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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
libguides.leedsbeckett.ac.uk
PAGES
BOXES (Content)
Content • Guides listing/ Create a new guide
• Assets –documents, PDF, excel, etc
• Image Manager – all images (graphics, photos, etc.)
All content items are stored here for sharing
Links to your databases for subject guides would go here
All images are stored here for sharing
Tools • Create widgets that can be embedded in any website, blog, etc.
• APIs • Link checker – run reports • Search & replace
Statistics
Admin • Manage accounts • Customise look and feel • Manage groups • System settings – options for guides, stats, default layouts
• Subjects, tags, URLs
Creating a guide
Editing an existing guide
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Content boxes
Edit or delete
Add various types of content, or reorder content within a box
Various content types in one box
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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
