“the future depends on what you do today”: evolving subject support in ucd library for a...
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An Leabharlann,
An Coláiste Ollscoile,
Baile Átha Cliath 4
The Library,
University College Dublin,
Belfield,
Dublin 4
“The future depends on what you do today”: evolving subject
support in UCD Library for a sustainable future
Diarmuid StokesHSLG 2015
Summary
• How UCD Library subject support
on the library website
• How it evolved
• How it changed
• What replaced it
Annotated bibliographies of reference
materials, Web sites, databases, and
journals within a specific discipline
(Reeb & Gibbons, 2004, p. 123)
What are subject Portals
“They are not designed to serve either the experienced scholar or the
reference librarian. They are for beginners who seek instruction in
gathering the fundamental literature of a field new to them in every
respect”. (Stevens et al., 1973, p. 41)
1997
1999
2003
2008
Growth of UCD Subject Portals1997-2008
1997 1999 2001 2003 2008
2011
New Content Management System
Change to Website support Model
Evaluation of Website Content
The (unexpected) return of Subject portals
Library Restructuring
Information Literacy Model
Subject Specific Guides
Why Subject portals again?
But weren’t the figure low?
Awareness
Visibility
Academic support
Support for Multidisciplinary
subjects
One stop shop
Why Choose Libguides?
Interface
Add, Reuse, Share
Embed
Widgets in Libguides
Libguides in…..
Templates
How did we implement it?
Pilot Programme
Develop templates
Add Content
Promote
Mainstreamed
Where are we now
42 Subject guides, 9
Research guides
Usage
Feedback
“Useful, pretty
inclusive.”
“it all seemed to be
there”
“covers everything
you need”
Libguide usage Sept 2014-May 2015Map Collections at UCD and on the Web 15746
Your Library Information Skills 12284
EndNote 10136
GIS at UCD and on the Web 7779
Welcome New Students 7373
Theses Information 5812
English, Drama & Film 5190
Bibliometrics 4624
Research Data Management 3887
Library Staff Intranet (login required) 3571
Law 3494
Business 3226
Health & Wellbeing Collection 2402
Veterinary Medicine 2222
Agriculture & Food Science 2034
UCD Library Spotlight 1806
Languages, Literatures & Linguistics 1796
Geography 1723
ORCID 1714
Integrating Library Resources into Blackboard 1702
Medicine and Medical Science 1581
Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems 1536
History & Archives 1483
Physiotherapy 1229
Standards and Patents 1203
Since Then
Intranet
Library spotlight
Health and Wellbeing
Collection
Maybe even…..
Library website
Increasing usage
Conclusion
2003 Introduced Subject portals
2011 abandoned due to low usage stats and work load
concerns
2013 Brought back due to new IL Strategy
2015 Usage Stats still low, But library happy
Now we have Subject portals that are sustainable, flexible
and Libguides can be used for more than subject portals
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Image attribution
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