not afraid of beta: going live with libguides v2
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Presentation at the "Let's Talk About the Web" conference on October, 23, 2014, hosted by the Vermont Library Association College and Special Libraries Section.TRANSCRIPT
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 [email protected] Melissa Cornwell [email protected]