Library Faculty Publications

Document Type

Article

Publication Version

Accepted Manuscript

Keywords

Associate’s Colleges, Baccalaureate Colleges, Carnegie Classification, college libraries, Doctoral Universities, LibGuides, library guides, Master’s Colleges & Universities, Springshare, university libraries

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Journal of Web Librarianship

Volume

15

Issue

3

First Page

107

Last Page

127

Abstract

The LibGuides platform, a content management system (CMS) from Springshare, has become an integral part of the online presence for many academic libraries. Neither Springshare nor other recent studies have provided an in-depth look at the evolving nature of LibGuides adoption, production and application across university and college categories. This study compared the prevalence and production of LibGuides to other forms of library guides at 799 academic libraries throughout the United States. LibGuides naming conventions were recorded and compared. The use of LibGuides CMS software to create library websites was also documented. This study found that there are clear differences in LibGuides adoption and production across various types of institutions. LibGuides naming conventions were fairly consistent across all types of institutions. Institutions using LibGuides software produced substantially more library guides than institutions without this software. A small but significant portion of all non-R1 libraries in this study are now utilizing LibGuides software to create the majority of their library websites.

Department

Rod Library

Comments

This is a manuscript of an article published as Neuhaus, Chris, Angie Cox, Anne Marie Gruber, Jim Kelly, HyunSeung Koh, Claire Bowling, and Gail Bunz (2021). Ubiquitous LibGuides: Variations in Presence, Production, Application, and Convention.. WJWL#1946457. 1-21. doi: 10.1080/19322909.2021.1946457. Posted with permission.

Original Publication Date

7-8-2021

Object Description

1 PDF file

DOI of published version

10.1080/19322909.2021.1946457

Repository

UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa

Copyright

©2021 Chris Neuhaus et al.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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