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Five “Best Practices” for LibGuides
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Set up your profile
from your Administrative page. This will keepyour profile uniform throughout your guides and you will have only oneplace to change it.
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Use the term “Liaison Librarian” to label your photo. If you need aphoto, you can use the PhotoBooth on the MACs in the STS.
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Customize your IM widget with a friendlier “not online” messagesuch as “I am not available right now but please send me an email.”
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Begin with an appropriate template
and adapt according to yourdisciplinary needs.
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 You will find templates for Basic Subject pages (single page);Advanced Subject (multiple tabs), and “How to” topics. (“How to”pages will be coordinated through the Instruction Team as they areinstructional in nature.)
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Each template features a minimum number of required elements toestablish uniformity among guides.
3.
Follow established conventions
when creating your guides to helpestablish an identity for the Subject Guides.
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 The Subject Guide title should be the same as the department orprogram name.
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Course guide titles should adopt the format used in the courseschedule. (Three letter departmental prefix [space] course number;example: ENG 1020)
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Colors and fonts will be used to designate different types of guidesand should not be changed.
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Make your guide more useable by following recommendedpractices:
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Annotate links. The simple web links box offers a way to list a linkand provide a short description.
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