An Interview with Slaven Zivkovic on the 10th Anniversary of LibGuides

Whitmer, Susan

doi:10.1080/15228959.2017.1371095

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“…There are many ways that subject guides can be made available online, but the LibGuides platform developed by Springshare has arguably achieved ubiquity since launching in 2007 as a means for libraries to develop and host their subject guides. In 2017, Springshare founder Slaven Zivkovic claimed that LibGuides had a user base of over 100,000 librarians (Whitmer, 2017), and LibGuides has been described as "the industry standard for library subject guides" (Whitmer, 2017, p. 284). A survey of 57 libraries using LibGuides conducted in 2013 by Primary Research Group found that almost 80% of them used LibGuides for subject guides.…”

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Redesigning subject guides with usability testing: a case study

Chan

Lei

2019

Journal of Web Librarianship

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Redesigning Subject Guides With Usability Testing: A Case Study This study considers best practices in subject guide design on the LibGuides platform based on usability tests and semi-structured interviews conducted at a mid-sized university library. The study investigated student preferences for guide navigation and was then expanded to address the overall usefulness of subject guides to students. The results indicate that the choice between side and tabbed navigation is highly individual, with students sometimes using the same reasoning to explain opposite preferences. The findings also suggest that thoughtfully maintained subject guides remain relevant to students. The authors recommend that librarians should enlist help from faculty members to promote subject guides and reconsider the inclusion and presentation of subject librarian photos in their guides. They also recommend that librarians conduct their own usability testing to ensure that their subject guides are best serving their particular institutional context.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Redesigning subject guides with usability testing: a case study

Chan

Lei

2019

Journal of Web Librarianship

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“…There are a variety of ways to make subject guides available online, but the Springshare LibGuides platform, which was launched in 2007 as a mechanism for libraries to produce and host their subject guides, has arguably attained universality. SlavenZivkovic, the founder of Springshare, said in 2017 that LibGuides had a user base of over 100,000 librarians 8 . Primary Research Group performed a survey of 57 libraries utilising LibGuides in 2013 and found that nearly 80% of them used LibGuides for subject guides.…”

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Evaluating Medical College Lib Guides: A Usability Case Study

Farid¹,

Zaheer²,

Khalid³

et al. 2022

PJMHS

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Many libraries have adopted usability testing as a standard practise for ensuring that their online presence is user-friendly and accessible. This study attempt to test usability of LibGuides platform at Shalamar Teaching Hospital, Lahore. The purpose of this qualitative research is to examine the usability, user experience (UX), and information architecture (IA) of LibGuides in the institutional context of Shalamar Medical & Dental College, Lahore, The research explored users’ views and was then extended to discuss the general utility of the Shalamar LibGuides. In this aspect, the study is remarkable because there is a paucity of literature on the subject. Keywords: user-centered design, subject guides, LibGuides, Pakistan, usability; research guides; Medical libraries

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“…LibGuides was launched in 2007, and it is a tool for library staff to design webpages that can help library users find information on a specific topic or class (Whitmer, 2017). In addition to support of instruction (German, 2017), subject guides (Chen and Chen, 2015) and collection development (Johnson and Johnson, 2017), it has also been creatively used in website and learning management system (LMS) integration, digital collections, data-drive decision-making and library administration (Sittler and Dobbs, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%