Technology Help For Library Staff
Technology Help For Library Staff
Documentation for some common issues in LibGuides and LibCal.
LibGuides Training
General Information
- LibGuides OverviewOverview and some local best practices for editing guides.
- LibGuides Training GuideDocument from the LibGuides workshop on transitioning to version 2.
- SpringShare Documentation
Access to SpringShare documentation seems to go better if you login to LibApps first. If you are denied access to SpringShare documentation, shut down the browser to clear the session cookies; this seems to fix it.
Specific Topics
- LibCal: Appointments / Zoom Integration [Google Doc]Steps to associate your Zoom account with your LibCal Appointments and configure the best experience for patrons.
- LibCal: Appointments SetupLots of stuff here from setting up linkages between gCal and Appointments, creating buttons, adding a button to your system profile, etc.
- LibGuides: Adding Columns to LibGuidesAlthough LibGuides itself is configured to only provide 2 columns, you use Bootstrap HTML coding to add columns within a given content box.
- LibGuides: Embedding An Introduction Video Into Your Librarian Profile PageTo make librarians a little bit more real for students during the COVID-19 pandemic, librarians have recorded short informal videos where they introduce themselves.
- LibGuides: Embedding On-Screen Document ViewerRather than just linking to a document, you can view it directly on your page
- LibGuides: Embedding Responsive VideosMake your videos fill the container. TLDR; Wrap the video
iframein adivwithclass="videoWrapper" - LibGuides: Reusing Search Form Media / WidgetsBy putting your search form code into a widget, it makes it easier for others to find and reuse and also safeguards the code from being overwritten or broken.
- LibGuides: URL Naming ConventionsThis guide deals mostly with naming conventions for guides that have been assigned to LibGuides Groups.
- LibGuide Assets: Linking to individual items from our databasesThis document provides directions for creating a URL for an individual item in one of our databases. These directions should be followed to provide access to the item on and off-campus.
LibGuides Widgets
LibGuides Widgets
With LibGuides v2, it is difficult to find the master boxes that you might want to reuse. Here is a list of some of them.
- Ask Us WidgetsTwo versions of the Ask Us icons to reuse on your pages. Note: The larger version of these icon boxes has the longer name.
- Canvas: Using Library Resources in CanvasA faculty support guide for using boxes in Canvas, but some of these same boxes can be reused in LibGuides as well.
- Find ArticlesThere are some boxes on the Canvas page where the masters actually reside on the Find Books and Find Articles pages.
- Find BooksThere are some boxes on the Canvas page where the masters actually reside on the Find Books and Find Articles pages.
- Meet With A LibrarianThe grid of librarians by subject, each with a "Make an Appointment" button is here.
- Search eBooksThe master search box for eBooks is on the eBook Collections guide.
LibGuides / LibCal Onboarding
- Student Intern OnboardingDescription of the supervising librarian's role and outline of how student accounts are handled.
LibraryH3lp Help
Zoom Meeting Help
- Zoom for GSuiteThis video demonstrates how Zoom for GSuite creates a tight integration of Zoom with Google Calendar.
- Zoom : Assign Friendly URL to Personal Meeting RoomCurrently, has help on "How to make a friendly Zoom meeting URL"
Systems Librarian Guides
A separate section of guides for the Systems Librarian. This might not be very interesting for most people.
Service Announcements
Edit access to the Library homepage is tightly controlled, with only the Systems Librarian able to directly edit content on that page.
The Web Committee wanted to provide a way to allow librarians to quickly publish a service announcement to the homepage – e.g., for building closures, service outage announcements, and the like. Announcements published here will appear at the top of the right column on the homepage.
This option is not intended to replace the News and Announcements blog. Most of the time, it will not contain any content.