Ros Pan Head of Outreach UCD Library

libguides.ucd.ie/anltc Password is lower case “anltc”

Cloud based, Software as a Service, hosted web platform

No local server or software Edit via the web, anywhere, anytime Can store docs and images used in the guides

also up in the cloud Lease their cloud storage from Amazon

Annual payment Cost depends on: size of your institution, which

version you go for, any add-ons you want, any discount you can negotiate!

For UCD with about 25,000 students, the fuller CMS version (about 40% more cost) and a 10% discount we are paying round about €3,100 a year

Maybe others will be forthcoming in public or at refreshment breaks on what they pay…

LibGuides Annual License USD 2,599.00

Images and Back-Ups Module USD 199.00

CMS upgrade USD 1,100.00

10% Discount (USD 390.00)

USD 3,508.00

About 3,100

euro p/a

Out of the box solution requiring just tiny bit of customising (banner, colour scheme)

Easy to use editing interface Many librarians can create content with it,

compared to the Library website Seen mainly as a place to lodge lists of online

library guides in subject and topic areas If you take a tour of LibGuides customers, maybe

90% use it in this way at the moment

Small edits to out of the box:

Banner

Main title or not

Guides in 1 or 2 columns

How many ways to present the guides to users

Changing the range of widgets in the right bar

You can purchase standard LibGuides or LibGuides CMS

Also now have the new version 2 - looks different, and has a number of attractive features not found in the old version 1

New customers will get version 2 so when browsing sites it is good to look for version 2 sites as this is what you will get

Existing users should consider migrating

You can put your guides into GROUPS, each can look different, with own home page and their own banner

You get more file storage so can move a lot of your docs, pdfs, images into the system alongside the guide itself

You can SHARE images in shared folders and all use one copy and all have access to the whole set

You get access to the module to build forms and surveys and embed them into your guides

Standard product you now (version 2) have 2 basic guide templates: for top bar style and left bar style.

But with the CMS version IF you have the skills to code them up you can develop any number of different guide templates with different layouts altogether – for those contemplating replacing a website with LibGuides this is an important feature

Can password control or IP control access to individual guides

Version 2 total new system on a separate server Still finishing it off, a few missing bits, taken a

long time well over a year so far New customers will get version 2 – so look at

these sites! Existing users will need to migrate from 1 to 2, a

significant process involved in that – only < 25% have so far done this migration

Responsive design based on Bootstrap so should display nicely from smartphone, mini tablet, tablet and desktop sizes

Home page layout is different Colours are FLAT not gradients so it looks more “modern” You can match colour of top tabs exactly to your website

colours if you wish You can have guides either with traditional top tab style or

you can have them with a website-style left bar navigation, this is a big change

You can have boxes right across the top and/or bottom of your guides so it is a bit more flexible

You can put index cards into a single box

Way ASSETS are handled is changed – new ASSETS concept You can have a separate and PUBLIC set of your subscription

databases All other assets like links, widgets, documents are in a shared

library and you should aim for one record and multiple uses of it. This was also the system in version 1 but it is much stronger and easier to do in version 2

You can MIX contents in one box which you cannot do in version 1 e.g. have a website link, a subscription database link, a document, an image and an embedded video in one box.

If you have the skill set you can move right away from the out of the box philosophy and code up to mirror your website, or replace it, or something quite fancy – only in version 2 is this possible easily

http://library.acg.edu/welcome

http://home.scotch.wa.edu.au/home

An area we have neglected at UCD so far but important Not yet fully coded in version 2! Can produce simple guide lists Will be able to produce lists by tag, subject, group also Will also be able to embed full guides or boxes from guides

into other environments There is also a range of APIs so you can pass on the code to

other web developers to embed content from your LibGuides into their website

Don’t make them come to your LibGuides platform, put your content into their online environments

Why do you want the product, what for, what need is it fulfilling?

Which version do you need, basic or CMS? What is/will be the relationship of LibGuides with and to your

Library website? What sort of look and feel do you have in mind? Who is going to manage the platform and the content

overall? Operational group? Champion in each team? Who are your likely guide authors? Is the public A-Z database display of interest to you?

Implementation and migration project management

Master list of live and pending guides

Manual and training New versions and updates to

manage and monitor Operational group lead Link checker each week Statistics each month and

Google analytics each month Guide production where not got

a local author to do it Discussions on new uses

Quality control e.g. people are not re-using assets but duplicating them

Policy decisions on web v. libguides

Build forms and surveys to use in other guides

Look after centrally managed widgets and info boxes which are mirrored and used right across the system e.g. library twitter feed, news, photo slideshow, chat box, catalogue search box

Check assets for duplication and remove ones not being referenced in any guide

2254

(65%)

3060

(59%)

Dec 14 and Jan 15

% of UCD Libguide

page views

less than 10 secs.

U of Michigan presentation on LibGuides impact

Guide Name Views

Map Collections at UCD and on the Web 4136

GIS at UCD and on the Web 2262

English, Drama & Film 2207

EndNote 2128

Access Library Information Skills 2114

Library Staff Intranet (login required) 2025

Health & Wellbeing Collection 1698

Theses Information 1615

Welcome New Students 1155

Bibliometrics 1096

Veterinary Medicine 951

Business 742

UCD Library Spotlight 679

Law 670

Research Data Management 641

Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems 530

Languages, Literatures & Linguistics 460

ORCID 406

Agriculture & Food Science 337

Integrating Library Resources into Blackboard 290

History & Archives 280

Medicine and Medical Science 280

Sociology 233

Standards and Patents 226

Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering 166

Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering 163

Architecture and Landscape Architecture 154

Politics & International Relations 149

Systematic Review 148

Applied Social Science 147

Information & Library Studies 146

Economics 140

Computer Science and Informatics 121

Physiotherapy 118

Electrical, Electronic and Communications

Engineering 116

Psychology 115

Irish, Celtic Studies & Folklore 106

Education 106

Art History, Cultural Policy & Classics 102

Archaeology 94

Music 93

Geography 88

Occupational Safety Health and Environment 85

Mathematical Sciences 74

Veterinary Nursing 70

Sports and Exercise Management 67

Social Justice 65

Planning & Environmental Policy 64

Philosophy 62

Mechanical and Materials Engineering 60

Public Health 59

Biomolecular and Biomedical Science 57

Biology & Environmental Science 49

Biosystems Engineering 44

Chemistry and Chemical Biology 43

Physics 38

UCD Authors Focus 35

Geological Sciences 24