Research Guides 2.0Creating Guides that Patrons

Love with Less HassleCreating Guides that Patrons

Love with Less Hassle

Elizabeth FarrellResearch/Instructional Technology Librarian

Florida State University College of Lawon Twitter: @elizabethf

why 2.0?

What DOES 2.0 Mean for Research Guides? for Research Guides?

...applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-

centered design, and collaboration...

options

Wi ki s

$ Cost Time CostTechnical Know-How

Hosted/Self-Hosted

Granularity of Control

DIFFERENCES

Best Choice? Whatever works best for your library & your patrons

one option: Libguides

bottom line on LIbguides

• Hosted Solution

• Annual Cost $900 - $3000

• Itty Bitty Learning Curve

what is a libguide?

Boxes of Content

Content = (almost)Limitless

VisuallyAppealing

Copy, Link, ShareBoxes

creating a libguide

creating a libguide

MY NEW GUIDE!

Box Content options

Rich Text Box

Cool FeaturesLinking/Copying

Boxes

Usage Stats

Widgets/ API Utility

CUstomization

implementing Libguides

slides available at:

http://www.slideshare.net/efarrell

CreditsSlide 2 image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tanjatakesphotos/2757963159/Slide 4 image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/inistea/4075566557/Slide 4 quote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2.0Slide 5 image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/briansolis/2735401175/Slide 7 image: http://www.istockphoto.comSlide 8 image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/seeminglee/4556156477/Slide 9 capture: http://demo.libguides.com/getstartedSlides 12 & 13 capture: http://law.fsu.libguides.com/IFLRSlide 20 capture: http://law.fsu.libguides.com/Slide 21 image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/463439949/