Example 2: Kansas State University Hale Library's Customized Study Guides

These modularized and assignment specific study guides relate to domain-specific research projects, achieved with the full support of the librarians.

 

Public Speaking 1A

 

 

Introduction to American Ethnic Studies

 

 

Introduction to Cultural Anthropology

 

 

Usage Statistics on the Back End

 

Guide Hits

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This dashboard view shows usage statistics for both the Introduction to American Ethnic Studies and Introduction to Cultural Anthropology (highlighted).  

 

Home Page Hits

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This screenshot shows the statistics for the home page of the K-State Libraries' Guides' home page.

 

Individual Guide (ANTH 200)

 

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 This screenshot shows the month-over-month usage statistics and other details of the ANTH 200 "Introduction to Cultural Anthropology."

 

Hale Library's Published LibGuides

To peruse their entire collection of published library guides, visit their main landing page.

 

Note: The Hale Library librarians have been tracking the number of LibGuides guide hits and the number of reference transactions for various months. They "believe there is a definite correlation between the two: reference transactions go down when LibGuide usage goes up." These guides are used for face-to-face instruction as well, and they are gathering data about the effectiveness of that this summer.

The back-end data was provided by Joelle Pitts, K-State librarian and faculty member. (Thanks!)