Web 2.0 for Library 2.0

LibGuides enables libraries to share information with users in a web 2.0 world. Using LibGuides, librarians create useful content, share knowledge, and promote library resources to the community. Our Facebook app and LibGuides widgets distribute library content to other websites, blogs, and courseware systems. LibGuides connects you with patrons, wherever they are.

LibGuides is tightly integrated with a wide array of popular web 2.0 services, such as Facebook, Del.icio.us and Twitter. Twitter integration is especially exciting because it is a great way to advertise and promote your library content in the Twitter universe.

Any type of content, including web 2.0 media, can be put into LibGuides. Academic, Public, and School Libraries use LibGuides to create subject guides, information portals, course resources, community guides, research tips, etc.

Successful Library Research

Sure, your patrons can use Google and online databases to find information. But you, the librarian, are the key to successful research. Nobody knows research better! With LibGuides you help patrons find stuff they need and show them information they didn't even know existed. Patrons can also chat with you and ask questions in real time, while they are doing research.

Every month, LibGuides get 8+ Million page views (across all client libraries), proving that patrons are finding their librarian-prepared guides incredibly useful! Our libraries tell us the response from their community has been fantastic. Check out the reviews.

Connect With Patrons

  • Every librarian has a profile page, listing all their guides & contact info.
  • Users can participate in polls, rate resources, and leave comments inside guides.
  • Everything published in LibGuides is instantly available in Facebook, and you can post new guide updates on Twitter.
  • LibGuides Widgets display LibGuides content on any webpage, courseware system, blog, or a social network.
  • Users can chat with librarians in real time, and subscribe to email updates whenever new guides are published.

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