LIBGUIDES:CONTENT WITHOUT CODING
Tina Herman Buck
St. Edward’s University, Austin Texas
WHAT ARE LIBGUIDES?
�Product of Springshare, Inc.
�Easy way to create web content
�Don’t need to know HTML, CSS, etc.
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HOW CAN I USE LIBGUIDES?
From: http://www.springshare.com/libguides/
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EXAMPLES
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TOPICAL RESEARCH GUIDE
http://stedwards.libguides.com/biology 5
COURSE-SPECIFIC GUIDE
http://stedwards.libguides.com/comm33016
LIBRARY INFO FOR THE PUBLIC
http://stedwards.libguides.com/content.php?pid=817057
3RD PARTY CITATION SOFTWARE
GUIDE
http://stedwards.libguides.com/noodlebib8
FACULTY GUIDE
http://stedwards.libguides.com/business_faculty 9
HOW DO LIBGUIDES WORK?
� Start from scratch
or use an existing
guide as a
template
� Add “boxes” for
desired content:
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DESIGN YOUR GUIDE
� As many pages (tabs) as you need
� Add sub-pages to group similar items
� Pages can have 1, 2, or 3 columns
� Change colors or use the default
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PUBLISH YOUR GUIDE
� Status options:
� Unpublished (only you can see it)
� Private (only those with the URL can see it)
� Published (available to all)
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LIBGUIDES HOMEPAGE/INDEX
http://stedwards.libguides.com
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COOL FEATURES
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EASILY IMPORT COVER ART WITH AN
ISBN
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EMBE
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YOUR
CHATWIDGE
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EMBED YOUR CATALOGWIDGET
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EMBED VIDEO CLIPS
http://researchguides.austincc.edu/RTF
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ATTACH DOCUMENTS
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GET FEEDBACK
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PROFILE BOX
� Create a default
� Optionally, customize by guide
� Include on any page
� Your photo or an avatar
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SOCIAL MEDIA
� Post updates to Twitter
� Display the cloud tag from a del.ici.ous account
� Several Facebook apps
� www.facebook.com/stedwardslibrary
� � Boxes �Libguides Library
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URLS
� Customize the “path” when you publish the guide
� http://stedwards.libguides.com/philosophy
� Each page has a unique URL
� Link pages (i.e. the tab) to outside websites or
other LibGuide pages
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MORE FEATURES
� Link checker: find broken links
� Widget Factory: embed LibGuide content in web
pages
� Usage statistics:
� by guide
� by page
� by link
� Co-edit or co-own guides with colleagues
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A PEEK INSIDE
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MY ADMIN: THE COMMAND
BAR
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EDITING BOX CONTENT
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STATISTICS SAMPLE
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SUPPORT & IDEAS
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LOTS OF HELP IS AVAILABLE
� From Springshare
� Webinars & video tutorials
� Help screens
� Blog & forums
� From other users
� Community Site:
http://libguides.com/community
� Many libraries created LibGuides about how to
create LibGuides
� Links to thousands of library’s guides
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COST
Can I say our number in public????31
THANK YOU!
QUESTIONS?
WANT TO GO LIVE?
Tina Herman Buck
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