Adding bite to the bark: Using LibGuides2 migration as impetus to introduce strong content standards

Abstract

The authors discuss the long-term accumulation of unstandardized and inaccessible content within the Libguides system and the decision-making process to create and implement a set of standards using the migration to the LibGuides2 platform as a vehicle for change. Included in the discussion are strategies for the creation of standards and compliance, in particular, the provision of editorial and supervisory review and accountability for content within the new structure. The article includes an extensive review of the literature surrounding LibGuides content best practices as well as documentation and checklists used in the authors' organization to begin the clean-up process.