LibGuides: Your source to "just in time" library research information

At a recent new faculty orientation we heard how we now can "embed a librarian" into a Blackboard course. I called the Regent Library to find out just what that meant, whether it was linking to the page of the librarian assigned to each school or if there was something more to it. Turns out there is! Regent Library has been working on developing "LibGuides" that are specifically tailored to every school or graduate program Regent University offers, including undergrad. They're not done with all the guides yet, but 14 of them have been posted online already. Click this link and select "All Guides" on the page that opens up.

On the Regent Library LibGuides web page, the School of Divinity, the School of Education, the School of Psychology &Counseling, the Business School, COM Arts, and Government all have their LibGuides available, just to name a few.

The image on the right is interactive. This image shows all 14 LibGuides currently available and the Librarians who created them. Click on the name of each school or Librarian and it'll take you to that particular web page (it may take a few seconds for the page to come up). One extra nice thing about the LibGuides is that, when you click on individual ones, not only do you see the photo, name, and contact information of the Librarian who created it, you also know this Librarian is the liaison for that particular school. For example, when you click the Citation Management LibGuide, you see it was created by Mark Zillges. If you have questions on that particular LibGuide, you can contact him.

At the Regent Library, various librarians are working on the remaining schools' LibGuides. Dr. Brenda Chappell-Sharpe is working on a "Library Instruction" LibGuide that will be specifically for students. It will be an Information Literacy library instruction guide and will assist students in developing a greater understanding of information literacy and provide tips for doing research papers including links to all library resources. Dr. Chappell-Sharpe is also working on a faculty LibGuide to help them with their teaching and is willing to accept suggestions for types of information faculty think would be helpful to include in the Faculty LibGuide.

As new LibGuides are posted by Regent University librarians, they'll announce this in their Library Blog. In addition, it's in their blog that the Regent Library also posts information on web tools, library usage, and school-specific library tours. You may subscribe to receive their email updates.

Regent University Library is one of 2, 399 libraries worldwide participating in the LibGuides Community. When you visit the LibGuides Community you will be able to "search and explore 180,053 guides by 34,264 librarians at 2,399 libraries worldwide!" So after you've visited the various LibGuides Regent Library created, take a tour of the LibGuides offered by countless other schools as well. Then comment on our blog and let us know how you like and are using the LibGuides. We'd love to hear from you!