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3. We agree that there needs to be an About Us category. This is something people come to expect on every site and can hold all the general information that doesn't fit into other categories, such as staff directories, jobs, giving, etc. We would probably tweak the list of things on this page: http://libraries.mit.edu/about/about.html
4. It would be great to have a category for Recommended Tools, since we are in the business of recommending lots of useful tools and we want to promote that as something we do. Many of these tools are very useful for research and we offer workshops and guides on how to use them.
This could include:
- Your account (Barton.... again, since it's so useful)
- Browser extensions, toolbars, widgets (LibX and more)
- Personal content management (see new guide we have for this)
- Citation software: EndNote, RefWorks, Zotero, Mendeley
- Apps for Academics
- Keeping up with research: email and RSS alerts
- RSS feeds for new books
- Betas: experimental services & tools
- Bioinformatics tools
- Data management tools
- GIS tools
- Social Science Data tools
... etc.
Areas we have different ideas about
45. We need a category for "getting your stuff." We struggled with what to call it.
a. Borrow/Request or b. Using the Libraries
This would contain info such as:
- Get books and articles delivered from non-MIT libraries: ILB, Borrow Direct
- Requesting/borrowing (from Circ FAQ)
- Course Reserves
- Suggest a purchase
...etc.
56. We need a category for all of our help options and research support (including publishing), and we recommend putting all options into one category, whether they are mediated, or self-help.
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We could make a nicely organized page that groups all of this stuff in sensible ways. (there are lots more of these kinds of pages)
6. It would be great to have a category for Recommended Tools, since we are in the business of recommending lots of useful tools and we want to promote that as something we do. Many of these tools are very useful for research and we offer workshops and guides on how to use them.
This could include:
- Your account (Barton.... again, since it's so useful)
- Browser extensions, toolbars, widgets (LibX and more)
- Personal content management (see new guide we have for this)
- Citation software: EndNote, RefWorks, Zotero, Mendeley
- Apps for Academics
- Keeping up with research: email and RSS alerts
- RSS feeds for new books
- Betas: experimental services & tools
- Bioinformatics tools
- Data management tools
- GIS tools
- Social Science Data tools
... etc.
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