not afraid of beta: going live with libguides v2

Not Afraid of Beta: Going Live with

LibGuides v2

Heidi Steiner Burkhardt Head of Digital Services

Melissa Cornwell Distance Learning Librarian

Kreitzberg Library, Norwich University VTSCL – Let’s Talk About the Web October 23, 2014

Quick Poll

Why We Jumped

• Responsive Design

• New Navigation

Options

• Templates

• Guide Editing

Improvements

• Centralized Asset

Management

• More Widget Power

• History

• Customized Guides

by Program

• Point of Need

Instructional

Content

• Mix and Match

• v2 to the Max

Use Case

Please save questions for the end…

• History

• Customized Guides

by Program

• Point of Need

Instructional

Content

• Mix and Match

• v2 to the Max

Use Case

Responsive Design

Bootstrap

http://getbootstrap.com/css/#grid

Bootstrap

Font Awesome

http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/icons/

http://fortawesome.github.io/Font-Awesome/examples/

Bootstrap

Super helpful tool…

http://www.responsinator.com/

New Navigation Options

Tab Navigation

Side Navigation

Previous/Next Buttons

Templates

Guide Templates

Guide Templates

Guide Templates

http://mustache.github.io/

Guide Templates

Choosing a Guide Template

Homepage Template

Subject Page Template

Profile Page Template

A-Z Page Template

Major Guide Editing Improvements

Pencil Power!

Flexible Content Creation

Move All About

Centralized Asset Management

Manage Your Assets Like a Boss

What’s a Widget!?

Magical Databases A-Z

Magical Databases A-Z

Magical Databases A-Z

More Widget Power! • Guides

• A-Z Databases

• Users

• Subjects

• Groups (if applicable)

• Tags

• Content Box

• Guide/Page

• Search Box

Easy to Use Widget Creator

Widgets in Action

Use Case: Custom Website for Online

Students

• All fully online students are in the College of Graduate

and Continuing Studies

• Custom website for online students since at least 2007

• Pages by program create sense of place and are highly

valued by CGCS

• Wanted to streamline content creation and

maintenance, as well as facilitate more sharing of online

instructional materials

• Moving away from Drupal to a hosted solution was

highly desirable

• Already had LibGuides and v2 made a spark

Quick History

Customized Guides by Program

Customized Guides by Program

Mix and Match

Mix and Match

Point of Need Instructional Content

Pushing v2 to the Max

It is not all rainbows…

Credits 1. Abierto by Daquella manera CC BY

2. manos al cielo by ruurmo CC BY-SA

3-5. Scoop the Poop by Skakerman CC BY

11. Choices by derekbruff CC BY-NC

15. Painter's Palette at the Ready by colbalt123 CC BY-NC-SA

25. Punches & Scissors by Angela Mabray CC BY-NC

29. Vintage 1920s Parisian Buttons by Christina Campisi CC BY-NC-SA

35. Wind Power by Kathy CC BY-NC

38. Key to the open door by Tawheed Manzoor CC BY

39. REWIND by Chris Marquardt CC BY-NC-SA

46. Rainbow after the storm by Marcus Rahm CC BY-NC-SA

47. Strip by Bart Everson CC BY

48. Unsure Of The Next Step by eviloars CC BY-NC

49. thanks in purple by artnoose CC BY-NC-SA

Heidi Steiner Burkhardt hsteiner@norwich.edu Melissa Cornwell mcornwel@norwich.edu