Wiki for Ad Hoc Group (ResearchGuides)

I've set up a wiki to help facilitate the implementation process.

I chose PBWiki because the new version allows the creation of folders to organize the site. The url to the site:

http://ResGuide.pbwiki.com

The userlist for the wiki is composed of the Ref Group and the Web Cmte.

The next steps are to

1. Develop a list of guides
2. Determine the essential elements of a typical guide.

LibGuides - ResearchGuides

LibGuides - other institutions

Here is a link to the Springshare site that lists institutions using LibGuides. Also give information as to how many they have.

http://libguides.com/selectsite.php?libguides.com


What to do next????

I'm pondering how to proceed next with formulating a plan to gather information and form a consensus with the Ad Hoc group. What question(s) should we address next? These are the kinds of things we need to decide.

• Original assumption is/was that we replace two web products with one, i.e., Research Shortcuts and W3 pages. Should we continue with this assumption as the first step?
• If so, then we need to develop a list of the ResearchGuides needed.
  
• Will that be the entire W3 list?
  
• Or, will it be some kind of hybrid? For example, will we have a libguide for each health sciences area?
• Or, will we have one guide that is health sciences and a tab for each area. (I know that somewhere I've seen an example of subtabs. Aha! I found one.http://libguides.acadiau.ca/content.php?pid=1254)
• After this first group of things, we may want to use the ResearchGuides for other things like documentation guides or other study guides.
  
• Should I be this vague with the Ad Hoc group or should we develop a firmer list of questions amongst this committee and then approach the Ad Hoc group?

Review from CIL - fast and easy site tuneups

http://infomational.wordpress.com/2008/04/07/cil2008-fast-and-easy-site-tuneups/

Thoughts about integrated web presence

http://orweblog.oclc.org/archives/001583.html

Blog entry from Lorcan Dempsey about the UCD Library Web initiative. From his blog entry:
"...Reading the document two general questions came through for me (expressed in my words):How does one create some unity of approach across the resources to be presented, in terms both of management and presentation? Some of this discussion is about whether it makes sense to move away from a web-page list/browse presentation to a more managed environment for particular resources. Examples would be moving all electronic resources into Metalib or using LibGuides for library subject guides. I was struck by this comment about the catalogue:We have taken it for granted that the catalogue as a separate search interface can happily retain a different look and feel from the website and other interfaces but many of our users do not differentiate the online library platforms in this way..."

Using a Web-Based CMS

FEATURE (Computers in Libraries Vol. 28 No. 3 — March 2008)
From Static to Dynamic — Choosing and Implementing a Web-Based CMS
by Ruth Kneale

Interesting and thorough article about seeking and implementing a CMS for a web site.
http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/mar08/Kneale.shtml