I-Share Forum on Social Technologies: LibGuides Panel Presentation 

Is the "Lib" pronounced as in "liberation" or as in "library"?

Many people ask us this and - believe it or not - there were even bets being placed among some librarians (though we were assured that no money changed hands ;) Our official pronunciation is "Lib" as in liberation. -from the SpringShare Website

• LibGuides is a web 2.0 content management and publishing system created by SpringShare.
  
  
• LibGuides is a hosted system which is run on the SpringShare servers. The company provides support and upgrades. A library just needs to subscribe to the service.
  
  
• Librarians use it to:
  • integrate multimedia content into library services
    
  • promote library resources to their users
    
  • create subject guides, course guides, information portals, research help pages, etc.

There are now over 8,500 librarians at 500 libraries worldwide using LibGuides.
They have created over 27,000 guides.

• LibGuides combine features of social networks, wikis, and blogs.
• LibGuides makes RSS and podcast feeds, social bookmarking, and user comment technologies easy to use.
• LibGuides was specifically designed for libraries.

• No need to start from scratch on new handouts.
  
• Guides are printable so they can easily be used as handouts.
  
• You can update the information on the page AFTER you teach an instruction session.
• You can simply give students an URL.
  
• You can integrate chat technology into your subject pages.