- LibGuides Benefits FlyerYou can download this flyer to share with your team. It has features and benefits listed to give your colleagues a snapshot of what LibGuides can do.
LibGuides & LibGuides CMS
LibGuides is the most popular, easiest to use web publishing and content creation / curation platform for libraries. LibGuides is perfect for the varied demographics of public libraries, by taking the stress of design and coding away, which allows your staff to focus on the high-value content your patrons are looking for.
LibGuides Features
- Reuse content - Don't reinvent the wheel with every LibGuide. Re-use some or all of your existing Guides, or draw inspiration from the 870,000 LibGuides that have been published around the world.
- You're in control of your content - LibGuides is hosted by Springshare, and has an easy-to-use creation and publication interface. You decide when to publish updates to your pages and Guides.
- Dynamic updates - Mapping to your assets makes updating content easy! Got a new banner image, or made changes to your A - Z Database list? Update those resources in one place, and watch them update everywhere you use them.
- No coding necessary!
LibGuides CMS Features
LibGuides CMS takes everything you want from LibGuides and adds a ton of extra features.
- Organize your Guides into Groups, and control who can create and publish content in them. You can restrict your "Youth Services" group to YS Librarians, and use the Publishing Workflow feature to make sure your YS Department Head sees Guides and revisions before they go live.
- Create Internal Guides and Groups for Staff Intranets and sandboxing.
- More robust and detailed statistics for demonstrating the use of your resources.
- Unlimited templates, so your Guides and Groups can have custom but consistent looks and feels.
- And more!
Public Libraries Using LibGuides CMS As Their Library Website
Harnett County Public Library
The Harnett County Public Library makes great use of white space and has a library catalog search box right on the homepage and every page of their LibGuides CMS system.
Plus, they have a LibCal calendar events widget highlighting upcoming events at their library!
Springfield Public Library
This LibGuides CMS powered website does a fantastic job of integrating their logo's color scheme throughout the homepage.
This color matching creates uniformity and visual comfort when navigating.
Lake County Public Library
Serving a diverse population, Lake County Public Library in Colorado has even created web content in Spanish using their LibGuides CMS system!
Live Oak Public Libraries
Live Oak Public Libraries makes good use of imagery and icons to engage their patrons with their offerings and services.
Bright colors are engaging for patrons of all ages, from children to adults!
Greenburgh Public Library
With a really simple design, Greenburgh Public Library in New York makes great use of their LibGuides CMS system.
Plus, they even have a LibCal calendar events widget on the right side of their homepage advertising all their upcoming events!
Morse Institute Library
Natick's Community Library
Making use of proactive LibChat widget, patrons of the library's new virtual website are not only greeted by a visually appealing webpage but also an option to chat live with a librarian!
Northfield Public Library
By adding a Google Translate widget to their header, they've instantly made their LibGuides CMS website multilingual! Combined with a visually appealing gallery box, they've created an accessible and engaging homepage.
Plus, they make excellent use of LibCal widgets from their 'Today's Hours' across the top to the LibCal Events widget on the sidebar.
Public Library Examples
A Special Guide
All of Springshare's solutions come with free support and free training via webinars, videos and help documentation.
Here is a LibGuides Springboard created by our Community Team to help you see how to get started with LibGuides.
It's useful if you have a trial already or if you just want a peek at how to build guides.