1. CARL-IT NORTH 2008 Mash-Up the Library Santa Clara University “ COOL TOOLS ” LIBGUIDES DEMO Laura L. Moody (lmoody@sfsu.edu) San Francisco State University July 25, 2008

2. THE BASICS Springshare Site Springshare Site - Creator of LibGuides http://demo.libguides.com /

3. LINKS TO TUTORIALS LIBGUIDES INTRO CREATING A NEW GUIDE CONTENT BOX TYPES CUSTOMIZING YOUR DEFAULT PROFILE PUBLISHING CONTENT PUBLISH YOUR GUIDE http://demo.libguides.com/content.php?pid=231&sid=390

4. WHY LIBGUIDES? Old style text-only research guides stagnant and outdated Easy to update and revise No need to know HTML/XML Codes or Web Page Design (Although it may help) Interactive Facebook Integration RSS Feeds and Video Visual and Textual -- Works with different learning styles ADA friendly Ability to incorporate Web 2.0 Technologies Inexpensive Allows for more currency, reliability, and visibility Consistent URL Ability to track statistics

5. 7/25/2008Moody_LibGuidesDemo_CARLIT_7/08 MY LIBGUIDES CREATED FOR SFSU Music LibGuide Museum Studies LibGuide

6. CREATING A NEW GUIDE

7. HAVE FUN! 7/25/2008 Moody_LibGuidesDemo_CARLIT_7/08

8. 7/25/2008Moody_LibGuidesDemo_CARLIT_7/08 CREATOR PAGE EXAMPLE Don’t forget about the tutorials offered at the LibGuides site: http://demo.libguides.com/content.php?pid=231&sid=390

9. QUICK LINKS LIBGUIDES WEBSITE: http://www.springshare.com/libguides/ http://www.springshare.com/libguides/ Link to Video created by University of South Carolina: http://www.sc.edu/library/camtasia/LibGuidesSpotlight.html http://www.sc.edu/library/camtasia/LibGuidesSpotlight.html LIBGUIDES CREATOR AND CONTACT PERSON: Slaven Zivkovic mailto:info@springshare.com mailto:info@springshare.com If you are curious about trying LibGuides out for yourself, contact Slaven. They have a free demo system you can try out. http://demo.libguides.com You will need a free demo account to create sample guides, so send them a quick email at mailto:demo@springshare.com requesting the account. mailto:demo@springshare.com Links to my SFSU LibGuides: Music : http://libguides.sfsu.edu/music http://libguides.sfsu.edu/music Museum Studies : http://libguides.sfsu.edu/Museum_Studies http://libguides.sfsu.edu/Museum_Studies Link to Index of all SFSU created LibGuides: http://libguides.sfsu.edu/index.php 7/25/2008 Moody_LibGuidesDemo_CARLIT_7/08