Library Web Presence
Emily Rimland
Binky Lush
Penn State Library
Kristina DeVoe
Derik Badman
Temple University Libraries
Penn State
Research JumpStart page
built around the idea of widgets
designed for the novice user
includes a few tools that users need the most and use the most
provides instant help
includes search box to the catalog
includes search box for proquest (demonstrates proquest by searching gnomes, but it did not ask her to authenticate. )
also includes Research Quick Start (links to research guides)
also includes quick links
good for teaching, as all the resources you are going to teach a class should be on this page
widgets can be added to iGoogle
Binky went to a place called WidgetBox (maybe a cool idea to do a business search page)
register with WidgetBox, then click to make a new widget
WidgetBox lets you test your widget, and also gives you analytics.
this may make a lot more sense than doing a toolbar, as all you have to do is update the widget and it will update on all pages.
WidgetBox does allow you to make a facebook app, but it does not allow you to take advance of the social
next up is to do some assessment
been a successful project thus far
Temple University
Subject Guides 2.0
Engaging Patrons Empowering Librarians
old subject guides were static pages
used a Contribute system, but didn’t like it
LibGuides –purchases in Spring 2007
http://guides.temple.edu
key benefits of LibGuides
1. Ease of Use–easy to add stuff–copy and paste urls, add descriptions, etc.
2. Content is modular
3. organization is flexible
4. comments, polls, etc are available
5. quick bibs
what the numbers say
looks like the month of march was more than most of fall semester
fairly impressive numbers
guides need marketing
other software options
good article in Code4Lib