libguides

The libguides committee (Tom, Claire, Mike, Deanna) has been working on standardizing our guides and creating a slightly more formal process for authoring and maintaining them. The first noticeable change is that the libguides are now called **“Learning Guides.”**
 * Libguides Standards**

You probably have also noticed the new Learning Guides home page with the navigation menu in left hand column ( called HELP) and the expandable Browse Subject option.


 * Although this is a work in progress, we are at the point where we are asking those who created libguides to update and adapt them to the new standards. ** To this end, when you all sign in to Libguides, you will have access to the **“Learning Guides Guidelines.”** Please take some time to familiarize yourself with the pages, especially the **//Naming Conventions//** and the **//Required Elements//** tabs.

Acknowledging everyone’s time constraints, for priority sake, **__please start with the following three steps__:**
 * 1) 1. ** Delete or unpublish ** guides that are outdated or no longer being used.
 * 2) 2. ** Rename ** your libguides to comply with our naming conventions.
 * 3) 3. ** Add the HELP ** (navigation menu in left hand column) to //every// page of your guides, in the top, left-hand column.
 * __ We would ask that you get these 3 steps done by the time Spring Quarter begins. __**


 * When you have more time **, please work on updating, revising, and standardizing the guides that you keep published. Please note that there are some noticeable changes, such all Home pages should be called “Start Here!” Those who create or have created guide will really need to **examine the Learning Guide Guide in detail.**

If you have any questions, if something doesn’t make sense, or if you finding something missing, please talk to us! Thanks everyone, Deanna


 * < ==Please write your ideas about new libguides here== ||
 * revise Alpha list of databases ||
 * < disabilities ||
 * education ||
 * revise art ||
 * revise chemistry ||
 * revise biology ||
 * revise cinema ||
 * revise current controversial and local topics ||

It is possible to add a discussion thread to a libguide by adding a page titled something like Write your Comments Here and not adding any boxes. You can also do it by adding a box with no text.