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Thursday, 8th April 2010

Credo Reference Announces Availability of "Topic Pages"

If you're a Credo user the team in Boston have just formally released a new feature, Topic Pages. The company calls them, "the librarian's answer to Wikipedia."

From the Announcement:

Designed to provide contextualized, orderly access to authoritative content, each of the over 10,000 Credo Topic Pages is an all-in-one starting point that assembles topical material from many resources from within and outside the library. Librarians can choose which resources will be displayed on their customized version of Credo Topic Pages, helping their users gain:

+ Subject orientation
+ Context and vocabulary
+ Pathways to further exploration

Credo Topic Pages create value for libraries. Presenting and utilizing the library’s resources at the point of need, Topic Pages function as an “anytime” reference interview. Designed to drive additional traffic to the library from the open web, increase the usage and value of library resource investments, and bring together unconnected databases into one easy-to-use research gateway.

The complete announcement available here includes comments from two librarians who beta tested Credo Topic Pages.

We checked a few pages on the Credo company site and we're unable to track down any screenshots that show what a Topic Page looks like. Perhaps the company will make a few available in the future.

Source: Credo Reference

See Also: On a Related Note: Next Week (National Library Week) Credo Reference Will Provide a Week of Free Trial Access (With Free Registration)

Note from Gary: Although I haven't done any work with or for Credo in several years, I am a member of Credo's Corporate Advisory Board.


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