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LibGuide Guidance: Innovative Uses for LibGuides: Other Ideas

Presented by Amy Taylor and Shannon Roddy

Other Ideas

Presentations (like this one!)

Contests

Seasonal/holiday guides

Special library events (Banned Books Week, National Library Week)

Institutional repository

Career search

Interview prep (e.g., how to find judges and lawyers)

Training schedules

Research tips of the week/month

Link to current awareness subscriptions

Highlight new books and programs

Research certification programs (1Ls, summer/first year associates)

Advertising local legal services agencies

Highlight library policies/FAQs

Survey your patrons

AALL Ideas

Keep track of policies and procedures in Tech Services for seccession planning

Collobaration tool--each tab represents each person's part of a project

Orientation survival guides

Assigned text for advanced legal research classes--each topic could have its own guide

Student assignment for advanced legal research--create their own LibGuides

Step-by-step guides on how to use (and not use) technology in classrooms/conference rooms/etc.

Partner with public libraries to help pro se patrons

Private guide for each faculty member--librarians add content to Guides based on professor's research needs

Wellness LibGuide

Index LibGuides in discovery layer

Law firms: instructions for using a source/using pro bono passwords (can email link to attorneys)

How to use a docket