This presentation is part of the "LibGuides Tips & Tricks: Thinking Outside the Box" workshop at the LILAC Conference, Glasgow, 2012.

1. LibGuides at Loyola Marymount
University (LMU)
Susan Gardner (susan.gardner@lmu.edu)
Head of Reference & Instruction, LMU

2. Loyola Marymount University
(LMU)
Using LibGuides since 2008
Currently 315 total LibGuides
179 public guides; 89 private guides; 47 unpublished
A unique LibGuide exists for each major and minor
area of study
Embedded libraryh3lp chat widget into each LibGuide

3. Types of LibGuides
Course Guides: BIOLOGY Reading:
111; ENGL 110 Jewish Studies Book Club
Subject Guides: Workshops:
Communication Studies Wikipedia
Citation Guide:
Citation Styles Event Guides:
Faculty Pub Night
Guides for Faculty:
Copyright; Information
Literacy

4. Statistics: Top 10 LibGuides
Guide Hits (June 2010 - May 2011)
Rank last year LibGuide Total
1 1 ENGL 110: College Writing 21,557
2 5 Education 10,315
3 2 Citation Styles 8,919
4 3 BIOL 112: General Biology II Laboratory 6,771
5 8 Communication Studies 6,470
6 - MBA - Masters in Business Administration 6,144
7 10 Art Therapy 5,710
8 - International Business 5,002
9 - AMCS 110: Intro to American Cultures 4,920
10 4 Management 4,852

5. Statistics: Top 10 Course Guides
rank last year LibGuide Total
1 1 ENGL 110: College Writing 21557
2 2 BIOL 112: General Biology II Laboratory 6771
3 5 AMCS 110: Intro. to American Cultures 4920
4 3 ENGL 140: Intro. to Fiction 4606
5 4 CMST 100: Intro. to Public Speaking 3307
6 9 EDES 5001: Educational Psychology 3181
7 - CMST 140: Business & Professional Communication 2065
8 - THST 160: Intro. to Christian Ethics 1730
9 - ENGL 130: Intro. to Poetry 1710
10 - CMST 130: Argumentation & Debate 1485

6. Statistics: Hits by Month
June 3264
July 5257
August 5328
September 31655
October 22611
November 19010
December 9704
January 14734
February 19388
March 15843
April 17853
May 6558
171,205

7. Opportunities & Challenges
Opportunities Challenges
Accommodates different Updating a challenge when
learning styles links/content change
Increased interactivity Standardization of “look and
Hosted system feel” a challenge vs. desire for
Reusable content creativity
Persistent URLs Statistics on calendar year, not
Statistics easy to run academic year
Easy to use/no coding

8. Marketing
LibGuide used in
every library
instruction class
Linked from the
“Get Help” page
and the library A-Z
index
Used to market
library events,
collections, etc.

9. Direct Link in LMU’s Blackboard Course
Management Template

10. Positive Feedback
Faculty quote “The LibGuide for my course is of
maximum value…I am thankful”
Several guides nominated for Springshare’s “Best
of…Community” Guide Site
ENGL 110 Guide received ACRL PRIMO Award in 2009