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LibGuides presentation for BIGWIG is finally UP!

// June 26th, 2008 // Conferences, Libraries, Web Stuff

Also posted to the BIGWIG Social Software Showcase 2008.

Title: (this) Librarian’s Guide to LibGuides
Name: Cindi Trainor | IM: cinditrainor

Description: What is all the LibGuides buzz about? Who can create a LibGuide? Can you? What sort of content can be put into a LibGuide? This presentation will cover the basics as well as give you a few tips and tricks to get your started or to whet your appetite.

Watch this presentation, then join me on Saturday, June 28, at 1:30 to chat about LibGuides at the BIGWIG Social Software Showcase 2008. I hope to see you there!

LibGuides from Cindi Trainor on Vimeo.

Useful Links:

• LibGuides by SpringShare
• The LibGuides Community – a gateway to all published LibGuides created by more than 250 institutions. Search for authors or subjects, browse all LibGuide sites
• LibGuides FAQ
• Scottsdale CC Library – a library website delivered entirely in LibGuides
• Librarians Unleashed – a showcase of LibGuides innovations by LibGuides librarians
• How to Make a LibGuide – step-by-step instructions for creating your own Guides, by Jason Puckett at Emory University
• Sample guide with content mentioned in the screencast
• “RSS in Plain English” – a useful video from the CommonCraft Show
• Other Plain English videos from the folks at the CommonCraft Show

Many thanks to Kelly Smith and Nicole Montgomery for their awesome work on their LibGuides at EKU and to Jason Puckett at Emory for sharing his expertise and guides.