LibGuides: Using Images from Syndetics vs. Amazon
We licensed LibGuides from Springshare this past summer as part of a complete redesign of our library's site. It has been a great addition and gives our subject liaisons complete control over the content they want/need to share with the students and faculty in their subject areas. One question that quickly arose was the possibility of using book cover images from Syndetics, versus the default images available from Amazon in the "Books From The Catalog" box. Staff members in our library systems dept. came up with an initial solution which I was able to further customize. Below is the result ...
New Website Launch!
This past Monday (Aug. 3, 2009) we brought a 9 month project to conclusion (or maybe it's just the start) and updated our library's website (http://library.richmond.edu). It's been a very rewarding and enlightening effort and has helped us to better understand our users' expectations and beliefs about what our site should offer. We've been tracking our site several years now via Google Analytics and were able to base a lot of design decisions based on actual site usage. The pages most frequently visited include our library catalog, databases A - Z page, subject/major and course specific guides, our journal locator ...
