LibGuidance

Create a Guide

A guide is a collection of pages on a specific subject. Each pages has different content items like text, links, images, and databases. Your published guides are displayed on Library Online, where users can browse library services and subject specific guides.

Before you get started, you must have either a Regular or Admin user account in your LibGuides system. Editor users cannot create their own guides but can edit existing guides to which they've been given permission to edit.

Further support

For help getting started or setting up your account, refer to our Support section.

Create a New Guide

To create a new guide:

1. Select Content
2. Select Guides
3. On the guides page click the Create Guide button.
4. Complete the form.
5. Click Create Guide

Further support

For further support Creating Guides, or advice on how to Copy a Guide, visit the Springshare Website.

For information on which Group to select please use the Support section and contact your team representative. 

Apply the Template

The Side-Nav Standard 2024 template utilises side navigation as it is compatible on mobile and desktop.

To select the guide navigation Template:

1. Click Guide Layout
2. Click Guide Navigation Layout
3. Select Side-Nav Standard 2024
4. Tick Show box-level navigation for selected page
5. Click Save

Desktop view

The page is divided into two columns. The first column contains the page navigation menu, and the second contains the page's content.

Mobile view

The two columns stack vertically to ensure compatibility on small vertical screens.

Further support

For further support on Navigation visit the Springshare Website.

Assigning a Group

It is important that your resource lives in groups with other similar resources.

To assign a Group:

1. Select Type/Group:
2. Change Group to you corresponding area
3. Click Save

Further support

If you are unsure which group to use, visit our Support section and contact your team representative.

Friendly URL

Friendly URLs are crucial as they make web addresses more human-readable and easier to remember. They enhance user experience by providing descriptive links that give an idea of the page content before clicking.

Search engines tend to favour friendly URLs as they are more understandable and relevant to the page's content, potentially improving a website's ranking in search results.

These URLs also contribute to better accessibility, especially for individuals who rely on screen readers or those manually typing in web addresses.

Guide URL

Edit a guide URL:

1. Select URL
2. Add Guide Title
3. Click Save

Further support

For further support on Friendly URL visit the Springshare Website.

Preview a Guide

Click the Preview button in your guide's options. A preview of the public version of your guide will open in a new window.

Publishing

Each new guide you create begins with a status of Unpublished, meaning that the public cannot view or search for it. To share your guide, you need to change its publication status to Published.

Once published your guide will be visible to the public and included on Library Online and in search results.

Change published status

To change a guide's status to Published:

1. Click Unpublished
2. Click Change Status & Share
3. Select Publication Status
4. Change to Published 
5. Click Save

Further support

For further support on Publishing visit the Springshare Website.