FASET Library Collections Faculty Page
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FASET Library Collections Faculty PagePam Bolan
Purpose of the Page
•will be emailed to faculty members within FASET (part of faculty liaison)• provides information about new resources
acquired by the library• encourages faculty to recommend relevant
resources for the collection (and explains why these recommendations are so valuable)• is school-specific
About the Page
• created using LibGuides software • software is already familiar to some staff, so it
will not be too challenging if other collections staff want to create similar pages• library subscribes to software• new resources listed on the page will be
updated twice per year • faculty will be encouraged to add a shortcut
to the page on their desktops
one tab for each school
Each tab has it’s own look and highlights resources specific to that school
Elements of Each Tab
Element #1:Why We Need Faculty Feedback
Element #2:How to Recommend a Resource
Element #3:Survey Form
All responses are immediately
emailed to me
This field is required, so that I can contact the
faculty member
Element #4:Q & A Links
Links to the video that Jennifer Peters showed us
Element #5:Links to New Books and E-Books
Book cover photograph
relates to specific school
Click here to open …
Page is periodically updated by the library’s digital services team
Element #6:List of New AV Resources
DVD cover photograph
relates to specific school
The library does not produce (and update) lists of AV resources, so I will
update this list manually
Element #7:Note re. Streamed Videos
Highlights that the physical AV
resources are just the ‘tip of the
iceberg’
Both the blue words and the image are
links to the library’s streamed video
site …
Element #8:SFX Search for Relevant Serials
Click on a subject category to
open …
Categories and photo of journal
cover are school-specific
295 journals within this subject category (print &
electronic)
Usability / Accessibility
All images include image descriptions
The page is searchable
There is a lot of white space
Also …
• there are no links to PDFs• the text is broken up with several pictures
(not a wall of text)• presents all text in a sans-serif font• does not (I hope) use much library jargon• opens links within the same window so that
users can navigate back using the back button• allows for size adjustments using Ctrl+
How the Technology Helps Me to Liaise with Faculty …
• faculty can keep shortcut to page on desktop• resources information can be frequently
updated• interactive survey encourages
recommendations and provides me with immediate feedback • links provide instant access to resources as
well as answers to frequently asked questions
My Journey• time-consuming to make each tab school-specific
but worth it to ensure relevancy• page is currently ‘unpublished’• will present the idea of the page at an upcoming
collections committee meeting, and then publish it and send it out once I have approval• will continue to think about ways to use new
technologies in my collection work (e.g., maybe imbed a recommendations survey within the FASET-related subject guides to get student feedback)
Unpublished Page Available at:
http://seneca.libguides.com/content.php?pid=404375