Most students do not know what research guides are or how they can be helpful. During our usability study, 0 out of 10 students had used a LibGuide and only 3 had heard of one before.
Each librarian can help promote their guides by:
Collaborating with faculty
Suggest a link to the guide be added in BlazeVIEW and GoVIEW courses
Send emails with a link to the guide(s) to faculty when appropriate
Promoting during liaison work at department meetings
Promoting during Library Instruction and as an Embedded Librarian
Linking to other helpful guides within the creation of your own
Linking to guides in reference emails and chats when appropriate
Topic Guide: Once a year / as needed
Subject Guide: Once a year / as needed
Course Guide: Once a semester
Check links (ask for a broken link check to be run if it has not already been done)
Check relevancy of guide and retire (unpublish) those no longer needed
Check relevancy of content
Update with new resources as they become available
Edits to a Guide - If there is something that you think should be added to a guide that you do not own, send an email to the appropriate librarian/guide owner to suggest the edit.
Emery, J. L., & Francher, S. E. (2016). Pay attention to the data behind the curtain: Leveraging LibGuides analytics for maximum impact. In R. L. Sitler & A. W. Dobbs (Eds.) Innovative Libguide application: Real world examples, (pp. 113-127). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Hyams, R. (2020). Tending to an overgrown garden: Weeding and rebuilding a LibGuides v2 System. Information Technology & Libraries, 39(4), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v39i4.12163
Murphy, S. A., & Black, E. L. (2013). Embedding guides where students learn: Do Design Choices and Librarian Behavior Make a Difference? Journal of Academic Librarianship, 39(6), 528–534. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2013.06.007
