Staff Guide to LibGuides  

We have created LibGuides accounts for all SU and ESF librarians. To access your new account go to the SU & ESF LibGuides login page and enter the following:

Email: (your SU or ESF e-mail address)
Password: password

This will take you to your LibGuides Welcome page. Go immediately to "Edit My Account" and create a personal password.

Other staff who would like an account in LibGuides should send their requests to sul_libguides@listserv.syr.edu.

If you need help with your account or with technical issues, please e-mail the LibGuides team  and someone will get back to you as soon as possible.

1. Follow the instructions in the Your LibGuides Account box to set up your access.

2. Browse throught the SU LibGuides Directory and the LibGuides Community links to see what others have done.

3. Go to the Learn LibGuides tab for tutorials, tips, and information on training sessions here in Bird.

"LibGuides is the amazingly popular, easy to use, web 2.0 library knowledge sharing system. Librarians use it to create attractive multimedia content, share knowledge and information, and promote library resources to the community. Libraries find LibGuides an ideal solution for subject guides, information portals, course guides, community guides, research help, faculty/teacher support, etc." - Springshare

LibGuides can be published and made available to all or kept private (this LibGuide is a private page) so only those individuals who know the URL can access the page. LibGuides can also be shared between authors making Librarian/Faculty, Librarian/Librarian, and Librarian/Staff collaborations simple.

A 3-page handout providing a quick guide to best practices in creating your LibGuides (creation date: July 28, 2009).  See also, Usability and Library Research Guides, what other libraries are recommending, tips compiled by Nancy Turner for Summer 2011 Libguide workshops (distribution date:  July 27, 2011)

Here's a link to the SU & ESF Library LibGuides directory, which provides access to all of our published LibGuides

Check out what librarians in other institutions are doing with LibGuides!

The LibGuides Community website provides a searchable directory of over 175,000 guides created by thousands of librarians.