Heather Close Reference and Research Services Coordinator Alberta Legislature Library

The way we were… Limited access to SharePoint Static and labour intensive bibliographies and ‘Web Guides’ Lack of full-text, dynamic content Scattered services No statistics

Developing the Research Guides Goal: Dynamic content-rich web-based portals structured on the Library taxonomy, aligned with other Library services, maintained by Library Staff. Process: Develop the taxonomy and apply to current services (Completed May 2013) Build the foundation; identify core resources (Jun-Sep 2013) Purchase the software (Sep 2013) Design the site: integrating current services and core resources (Oct-Nov 2013) Soft launch and presentation (December 2013) Assign areas of responsibility (February 2014)

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Reviewed: Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus UK’s Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary (IPSV) Compared: Government News Releases Caucus and Party websites Loosely based on portfolios General enough to weather department changes Tested and mapped headings to current library services The Taxonomy

Building the Foundation of Each Subject Guide Define the categories that would be the building blocks: Databases Organizations Statistics Identify the core resources One Librarian with the assistance of a technician

Links to EBSCO A-Z for library holdings and e-journal access

Areas of Responsibility Librarians assigned two to three topical areas each All reference staff members contribute with suggestions or assigned tasks Training (Jan-Feb 2014) Small assignments: Review the core (Feb 2014) Add a Think Tanks page (Mar 2014) Add and maintain the “Newly Discovered” box (Apr 2014) Government and Politics Health Economics and Finance Legislative Process and Affairs Education and Training Energy

The way we were… Limited access to SharePoint Static and labour intensive bibliographies and ‘Web Guides’ Lack of full-text, dynamic content Scattered services No statistics

Goal: Dynamic content-rich web-based portals structured on the Library taxonomy, aligned with other Library services, maintained by Library Staff. Static Citations & lists Print and pdf Unstructured Scattered services Labour intensive Dynamic Content-rich Web-based Structured Aligned services Efficiently maintained by Library staff

Ongoing Challenges Promotion and communications Determining client needs Reliance on old pages Off-site access Integration with varied and changing platforms Measuring use (statistics) Staff expectations and training

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