What is it about?
This paper aims to describe current approaches to and assess the value of placing course-level research guides generated through LibGuides software into Blackboard learning management system (LMS) shells. It also aims to describe the specific technique of such placement in Blackboard Vista and Blackboard Learn shells.
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Why is it important?
The study supports the placement of library research guides in a persistently visible position in LMS course shells and presents specific instructions on doing so. Further, this process requires and promotes coordination among librarians, instructors, and information technology staff.
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This paper fills a gap in the current practice and theory of the placement of library research guides in course-level LMSs. It provides empirical research results on the strong effectiveness of persistently visible embedded links to these guides with a student user survey. This paper also describes the practical procedure for combining the dominant instructional technology programs of LibGuides and both Blackboard Vista and Blackboard Learn. Prior to its publication, no documented instructions on this process had been published -- a fact directly noted by one of the paper's reviewers.
Aaron Bowen
Wichita State University
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This page is a summary of: A LibGuides presence in a Blackboard environment, Reference Services Review, August 2012, Emerald,
DOI: 10.1108/00907321211254698.
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