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"In 1995, Santa Clara University professor Phil Kesten[1] and library student employee Slaven Zivkovic developed ERes,[2] the flagship product for the company they founded, Docutek information Systems Inc."[3]
CMS
"content management & curation platform for libraries"[4]
"Springshare was founded in 2007 by Slaven Zivkovic"[5] - springshare.com
Slaven Milos Zivkovic was a library assistant,[6] when an undergraduate student (B.Sc., Computer Engineering, 1997[7]), at Santa Clara University.[8][9]
"The proliferation of LibGuides has triggered extensive discussion touting their benefits for everything from assessment, engagement, and marketing, to outreach and pedagogy. However, there is at present a relative paucity of critical reflection about the product’s place in the broader informational landscape. This article is an attempt to redress this lacuna...In the words of Alison Hicks,[10] the typical LibGuide is little more than a librarian-defined list of “best sources,” whose aim is to help students to fulfill a “typical research assignment,” requiring the composition of a term paper with at least three peer-reviewed articles and at least one book..."[7] - Jon C. Giullian; Ernest A. Zitser;
"LibGuides is a web 2.0 publishing system that combines the best features of social networks, wikis, bookmarks and blogs into one package designed specifically for libraries."[11] - Library Hi Tech News
"LibGuides" 1,268 Results
"Springshare" 8 Results
contrast with Libguide
"Powered by Springshare."[12]
LibGuides is built on Bootstrap, a framework of CSS, JavaScript, and HTML.
"956,252 total guides;
310,798 librarians;
5,742 institutions;
102 countries; "[12]
LaDonna Hamontree, a Pogue Library assistant, at Murray State University has created 753 guides.[13][14][15][16]
Further reading
- Quintel, D. (2016). LibGuides and usability: What our users want. Computer in Libraries, 36(1), 4-8
- Vaska, Marcus; Vaska, Rosvita (February 2017). "Looking for Information that is not Easy to Find: An Inventory of LibGuides in Canadian Post-Secondary Institutions Devoted to Grey Literature". In Farace, Dominic; Frantzen, Jerry (eds.). Eighteenth International Conference on Grey Literature : Leveraging Diversity in Grey Literature - New York, NY USA, on 28-29 November 2016 (PDF). Amsterdam: TextRelease. doi:10.26069/greynet-2025-000.622-gn. ISBN 978-90-77484-30-2. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2025.
GreyNet International; Grey Literature Network Service;