Web 2.0 for Library 2.0
LibGuides enables libraries to share information with users in a web 2.0 world. Using LibGuides, librarians can effortlessly create content-rich guides, share knowledge and information, and promote library resources to the community. The system is
integrated with Facebook, and
LibGuides widgets distribute library content to other websites, blogs, and courseware systems. LibGuides connects you with patrons, wherever they are.
Any type of content (including web 2.0 media) can be put into LibGuides. Your LibGuides can be subject guides, information portals, class handouts, community guides, research tips, or any type of useful information you wish to share with users (see uses). The possibilities are endless. Really!
Google Schmoogle
Sure, your users can search Google and your online databases to find information. But you, the librarian, are the key to
successful research. Heck, nobody knows research better! With LibGuides you help patrons find stuff they need and show them information they didn't even know existed! Now, patrons have best of both worlds! In addition, with LibGuides patrons can chat with you and ask questions in real time, via chat widgets like meebo, or by using instant messenger apps.
Every month, LibGuides gets 2.7 Million page views (across all client libraries), proving that patrons are loving their librarian-prepared guides and finding them incredibly useful! Our libraries tell us the response from their community has been fantastic. The reviews are true - LibGuides may be the best thing since sliced bread!
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.
- LibGuides Widgets display LibGuides content on any webpage, courseware system, blog, or a social network.
- Users can subscribe to email updates whenever new LibGuides are published.
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LibGuides Community
When your library subscribes to LibGuides, you become part of the LibGuides community: 160+ libraries world wide (and growing every week) with 3000+ librarians who share ideas, content, and collaborate on creating guides.
The community site is a great resource for sharing useful information, tips, and knowledge with your peers.
For example, if you are a business librarian you can check out the community site to see what other business librarians in the LibGuides community are creating, discuss business-related research topics, get ideas for your own guides, use templates and content from existing business-related guides, and even collaborate with other librarians from the LlibGuides community on creating new guides.
