LibGuides: *Butler LibGuides: Standards & Best Practices: Classification & Naming

Types of LibGuides

Two important notes:

We are NOT using the Topic Guides label

You should still assign subjects to your guides to facilitate discovery.

Course Guides

Must relate to a specific course.

Should focus more narrowly on specific topics or course needs/assignments.

Should clearly point users to the liaison librarian responsible for assisting this course.

Must follow the naming format to the left.

Examples:

Subject Guides

Relate to a major, minor, college, or research topic.

Should broadly focus on resources for users in this area of study.

Should clearly point users to the liaison librarian responsible for this subject area.

Examples:

General Purpose Guides

These guides cover research concepts and skills that are relevant to all students.

Examples:

Internal Guides

Created for training or library staff only. Will not be listed on LibGuides main page, even if published.

Examples:

Course Code: Title of Course (Professor Last Name)

Examples:

Note that there should NOT be a space between the course code and course number.

Exceptions:

If you are creating a course guide for multiple sections with different professors, simply leave off the Professor Last Name part.
- EI101: Freshman Business Experience
If your guide spans multiple semesters in which the course number changes, you may leave off the course number
- GHS: Global Experiences (Gray)
- FYS: Field to Fork (Williams)