How to create a Library guide. A guide for UCT Librarians

1. Libguides at UCT: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za

2. Libguides at UCT: http://libguides.lib.uct.ac.za
Make sure your subject is added here.
Ask your administrator for Libguides: Caroline.Dean@uct.ac.za
to add the link to your Libguide here.

3. Libguides at UCT: SIGN IN
Sign in using your email address and your
Libguide password.
Ask your administrator for Libguides:
Caroline.Dean@uct.ac.za to add your name to
the system.

4. Libguides at UCT: CREATE A NEW GUIDE
Watch this video before you create a new guide.
http://help.springshare.com/content.php?pid=34814&sid=256703

5. Libguides at UCT: CREATE A NEW GUIDE
Once you have
created a guide it
will be listed in this
drop down box for
you to edit at any
time.

6. Libguides at UCT: CREATE A NEW GUIDE
Or you can Create a new guide by clicking on
‘Guides’ in the toolbar and then choose
‘Create New Guide’

7. Libguides at UCT: CREATE A NEW GUIDE
Start fresh (no template) or use an existing guide
“Guide title” for example:
Geological Sciences Library Guide – UCT
“Short description” for example:
How to find information - a library guide
for Geological Sciences students and
academics at UCT.
Click ‘Create New Guide’

8. Libguides at UCT: CREATE A NEW GUIDE
Once you have created your guide,
you can always change the
information about your guide by
going to “Guide Settings” and click
on “Change Guide Information”

9. Libguides at UCT: CREATE A NEW GUIDE
In the “Change Guide
Information” box in
the “Basic Settings”
tab, you can change
the title or description
of the page.
Give your guide a
friendly URL . This will
be the web address of
your new guide.

10. Libguides at UCT: CREATE A NEW GUIDE
In the “Change Guide
Information” box in the “Assigned
Tags” tab, you can assign tags to
your page. Separate each tag with
a comma.
“Tagging your guide with a few
keywords will help users find it in
Click ‘Save’ and then ‘Close’
the system….”