Liberate Your Library with LibGuides

pasadenaisd.libguides.com/TCEA2015

Melissa Rippy & Christy Foster

Pasadena ISD Libraries & 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 Guide

Menu 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

Organization

If 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 Library by Dendy Farrar, Nancy Schwab • Pasadena High School Library by 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 Only

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Purchased 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 Page

• • • Information 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 In

• • • Most 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 Christine Roberts by 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 Home

by Allison Sutton - Last Updated Nov 19, 2014 372 views this year

Link to LibraryTrac Calendar

Teachers are able to see the library schedule. They email the librarian to request time in the library.

System Content Box

Links 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 Library by 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

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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!

Templates Boxes

Pros

Easy for beginners Easy for beginners Links & Documents Link checker Social Share info with users

Cons

Limiting in design Lengths can be an issue Needs specials box or page Comments enabled

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NEW! LibGuides 2

More flexibility and additional navigation options FREE upgrade!

Centralization and organization for images Personal 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 content Can mix & match content within boxes Standard, Tabbed, Gallery, Profile