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LibGuides - Main Points
• Create, edit & customise guides
• Guides consist of tabs (pages) containing boxes of various content
• LibGuides holds assets (documents, PDFs, PPT, Excel, links, etc.) and images
• Guides can be grouped together
• Mobile-friendly
Main Points, cont’d
• Create templates
• Guides & parts of guides can be duplicated & reused
• Content can be mirrored
• Content can be embedded outside LibGuides via widgets
• Different permissions for different users – admin, regular, editor
LibGuides CMS • Organise guides into groups • Customise look & feel of individual
guides • Enhanced statistics package • Surveys • 10mb file upload (5 in regular
LibGuides) • Password protect guides and restrict
access by IP • Enhanced database management
Content • Guides listing/ Create a new guide
• Assets –documents, PDF, excel, etc
• Image Manager – all images (graphics, photos, etc.)
Tools • Create widgets that can be embedded in any website, blog, etc.
• APIs • Link checker – run reports • Search & replace
Admin • Manage accounts • Customise look and feel • Manage groups • System settings – options for guides, stats, default layouts
• Subjects, tags, URLs
Wrapup/ considerations
• LibGuides can be as simple or as complex as you like
• Relatively easy CMS for creating & maintaining information
• Choose between regular LibGuides & CMS version
• Relationship with Library website can become blurred