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<div>We also tagged each database by the type of information it contains/indexes. (We did a pretty extensive analysis of the categories that other libraries had used when we developed this since our previous system did not have this category of tagging.)</div>
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<span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span>Eril-l <<a href="mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org">eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org</a>> on behalf of "Harper, Cynthia" <<a href="mailto:charper@vts.edu">charper@vts.edu</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span>Monday, June 13, 2016 at 3:10 PM<br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span>"<a href="mailto:eril-l@lists.eril-l.org">eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:eril-l@lists.eril-l.org">eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a>><br>
<span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span>[Eril-l] FW: LibGuides A-Z list used for list by subject - Was RE: Database A-Z list options<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Harper, Cynthia [<a href="mailto:charper@vts.edu">mailto:charper@vts.edu</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 13, 2016 2:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Smith, Kelly <<a href="mailto:Kelly.Smith2@eku.edu">Kelly.Smith2@eku.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> LibGuides A-Z list used for list by subject - Was RE: [Eril-l] Database A-Z list options<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">While we’re talking about Libguides A-Z list: our users were not used to an A-Z listing, but a list by subject topics. After filling our A-Z list
content, I wanted to use that content to populate a subject-categorized database list.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">This is hwat I’ve come up with so far.
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__vts.libguides.com_eresourcesBYsubject&d=CwMGaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=Cw4xGASMCncc39MlCw3DJcBf5v0jr6KyTbn4LdjJG30&m=hp0-8hBibdliRB3_1zU7ce_23LF6_vUCN6AmRjPhUHw&s=Uka4lAwhQMhBhFqJRry6mlx0o_eSKedj4Eltz1mLsdI&e=">
http://vts.libguides.com/eresourcesBYsubject</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Has anyone else addressed this in a more elegant way? I confess I haven’t even looked to see how this displays on a mobile device.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Cindy Harper<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"> Eril-l [<a href="mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org">mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Smith, Kelly<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 13, 2016 2:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Katherine Collins'; <a href="mailto:'eril-l@lists.eril-l.org">'eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a>'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Eril-l] Database A-Z list options<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 33, 100);">We’re using Libguides A-Z functionality and we like it very much.
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__libguides.eku.edu_az.php&d=CwMGaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=Cw4xGASMCncc39MlCw3DJcBf5v0jr6KyTbn4LdjJG30&m=hp0-8hBibdliRB3_1zU7ce_23LF6_vUCN6AmRjPhUHw&s=T9bLt9FzF1ncjB4jMJHQ9gNCyvWsGgYBC22z2CAN4V4&e=">
http://libguides.eku.edu/az.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 33, 100);">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="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__libguides.eku.edu_sb.php-3Fsubject-5Fid-3D403&d=CwMGaQ&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=Cw4xGASMCncc39MlCw3DJcBf5v0jr6KyTbn4LdjJG30&m=hp0-8hBibdliRB3_1zU7ce_23LF6_vUCN6AmRjPhUHw&s=kkwPg85SgnCWjJniBRr-prYO5G6Wb0213MBm-abpUkU&e=">
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: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 33, 100);">I can’t really think of any weaknesses.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 33, 100);"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 33, 100);">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: 11pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 33, 100);">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: 10pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);">Kelly Smith
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Guides</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Corbel, sans-serif; color: rgb(127, 127, 127);"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> Eril-l [<a href="mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org">mailto:eril-l-bounces@lists.eril-l.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Katherine Collins<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 13, 2016 1:54 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:eril-l@lists.eril-l.org">eril-l@lists.eril-l.org</a><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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<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">What are the strengths/weaknesses?</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">What do you wish you’d known before implementing?</span><br>
<span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">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: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">All feedback is very much appreciated.
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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>
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