Phara Bayonne will be presenting on the University of Connecticut's use of LibGuides, a web content management system, at the 118th Annual CT Library Association Conference. Some key points: - UConn has been using LibGuides since 2007 to create subject and class-specific research guides for students and faculty. - LibGuides allows for the easy addition of various content types like text, images, links, videos, and polls. - UConn has created many different types of guides for subjects, classes, diversity initiatives, and more. - Examples of guides from other universities are provided for inspiration. Support resources for LibGuides are also listed.

1. April 30, 2009
CT Library Association
118th
Annual Conference
Phara Bayonne
UConn Stamford Campus
Jeremy Richard Library
phara.bayonne@uconn.edu

3. Front end view
back end view

4.  June-July ‘07 -Demo
 August ‘07 -Purchased
 Sept-October ’07-Training for Regionals
 November ‘07 -Presentation for Storrs
 April ‘08-LibGuides Roundtable Training
 Now –daily LibGuides created

5.  General Subject guides
 Class specific guides
 How-to guides on using Library Databases
 Heritage Month Guides (Diversity Team)
http://www.lib.uconn.edu/Diversity/heritage.htm

6.  Post to LibGuides Browser Button
 Add a Widget to any webpage, blog or WebCT
(widgets are flash components that can be
inside any page with a simple <object> tag)
 Interactive Polling
 Del.icio.us Tags & Facebook Apps

8. Once you start a new guide, click “Add a Box” to add content and
you’re given the following choices for the “Type of Content
Inside the Box:”
 Rich Text/Images/Dynamic Content
 Web Links
 RSS feed
 Podcast feed
 Embedded Video
 Del.icio.us Tag cloud
 Documents and Files
 Dates and Events
 Google Books
 Interactive Poll/Voting
 Link to another box in the system
 Copy another box from the system

9.  UMass Lowell – Graduate Students
http://libguides.uml.edu/content.php?pid=1469
 Dalhousie University –Nursing
 http://libguides.library.dal.ca/content.php?pid=327
 Boston College –Literary Research
http://libguides.bc.edu/content.php?pid=613
 Butler University –Octoberfest
http://libguides.butler.edu/content.php?pid=1718
 Quinnipiac University–What Can a Library Guide
Do For You
http://libraryguides.quinnipiac.edu/whatcantheydo
 Weber State University College-Annotations
 http://libguides.weber.edu/annotations

10.  Springshare Support Blog
http://support.springshare.com/
 LibGuide Training Videos
http://demo.libguides.com/content.php?pid=237
 LibGuide FAQ
http://demo.libguides.com/content.php?pid=234
 Report A Tech Support Issue or any feedback
or ideas you may have
http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/support.php