LibGuidance

Roles & Responsibilities

Only members of staff in the Library who have a LibGuides account are able to log into LibGuides and do things like creating and editing guides.  An account is not created automatically for every new starter.  Accounts are only created on request because not everyone needs to use LibGuides in their role.  Creating a LibGuides account doesn't take long and can be done at short notice if necessary.

Admin

Members of Systems and Service Development Team who are responsible for looking after LibGuides overall have this type of account, plus a small number of other people based on need.  Admin users can create content, edit all content in the system, and manage system settings & customisations.

Regular

Most members of Library staff who have a LibGuides account are Regular users.  This level of account allows people to create and edit their own content. It's ideal for most users who will be creating and maintaining guides, which is why it's the default role.

Editor

As an Editor, a LibGuides user is able to edit only guides to which they have been assigned and can do very little else within the system.  We don't have that many Editors in our system and they are mostly people outside of Library Services who need to be able to edit content on one r two guides in a limited way, e.g. colleagues in DTS.

Further support

For more information about this, please see the Springshare guidance: Add and manage LibGuides user accounts.