Establishing a Review Process to Evaluate Research Guides

Abstract

Springshare’s LibGuide platform has become synonymous with online library pathfinders or research guides and instruction support. However, without oversight of the collection of guides and standards for their creation, unwieldy numbers and lack of uniformity prevail. The McGoogan Library of Medicine at the University of Nebraska Medical Center created a review process that not only governed the creation and approval of guides, but analyzed the usage and scope of guides that had already been created. This paper will outline the creation of standards and application of a review process to increase the value and relevance of guides.

Keywords:

• LibGuides
• library guides
• pathfinders
• research guides
• standards

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Notes on contributors

Heather Brown

Heather Brown, MA ([email protected]) is Head of Collection Services, McGoogan Library of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986705 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6705.

Danielle Drummond

Danielle Drummond ([email protected]) is Education & Research Services Associate, McGoogan Library of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986705 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6705.

Christian I. J. Minter

Christian I. J. Minter, MSLIS ([email protected]) is Community Engagement and Health Literacy Librarian, McGoogan Library of Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 986705 Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198-6705.