Getting more help JCU style guide Rules LearnJCU Trends Questions 4. Maximise LibGuides features
Think like a student
Convenience (time-poor/poor time management)
Confidence in IT & finding info skills but not confident evaluating
Addicted to Google
Dont understand library jargon
Make it interactive
Polls
User links submissions
Integrate web 2.0
RSS, videos, podcasts, mobile devices
Add some visual interest
Book covers
Seeimage sources
5. Visual interest: Copyright
AcknowledgeALLphotos
6. Visual interest: Statistics
AcknowledgeALLphotos
7. Visual interest: Womens studies
AcknowledgeALLphotos
8. Visual interest: Dentistry
AcknowledgeALLphotos
9. Visual interest: Creative arts
AcknowledgeALLphotos
10. Information literacy
Bring the Library resources to your students
Make the most of your real estate - offersituational support , e.g.,Search strategyorHow to use the databaseslinks adjacent to a list of best databases (provide scaffolding)
Integrate information literacy skills
Become familiar with thelearning outcomesin your discipline & weave them into your guide
Find out what theassessment itemslook like for your discipline -- how can your guide help students succeed?
Use your guide tomodelefficient search behaviours and skills that students may later transfer to more complex information environments
Think about differentlearning styles(visual, auditory, reading/writing, kinesthetic)
Collaborate
Seekfeedbackfrom teaching staff &collaboratewith them to create packages of information for core subjects
11. Information literacy
"First-year students are often unaware of the existence of library subscription databases and there is evidence that some students are not able to differentiate between a journal and a journal article, or to understand why they need to refer to journals." p. 27 Gurney, L. J., & Wilkes, J. (2008). Creating a library presence in online units.Australian Academic and Research Libraries ,39 , 26-37.
"Martin and Williamson (2003) give evidence that even after preliminary information skills training, students make poor use of the wide range of subscription and other higher-education funded electronic information sources and gateways they are very difficult to wean off a Google habit." p. 52 Bent, M. J., & Stockdale, E. A. (2009). Integrating information literacy as a habit of learning - assessing the impact of a golden thread of IL through the curriculum.Journal of Information Literacy ,3 , 43-50.
12. Admin sign-in
http://libguides.jcu.edu.au/
Admin Sign In
Create New Guide OR Edit Guide
13. Rules of the game
Aim for consistency in tab names & order
Easier for students to navigate (eg, across disciplines)
More professional
Make adjustments for your discipline or generic topics
Collect as much information as you can
Use Feedback box in all your guides
Use star ratings
Ask staff and students what they think
Share new ideas with colleagues
Study usage statistics
Avoid too much scrolling
Use sub-tabs or divide guide, egGenres in childrens literature
Ward Saylor is arbitrator if agreement cannot be reached
15. Publishing process
Friendly URL
Associate with subjects
Short description
Change status to Published
Assign tags
Redirect from CMS page
Publicise with stakeholders
16. LearnJCU
We can create widgets to embed your guide in LJCU
LJCU menu can be modified to include a link
Instructions
17. Information literacy
Bring the Library resources to your students
Make the most of your real estate - offersituational support , e.g.,Search strategyorHow to use the databaseslinks adjacent to list of best databases (provide scaffolding)
Integrate information literacy skills
Become familiar with thelearning outcomesin your discipline & weave them into your guide
Find out what theassessment itemslook like for your discipline -- how can your guide help students succeed?
Use your guide tomodelefficient search behaviours and skills that students may later transfer to more complex information environments
Think about differentlearning styles(visual, auditory, reading/writing, kinesthetic)
Collaborate
Seekfeedbackfrom teaching staff &collaboratewith them to create packages of information for core subjects
18. Trends
Individual subjects within a course:
Engineering , University of Sydney
Undergrad/Postgrad Medicine , Dalhousie University
Television & Society , Boston College
Engineering in the Modern World , Princeton University
Disruptive Technologies , MIT
Palm/PDA
Pharmacy , University of Sydney
Visual interest
Dentistry , University of Western Australia
Widget, blidgets, gadgets
19. Step-by-step: Sign-in
http://libguides.jcu.edu.au/
Admin Sign In
Create New Guide OR Edit Guide
20. Step-by-step: Profile
Customise your profile
Appears automatically on all your guides
Photo
Contact details
Subject portfolios
Embed Meebo or other chat widget
Create profile box if >1 librarian
Multiple profile examples
Seevideo(4 mins)
21. Step-by-step: Add new page
Add new page
22. Step-by-step: Add content box
Content box
New
Linked to another
Copy & edit
23. Step-by-step: Add intro
Add introductory text for the new content box
24. Step-by-step: Add links
Add web links & descriptions
25. Step-by-step: Add RSS feed
Add RSS feed
26. Step-by-step: Add books
Add books from Tropicat
UseSyndeticscover images
27. Step-by-step: Add podcast
Add podcast feed
28. Step-by-step: Add Google Scholar 29. Step-by-step: Add poll
