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Online web development platforms enable all reference staff to work on subject guides by James A. Buczynski 10.1080/10875300903256589

The library web site of the future by Steven Bell - includes links to other interesting & related information

Developing class pages - links to resources & information contributing to the philosophy, design, and evolution of course-specific subject guides

ALAO Conference wiki page
Low Budget Library Guides: Creating an Assignment Help Center using Wikispaces ALAO 10/29/10 Polly Wilkenfeld, Head of Patron Services, Ursuline College Kathy Fisher, Reference & Instruction Librarian, Ursuline College

Ursuline College History of AHC Subject Pages vs. Class pages Reasons for Assignment Pages Types of assignement pages:
 * Founded in 1871, UC was the first women's college in Ohio and one of the first in the U.S.
 * Ursuline's student body, including undergraduate and graduate students, is over 1500. Although we primarily educate women, 9% of our undergraduate student population are men. 27% of our undergraduate students represent a variety of minority groups.
 * Excellent PR
 * Relatively quick to create
 * One page resource for students and faculty in a class
 * Simplicity of page follows assignment
 * Saves paper of handouts including PPT slides
 * acts as an "interactive outline" students can refer to later
 * multiple access points (Library home page, CMS, syllabus, email)
 * Research strategy for assignments
 * NR 216 - Introductory nursing class - first Evidence-Based Paper assignment
 * NR 221 - LPN to RN annotated bibliography assignment
 * Links to specific resources
 * NR 418 - online Nursing Leadership class - resources for assignments
 * MAP: Lesson Plan Resources - assignment for Education class
 * Transcultural Nursing pathfinder
 * Specific search terms
 * Athens resources page
 * Ursuline Studies Cities page with links to each city
 * General resources for topics / area of study
 * Subject guides
 * these pages can double as resource silos for creating new pages

- much easier in Firefox - updates/changes must be made page by page || · faculty reuse content w/out updating · keep, delete, hide or update? || · use template? remove personal touch, but provide more consistency? || · pages locked – we use it as a web site, not a wiki || - can use the same page for multiple classes || URLs can be long and awkward ||
 * Pluses || Minuses ||
 * Assignment specific || Formatting limited (layout & design) ||
 * Easy to add as you go even in class || Editing issues/problems
 * Version control || Dealing with archive pages
 * Shows authorship of pages || Individual librarian differences in thoroughness, design skills, look & feel
 * It’s a wiki! || It’s a wiki.
 * Legitimizes librarians and library resources || Requires faculty buy-in ||
 * Students familiar with wiki format from Wikipedia || confuse Wikispaces with Wikipedia?? ||
 * Link to a page by class name & number and instructor name
 * Very small fee for removal of ads and increased storage || additional fees for advanced services and features - no usage statistics ||
 * easy to learn; requires some self-training || may be invisible or below radar for library administration ||

Future Directions
Hand held devices