Libguides CMS at IIMV Library

1. Libguides CMS at IIMV Library
Navnath Pawar
Note: This material is created for internal training purpose only

2. Libguides
CMS
Library specific CMS platform
Built by librarians for librarians
Used by more than 3000+ libraries
worldwide
Cornell, Yale, Oxford and many more
University libraries
IIM Bangalore, Jio Institute and IIM
Visakhapatnam

3. Features
Content
management
Custom layouts and
styles
Search, Widgets and
APIs
Group functionality
(Organize content in
groups)
Security and
protection (IP, guide
level password)
LMS integration

4. LibApps
• https://iimv.libapps.com
Login to access all subscribed
modules from Springshare

5. Dashboard
• General administration tools
• My Profile
• Image Manager

6. Libguides Home
page
• Content
• Guide list
• Springshare News and training
calendar
• A-Z Database list
• Blog
• Statistics

7. Creating new guide
Two options
available: Start fresh
or copy existing
layout / content
1
Assign guide Name,
Type and
description and
access information
2
Guide content
sharing option: No,
Internal, Community
3

8. Features
Preview mode
Mapped Boxes
Friendly URLs
Layout Management (1 column, 2 column etc.)
Add group
Add database, Media, Book from Catalog

9. A-Z Database list
List databases
alphabetically
Tags : New,
Popular, On Trial
Define database
types
Add database
vendors
Proxy URL

10. Blog
• Create blog post
• Featured post
• Social media sharing
• Blog subscribers

11. Statistics