Recently, I decided to give Libguides a go which my current school has provided for some time now. I was quite surprised at quickly I mastered it being able to draw on my experience with Web 2.0 technologies.
What I love most about Libguides is how you can gather library resources for a selected topic and host it in one location without the need to browse the OPAC in depth. Not only can you list the varying resources (and links) but also documents and other details.
I created my first libguide for Year 8 students studying Geography where they have to complete a research assignment on global issues. I found it challenging as a professional just to locate the resources on the OPAC and search engines. I wonder how the students would have coped on their own. Also I felt that online resources were in abundance on their topics, especially some of the topics were print resources were quite limited (few books are actually published on them sadly). I decided to focus on the harder to research topics and managed to find some resources for them. I bought these together all on the one page.
An awesome feature about it as well is how easy it is to update. As websites change and as the curriculum changes, I can modify the libguides. If anything new appears, it can be added in an instant.
For extra measure, I got the web resources added to the OPAC as well and even ensured that current links in the OPAC were still working.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Monday, March 3, 2014
Free E-Books & Audio Books
If you are looking for a free read and have either an E-Reader or Tablet, I've come across a link that provides an index of whats out there and the content that is available.
Happy Reading.
Happy Reading.
