Library Guide (LibGuides) redesign
Deakin University Library
Visual design lead, concept, advocacy, UI/UX, staff education and training, and ongoing design maintenance and support
Copyright Modules for Students - Module template
Designing your Deakin Exhibit - Standard template
Critical reflection for assignments and practice - Module Template
Legal Research Basics - Standard template
Law and Legal Research - Standard template
Law and Legal Research Hub - Standard template
In 2018 - 2019 Deakin University Library embarked on an ambitious project to redesign and uplift its Library Guides (LibGuides).
At the time there was 70 staff working in LibGuides, 120 published guides, and 55 private guides. The highest used guide had 75,000 views per year and a typical guide had 10-20,000 views per year. There were 130 Library staff members embedded in 4 faculties across 4 campuses.
The main goals of the project were:
To provide a solution for the complex digital ecosystem
Maintain consistency, quality, and brand in a devolved authorship model
Empower our Librarians to create at a higher digital and learning design standard
Uplift the entire LibGuide suite rather than just delivering improvement to individual guides
Utilising a design-thinking approach, the cross-divisional project team designed, built and implemented the successful uplift of the LibGuides. These LibGuides are now considered some of the best globally.
Presentations / Awards
Springycamp Summer 2021: Next level LibGuides: Design, Templates and Training Kat Cain and Danielle Johnson, Deakin University (AU)
Social media: Springshare tweet
Current examples
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