Purpose

This paper aims to indicate that library guides seem to be unfamiliar to most students or not easy to find or use. Some improvements have been made by embedding the guides in the learning management system or promoting the guides in formal library instructional classes. Are there other ways to promote or improve the use of library guides? The author proposes an exploratory visual solution to minimize this gap between library users and library guides.

Design/methodology/approach

Guided by the cognitive load theory, the proposed solution is a knowledge map created with Freeplane. The proposal is illustrated by comparing a sample knowledge map with its content source, a subject guide in LibGuides, via three browsing paths in locating a recommended database for a particular course on the sample subject guide website.

Findings

The knowledge map can display contents in different ways and provide a simple and visual layout with direct access to the library resources, which may help lessen users’ intrinsic cognitive load, minimize extraneous load or promote germane load. The map can also be beneficial to librarians for preparing teaching materials or guides management.

Practical implications

The proposed solution can be implemented with Freeplane based on existing library guides or created from scratch.

Originality/value

The proposed solution addresses a gap in the library field, where the use of knowledge maps for library services is overlooked.

中文翻译：

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知识图：图书馆指南和资源的创造性视觉路径

目的

本文旨在表明图书馆指南似乎对大多数学生来说并不熟悉，或者不容易找到或使用。通过将指南嵌入学习管理系统或在正式的图书馆教学课中推广指南，已经取得了一些进步。还有其他方法可以促进或改善图书馆指南的使用吗？作者提出了一种探索性的视觉解决方案，以最大程度地减少图书馆用户和图书馆指南之间的差距。

设计/方法/方法

在认知负荷理论的指导下，提出的解决方案是使用Freeplane创建的知识图。通过在样本主题指南网站上为特定课程定位推荐数据库的三种浏览路径，将样本知识地图与其内容源（LibGuides中的主题指南）进行比较来说明该建议。

发现

知识图谱可以以不同的方式显示内容，并提供直接访问图书馆资源的简单直观的布局，这可以帮助减轻用户的内在认知负担，最大程度地减少无关的负担或促进德国人的负担。该地图还可以帮助图书馆员准备教材或指导管理。

实际影响

可以使用Freeplane基于现有的库指南来实现建议的解决方案，也可以从头开始创建解决方案。

创意/价值

所提出的解决方案解决了图书馆领域的空白，在该领域中知识地图在图书馆服务中的使用被忽视了。