NoodleBib for Bibliography Creation

Librarians,

During the call today (10/31), we'll be discussing the creation of campus-specific bibliographies for each program offered at your campus, in preparation for future accreditation team visits. This bibliographies are critical, as they offer team members a glimpse at holdings representative of our entire system. The agenda provided during the call provided you with a list of programs and the due dates for each bibliography.

It is my recommendation that you create these lists in NoodleBib. All of our citations will need to be in APA style, so this eliminates the confusion of whether or not your citations are accurate. Additionally, you can share the list easily, e-mail it easily, and make as many updates as you need to as frequently as needed.

I have created a login for each of you on Noodlebib - Username: firstname.lastname and Password: Rasmussen (this means some of you may have more than one username, if you created a username previously that was something other than firstname.lastname.)

After you login, on the My Lists page, select the Create a New Lists button. You can create as many lists as you want. You should create one list for each program (again, they are listed in the agenda).

From there, you just need to create your citations. Use the citation entire issue of a journal or magazine for the serials in your collection related to each program area.

Be judicious in your selection. While each of your bibliographies should list at least 20 books, do not simply "fill" the bibliography with titles that may be from a related program but have no actual bearing on the program in question (putting transcription texts on the Medical Assisting list, for example). I will be reviewing all lists for relevancy and completion.

This is a GREAT project for work studies.

As a side note, if you do not have a minimum of 20 items in a program area, this gives you a great opportunity to do some collection development. You may also want to collaborate with faculty to assure selection of the best titles for each area (for your list or for collection development). Finally, you may also wish to utilize the faculty annotated bibliographies to assist with this project.

-Emily