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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#002164">We’re using Libguides A-Z functionality and we like it very much.
<a href="http://libguides.eku.edu/az.php">http://libguides.eku.edu/az.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#002164">Its main strength is the seamless integration with individual guides – when we make changes to a database name, description, or URL, it automatically updates in
all of the individual guides. It also populates a subject-specific Database tab on the individual subject portals (example:
<a href="http://libguides.eku.edu/sb.php?subject_id=403">http://libguides.eku.edu/sb.php?subject_id=403</a>). You can easily integrate locally created icons as a visual clue to the type of database it is. It has a “best bets” option for each subject so that
if there is a long list of databases attached, the most important ones rise to the top. You can also run usage analytics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#002164">I can’t really think of any weaknesses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#002164">When we first implemented, we had a really long list of database types/icons, and the screen looked really cluttered. So we took a step back and simplified, which
required going back and re-thinking. I wish we had started more simply.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#002164">It does what we need it to do, but we’ve requested one enhancement... You can see on our page that we’ve implemented a ‘Database status’ update box that is driven
by the Status Management feature in LibAnswers – it is used to publicize known problems, downtime, etc. We wish that the Status Management functionality lived in the Libguides A-Z list rather than LibAnswers. Every time we have an announcement about a particular
database, we have to manually create a “Product” in Status Management, and then delete that product when the problem is resolved. It would be much easier to have some status feature in the A-Z attached to each resource that we could choose a status, enter
a note, and it would appear in the A-Z list as well as LibAnswers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">Kelly Smith
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">Coordinator of Collections and Discovery
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">Eastern Kentucky University Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002164"><a href="mailto:kelly.smith2@eku.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:blue">kelly.smith2@eku.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#002164">
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</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#002164"><a href="http://libguides.eku.edu/prf.php?account_id=300"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:blue">Research Guides</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#7F7F7F">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> Eril-l [mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Katherine Collins<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 13, 2016 1:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> eril-l@lists.eril-l.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Eril-l] Database A-Z list options<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Hi all-<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">We presently have Metalib for displaying our A-Z database list, but are starting to investigate other options. What are others using to display your list of databases?
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262626">Do you like it the tool you're using?</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262626">What are the strengths/weaknesses?</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262626">What do you wish you’d known before implementing?</span><br>
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262626">What do you wish it did that it doesn’t do?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#262626">All feedback is very much appreciated.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Katy <br clear="all">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Katherine Collins<br>
Manager of Electronic Resources<br>
Brandeis University Library and Technology Services<br>
415 South Street<br>
Waltham, MA 02454<br>
phone 781-736-4731 <o:p></o:p></p>
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Katherine Collins<br>
Manager of Electronic Resources<br>
Brandeis University Library and Technology Services<br>
415 South Street<br>
Waltham, MA 02454<br>
phone 781-736-4731 <o:p></o:p></p>
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