To ensure consistency across Library Guides, a number of templates have been developed. Please use the appropriate one for the type of Library Guide you are creating. (The links below will open the “templates” in user-view):

Note: Do not edit these templates. Always create a copy as explained below. This will create your new guide that you can edit and modify as needed.

To create a Library Guide from one of the templates:

1. Log in to LibApps
2. On the LibApps home page, click on Library Guides
3. In the LibGuides Shortcuts panel, click on Create Guide
4. Select Copy an Existing Guide
5. In the Select a Guide box, type in words which will search for the title of the Guide you wish to copy. You can type in template, and you can then choose from the list of matches.
6. In the Guide Name box, give the new LibGuide a name, and, if desired, a description.
7. Select the appropriate Guide Type from the drop-down.
8. Click on Create Guide.

You will be taken to the first page (tab) of your new guide. Note that there will be content already included, according to the type of template.

1. Create a friendly URL. Each LibGuide's URL displays above the line of tabs. Click on the Edit Guide URL symbol beside it and enter the guide’s title, or an appropriate abbreviation, as the file extension in the Add/Edit Friendly URL field. For more on this see the page in this guide on Friendly URLs.

Sometimes you might wish to make a copy of a guide - either to duplicate the structure/content you like, or when you are doing a major overhaul of a guide and want to retain the previous version to compare to.

You can make a copy of any guide, but please consider this carefully. Remember that if you copy a guide that has assets within it, you will be creating duplicate assets of any assets that are NOT in boxes mapped to our templates or mapped to the master/original asset. 

It might be better to create a new guide and rebuild the structure and content you need by appropriately copying text and adding/reusing assets/mapped boxes. It might take a little more time, but it means you won't end up with rogue assets that are not being maintained.