Changing Trenches, Changing Tactics: A Library's Frontline Redesign in a New CMS

CampusGuides: A Solution for the Hospital Library

“…The most important feature for our purposes is that LibGuides CMS allows for the creation of multiple groups, which basically function as independent LibGuides environments for each library or hospital location. Like Pickens-French and McDonald who designed subject guides for a regional college campus, Clinic librarians needed to be sure our LibGuides pages and links did not lead users to resources that are not accessible at their location, and we needed to keep contact information and custom branding separate for each hospital (4). With each regional hospital library Web site in a separate group, we can customize design elements, contact information, and other areas of the site by location and still maintain similar style and navigation options across all the hospitals.…”

“…Includes more graphic elements, custom branding, and removed "breadcrumb trail" to main campus. (15) campuses (4). Mindful that many residents and staff move between hospital locations, it was important to maintain consistency where possible, but also allow for individual branding.…”

Circle the Wagons & Bust Out the Big Guns! Tame the “Wild West” of Distance Librarianship Using Quality MattersTMBenchmarks

“…Although librarians may desire comprehensive video tutorials, Tempelman- Kluit and Ehrenberg (2003) found that students prefer brevity over depth, while Bowles-Terry, Hensley, and Hinchliffe (2010) noted that students wanted to skip introductory material and focus on how to actually use the resource. This may be why Pickens-French and McDonald (2012) reported that 44% of the students they surveyed indicated that a library video tutorial would lose their attention after 1-2 minutes, with an additional 32% losing interest if a tutorial lasted 3-4 minutes. In this type of learner-content interaction, it is critical not to lose the learner (QM Standard 6.1) (MarylandOnline, 2013).…”