/p>\n

Our initial plan is to look at hosting our user support information on the service – but the Library’s website will remain (though changed significantly).<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, we don’t have the trial up and running yet – so nothing I write is set in stone. We don’t even know yet whether the service will work for us or not. However, keeping a positive outlook, at the very least we’d like to get our subject support & information skills content across to LibGuides in time for the new (2013-14) academic year. If we could get our research support, library services and resources information across as well, then that would be brilliant.<\/p>\n

Ric.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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