Category Archives: libguides

“Liberate those search boxes!”

Posted on January 15, 2010 by Laura

Amanda Etches-Johnson advocated “liberating search boxes” at the Website Improvement Face-off session at Internet Librarian 2009. I whole-heartedly agree with Amanda – but I’d expand upon her statement by saying I think we should liberate any library content we can … Continue reading →

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Customizing the LibGuides home page, version 2

Posted on December 4, 2009 by Laura

For the last several months, I’ve been trying to tweak our LibGuides home page – I wanted a collapsible menu that would allow users to view all the guides under a specific subject category. Better yet, if I could get … Continue reading →

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Embedding content into course sites using the LibGuides API

Posted on July 24, 2009 by Laura

You’ve likely heard the adage that libraries should be where their users are – well, one place you can find GVSU’s users is on Blackboard. I’ve been looking at LibGuides’ API Utility a lot lately (hopefully I’ll be able to … Continue reading →

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How to set up a customized LibGuides home page with subject categories

Posted on May 12, 2009 by Laura

I recently received an e-mail from someone at another library who wanted to know how we set up our LibGuides home page here at Grand Valley, as we did not use their default page. I figured others might be curious … Continue reading →

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