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Evaluating Libguides at UCD LIbrary
1. Image: Richard Lee https://www.flickr.com/photos/70109407@N00/2097402250/
snakes
or
ladders?
ladders?
libguides
ucd library
michelle dalton
ucd library
@mishdalton
or
evaluating
at
project team:
ros pan & josh clark
(outreach)
julia barrett, jane nolan &
michael ladisch
(research services)
jennifer collery, lorna
dodd & michelle dalton
(client services)
10. “They are not designed to serve either
the experienced scholar or the
reference librarian.
They are for beginners who seek
instruction in gathering the
fundamental literature of a field new
to them in every respect”.
(Stevens et al., 1973, p. 41)
15. preference for
using the open
web
lack of awareness
of their existence
perception they
‘don’t need them’
why students don’t
use subject guides
(ouellelte, 2011)
16. evaluation process
start may
13
semester 1 nov/dec 13 end of pilot
feb 14
ongoing
feedback from
academic staff
& library staff
qualitative
feedback from
students via face
to face survey
quantitative
analysis of
usage stats &
analytics
17. student feedback
very low awareness
of guides (18%)
referencing
information
identified as
particularly helpful
“it covers everything
you need“
“having everything
in one place”
“useful, pretty
inclusive”
18. Map Collections 9260
Theses Information 2815
Bibliometrics 1681
English, Drama & Film 1269
Economics 750
Sociology 708
Languages, Literatures & Linguistics 648
History & Archives 484
Applied Social Science 451
Politics & International Relations 445
quantitative data
top ten guides by usage from sept-13 to feb-14
19. guide level usage: sociology
most students don’t explore libguides in fine detail:
sociology libguide,
views by page, feb 2014
Page Name Views
Journal Articles & Databases 157
Introduction 152
Books & Websites 27
Datasets & Statistics 27
Newspapers & Sociology 13
Government & EU Information 12
Citing Information & Avoiding Plagiarism 12
400
20. link level usage: sociology
sociology libguide,
clicks per link, feb 2014
Name Click-throughs
Sociological Abstracts 121
JSTOR 45
Social Sciences Citation Index (ISI) 17
Social Sciences Full Text 14
Applied Social Science Index & Abstracts 6
Irish Social Science Data Archive (ISSDA) 3
Irish Qualitative Data Archive (IQDA) 3
21. google analytics
Region Sessions New Users Pgs/Session
Ireland 1714 1196 2.59
United States 140 135 1.85
United Kingdom 118 112 1.94
Australia 31 28 1.45
Canada 23 23 1.96
France 9 8 3.33
India 9 9 1.67
Spain 7 7 1.43
Philippines 7 7 1.14
Brazil 6 6 1.50
Total 2165 1628 2.43
890 (52%)
from UCD
campus
ethernet
all libguides, feb 2014
data: josh clark, ucd library
23. collaboration with
academic staff
think of the end
user
my five
‘take aways’
avoid information
overload
promote via f-to-f
instruction
integration with
other supports
24. Image: Druyts.t http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Snakes_and_ladders2.JPG
thank
you http://libguides.ucd.ie
project team:
ros pan & josh clark (outreach)
julia barrett, jane nolan & michael ladisch
(research services)
jennifer collery, lorna dodd & michelle
dalton (client services)
read the paper:
http://hdl.handle.net/10197/5653
michelle dalton
ucd library
t @mishdalton