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LibGuides Best Practices - Metropolitan State University
"Add a photo. Usability study participants thought photos were 'friendly'.
Either use your own phone number and email address, or make it clear that the email you are linking to is the reference desk. Usability participants were confused when contact info listed was not the librarian in the photo."
Improving Independent Student Navigation of Complex Educational Web Sites: An Analysis of Two Navigation Design Changes in LibGuides - Information Technology and Libraries
Students are sometimes confused by tabbed navigation. Users can experience "banner blindness," which causes them to ignore horizontal graphics at the tops of screens, like LibGuide tabs. LibGuides can be improved by adding navigational content to the body of the page, and improving tab design.
Best Practices for LibGuide Design - Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
An overview of the contents and links to the individual tabs within the guide should be on the homepage. Users don't always notice tabs; they prefer information in the body of the page.