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LOEX Conference Proceedings 2009

LibGuides

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Using Student Feedback To Improve Course Specific Libguides Content, Karen W. Brown Dec 2011

Using Student Feedback To Improve Course Specific Libguides Content, Karen W. Brown

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2009

Librarians feel that LibGuides provide the opportunity to create user centered and intuitive research guides for students. However, relatively little feedback has been gathered from LibGuides’ intended audience. A LibGuides evaluation was conducted for upper level History courses during Fall 2008. The evaluation is an initial attempt to determine whether students found their course LibGuide useful, how many times during the semester a student accessed the LibGuide for his/her course, and ways in which course specific LibGuides content can be improved. Results of the evaluation will be shared along with a discussion and examples of how the results have impacted …


The Embedded Librarian: Integrating Library Resources Into Course Management Systems, Emily Daly Dec 2011

The Embedded Librarian: Integrating Library Resources Into Course Management Systems, Emily Daly

LOEX Conference Proceedings 2009

Duke University librarians have collaborated with Instructional Technology staff to integrate subject-specific library resources into Blackboard, the university’s course management system. What began as a manual process on a small scale has grown to an automated process in which every course offered at Duke is linked to a subject-specific LibGuide developed by a subject specialist or instruction librarian. Guides may include instructional tutorials on using Duke’s databases, tips for conducting subject-specific searches and librarians’ contact information. Success of the project has been assessed through student surveys, faculty interviews and focus groups; feedback from students, faculty and librarians alike has been …