Library Research Guides: Adapting To User-Centered Design
Geri Hopkins
Abstract
In 2014, Brooks Library decided to move from Subjects Plus research guide software to LibGuides by Springshare. The results are dramatic when both student and faculty input are leveraged, and the software is used to its fullest capabilities, as demonstrated by a before-and-after comparison to highlight this new student research tool. Goodbye to scrolling “walls of text” and hello to the tabbed, dynamic, user-centered design of the modern research guide!
Library Research Guides: Adapting To User-Centered Design
SURC 201
In 2014, Brooks Library decided to move from Subjects Plus research guide software to LibGuides by Springshare. The results are dramatic when both student and faculty input are leveraged, and the software is used to its fullest capabilities, as demonstrated by a before-and-after comparison to highlight this new student research tool. Goodbye to scrolling “walls of text” and hello to the tabbed, dynamic, user-centered design of the modern research guide!