Today I found that the library has a wiki: http://bunchlibrary.pbworks.com/w/page/6284024/FrontPage
It has several pages discussing the library, and appears to be mainly geared toward faculty, as much of the content discusses how they ought to teach several General Education courses like First Year Seminar and First Year Writing. The site is very old. The last thing posted on it was uploaded over a year and a half ago, so it doesn't seem to be a very popular place.
Continuing around the site, I realize why it's been so neglected. A new online space has taken its place: http://belmont.libguides.com/content.php?pid=221098&sid=1835350
This one is not only more aesthetically pleasing, it also looks like it gets a bit of traffic. It has research guides for every major imaginable, offering suggestions on first places to look for information and contact information for more one-on-one help. While the first page hadn't been updated in almost two years, this one has had research guides updated in the last few days. To be honest, I'm impressed. The view count on the Pharmacy guide is over 13,000 views in the last year. For a library website, that has to be a lot. But, for as many views as the site has, I can't find any sort of discussion. Almost every box on the page has a "comment" button at the bottom. But every one that I see reads, "Comments (0)." As useful as the site is to those 13,000 students, they didn't stick around to talk about it. Likely, they were a bit too busy, with a deadline fast approaching.
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