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LibGuides Reflection & Redesign: A Look into NWACC Library's LibGuides Project

This guide outlines the NWACC Library's 2023 LibGuides redesign project, focusing on standardization, usability, and the integration of best practices for a consistent user experience.

Readings on Best Practices and Frameworks

Barker, Amy E. G., and Ashley T. Hoffman. (2021). Student-Centered Design: Creating LibGuides Students Can Actually Use. College & Research

Libraries, vol. 82, no. 1, Jan. 2021, pp. 75–91. EBSCOhost, https://doi.org/10.5860/crl.82.1.75.

Bergstrom-Lynch, Y. (2019). LibGuides by Design: Using Instructional Design Principles and User-Centered Studies to Develop Best Practices,

Public Services Quarterly, 15(3), 205-223, DOI: 10.1080/15228959.2019.1632245.

Duffy, B., Maluski, K., and Levitan, G. (2021). FRAMING THE GUIDES Transforming LibGuides Creation through Conceptual Integration with

the ACRL Framework. https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/hslic-publications-papers/55. 

Garofalo, V., Button, A., Le-Huu Pineault, A., and Crowl, S. P. (2020). Seeking Symbiosis: Designing LibGuides that Bring User-Centered Design

and Learner-Centered Practice into Harmony. Georgia International Conference on Information Literacy. 57.

https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/gaintlit/2020/2020/57.

Goodsett, M., Miles, M., & Nawalaniec, T. (2020). Reimagining Research Guidance: Using a Comprehensive Literature Review to Establish Best

Practices for Developing LibGuides. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 15(1), 218–225.

https://doi.org/10.18438/eblip29679.

Little, J. J. (2010). Cognitive Load Theory and Library Research Guides, Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 15:1, 53-63, DOI:

10.1080/10875300903530199.

Sheets, L. A. (2023). A change of art: Learning research strategies in a new subject area through a LibGuide redesign. College & Research

Libraries News, 84(4), 167–172. https://doi.org/10.5860/crln.84.4.167.