Liberate Your Library with LibGuidespasadenaisd.libguides.com/TCEA2015

Melissa Rippy & Christy FosterPasadena ISDLibraries & Instructional Materials

LibGuides CMS by Springshare• Content Management System

• Subscription-based

• Especially useful for libraries

• Can be your library website

• Easily add, reuse, and share your content with others

• Promote your resources!

Structure – The Dashboard• Administrative Tools

• Account settings

• Support Announcements

• Profile

Structure – Working in a GuideMenu items allow for creating and personalizing guides

• Dashboard – Return you to dashboard

• Guide Settings – Guide info, collaboration, statistics

• Guide Look & Feel – Tab & box colors

• Add/Edit Pages – Moving boxes, resizing columns, deleting pages

• Preview

• Help

OrganizationIf Librarians are organized... in piles, Post-Its, and by the "I know exactly where it is" method

And Libraries are organized... 123s and ABCs

Then, Library web pages should be organized too!

Early Explorers of LibGuides PISD

Several High Schools went together and purchased subscriptions for the campus library to use when our district web application changed and was no longer meeting their needs.

• Examples: – Pasadena Memorial HS

– J. Frank Dobie HS

– Pasadena HS

• Pasadena Memorial High School Virtual Library

by Jennifer Brabston, Kelly Wadyko

• J Frank Dobie High School Libraryby Dendy Farrar, Nancy Schwab

• Pasadena High School Libraryby Elaine Baker, Emily Dabney

Pasadena Memorial High School Virtual Library

by Jennifer Brabston, Kelly Wadyko - Last Updated Jan 6, 2015 See Mrs. Brabston or Mrs. Wadyko for the current userIDs and passwords.4,792 views this year

Added Class Pages - a Guide for EVERY teacher

Publish when needed; Unpublish when not needed

No need to REcreate every year - just edit any changes

Teachers OnlyPurchased LibCal (calendar)

• Use for the library schedule

• Teachers may view schedule and request/reserve time in the library by clicking on the time that works best for them

J Frank Dobie High School Library

by Dendy Farrar, Nancy Schwab - Last Updated Jan 15, 2015 SEE LIBRARY FOR USERNAMES & PASSWORDS 7,358 views this year

Dobie HS - Student Resources PageInformation for students: • Finding Articles in a database - video and handout• Accessing Your Files from Home - Portal info• Name That Book Reading List

Those That Dove Right InMost campus libraries had some type of existing web page. When we moved to LibGuides they copied the HTML code and were done. Others saw it as an opportunity to be creative and informative .

• Frazier Elementary Library by Christine Roberts

• Southmore Intermediate Library by Laura Rahman

• South Belt Elementary Library Home by Allison Sutton

Frazier Elementary Library

by Christine Roberts - Last Updated Dec 6, 2014 295 views this year

• Keeping it simple and sweet

• Custom Header Imported

• Copied Pages

• Elementary NTB Reading List

• Texas Bluebonnent Award

Southmore Intermediate Library

by Laura Rahman - Last Updated Jan 23, 2015 1,277 views this year

Embedded Symbaloo Created Symbaloo mix of sites and copied the embed code into a LibGuide Multimedia: Embedded Media & Widgets box

South Belt Elementary Library Homeby Allison Sutton - Last Updated Nov 19, 2014 372 views this year

Link to LibraryTrac CalendarTeachers are able to see the library schedule. They email the librarian to request time in the library.

System Content BoxLinks to Guides within your system Most Popular Guides - updates automatically

• Welcome to Jackson Library by Jennifer Ward

• J Frank Dobie High School Library by Dendy Farrar

• Pasadena Memorial High School Virtual Libraryby Jennifer Brabston

• Panther Library Home by Norma Garcia

• Libraries & Instructional Materials by Melissa Rippy

• Welcome to Lomax Library! by Terrie Hinojosa

• Bailey Library by Robert Billman

• Proclamation 2015 by Christy Foster

• San Jacinto Intermediate School Library by Kelly Lucot

• South Houston Intermediate Library by Pamela King

Usage Statistics Dashboard - Statistics

• Homepage - change the time period

• Guides - all guides in your system

• Sessions - tracks daily

• Browser/OS - also includes screen resolution

• Searches - term and location

• Links

• Content Summary

*Most reports may be exported to MS Excel

How is LibGuides Different?

Various features set LibGuides apart from your typical website…

Fantastic Features!• Pages:

– Create new pages!

– Reuse existing pages!

– Copy existing pages to edit!

• Search function

• Profile box

• Community

Fuzzy Features!

Pros Cons

Templates Easy for beginners Limiting in design

Boxes Easy for beginners Lengths can be an issue

Links & Documents

Link checker Needs specials box or page

Social Share info with users

Comments enabled

NEW! LibGuides 2• More flexibility and additional navigation

options

• FREE upgrade!

• Centralization and organization for imagesPersonal and shared

• Easier to find controls & tools

• Can enable "Submit for Review" button

• Column-spanning boxes w/up to 4 columns

• Navigation on the left available

• Compatibility across devices

• Boxes no longer tied to contentCan mix & match content within boxesStandard, Tabbed, Gallery, Profile