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Remlee presented recommendations on formatting and style that the LibGuides task force (Remlee, Angie, Peter, Georgiana, Maggie) has developed for LibGuides pages. Because it is user-friendly, LibGuides, a content management system, can be used by subject specialists to create course pages, subject guides, etc. LibGuides will also be used to present listings of databases and their descriptions by subject. Training for subject specialists and web contacts has been scheduled for July.
Lisa H. raised a question from UIG about only creating research guides from subject guides and publication types, excluding course pages and database cheatsheets as different types of guides. Overall, RISG members seemed to feel that all the guides should be combined into research guides, possibly creating a "subject" called courses. This is because students do not differentiate amongst these guides. Angie commented that perhaps cheatsheets could be significantly reduced or even eliminated.
The group discussed issues related to the merging of the content of subject guides and , publication type guides, course guides, and cheatsheets with the database listings to create "hybrid" research guides. UIG and RISG will have more discussions about how to develop the new research guides and associated navigation paths once Nicole and Marion have created some mock-ups.
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