MiddPoints Weekly » Richard Jenkins http://sites.middlebury.edu/announcements News & Announcements Tue, 03 Dec 2013 12:55:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 New Citation & Style Research Guide http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2013/09/03/new-citation-style-research-guide/ http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2013/09/03/new-citation-style-research-guide/#comments Tue, 03 Sep 2013 12:31:03 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=32530 Continue reading ]]> Librarians at Middlebury have been creating research guides for many years, originally publishing them in print and then migrating to online platforms. Online guides have also changed format as new software has been developed. (see go/guides)

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This summer we began a subscription to LibGuides by Springshare, which is used by many libraries throughout the world. This robust interface will allow us to be more flexible, and it enables us to create guides that are more user-friendly through the use of tabs and other navigational elements.

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Though it will take us most of Fall semester to migrate all of our current guides, here’s one available right now: the Citation & Style Guide (go/citation), which helps students correctly cite sources and create bibliographies. It also contains a section on writing and plagiarism, including a link to the new Academic Honesty Tutorial recently developed by the College’s Honor Code Review Committee.

Check it out, and feel free to give us feedback!

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Chat Reference Now Available http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2012/04/13/chat-reference-now-available/ http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2012/04/13/chat-reference-now-available/#comments Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:16:57 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=28818 Continue reading ]]> Do you need a rapid response to your library/research question? Try our new Ask-a-Librarian Chat Reference service.

Find this CHAT link on the Library page (go/lib) or on the Ask a Librarian page (go/askus)

Chat Reference is available during regular library walk-in reference hours.

And as the illustration shows, you may still contact us via text, email, or phone.

 

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Focus Groups on LIS Website (Free pizza & cookies!) http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2011/11/07/focus-groups-on-lis-website-free-pizza-cookies/ http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/2011/11/07/focus-groups-on-lis-website-free-pizza-cookies/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:00:48 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/lis/?p=27131 Continue reading ]]> LIS will be conducting four focus groups of students, faculty, and staff on November 16 & 17, 2011. We would like feedback on the pros and cons of accessing & navigating certain pages on the LIS Website. Using the results, we hope to improve the website.

If you are interested in helping, please fill out this sign-up form. (Available dates and times are listed on the form.)

The groups will be small (6-10 participants), and free pizza and cookies will be available at all sessions. The one-hour sessions will be recorded (audio), but participants’ responses will be kept anonymous.

We hope you’ll sign up! If you have additional questions, please contact us:

LIS Website Team Members
liswebteam@middlebury.edu

Dan Frostman
Jess Isler
Richard Jenkins
Matt LaFrance
Barbara Merz

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