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NU SpringShare Playbook

Best practices and guidance for creating and maintaining LibApps and guides at NU. Created by cross-functional resource centers.

Best Practices

Reuse Existing Assets! – Be sure to use this option and create once and reuse, rather than create a duplicate document, link or widget. 

 

Springshare Help:

How to add, reuse, and edit Document/File assets

How to add, reuse, and edit Link assets

How to add, reuse, and edit Media / Widget assets

Note Regarding PDF

PDFs can present some issues. PDF accessibility depends on how the articles were scanned. In some cases, security features (to prevent the document from being altered) may interfere with PDF accessibility. We recommend that you provide the original document (Word, PowerPoint, etc.) or an HTML alternative for any PDFs.

Refer to accessibility best practices for creating PDFs in Adobe Acrobat Pro.

Add Content

Maximum file size per upload is 10MB   
(Maximum allotment for the Illawarra LibGuides site is 5 GB)

File types you can upload:

PDFs, Word, PowerPoint, Excel, other Office files or files from similar suites

Files types you can't upload:

Flash or other video files, audio files, any other streaming-type files

Click on   Add/Reorder menu - select Document / File.
Either create a New Document or click the Reuse Existing Document tab to search for an existing document/file in LibGuides.

Fill out the fields for the asset. These include:

  • Document Title: The title your users will see.
  • Description: Additional details about the link.
  • Description Display: Set how the description is displayed for the link.
  • Attached File:  Click Select File to locate the new file on your computer and attach to guide.
  • Position: Where the document link should go in the box
  • Click Save.

Widgets

Easily embed content in any website using a JavaScript snippet. Widgets for Guides, Subjects, Users, Search Box, Content Box, Tags, and Groups.

List of Guides

  • Filter your list by subject, owner, type, or even by a search term!
  • Create a simple list or a framed list

List of Databases from our A-Z list 

  • Filter by subject, database type, vendor, or by a search term!

Embed a Guide, Page, or Content Box 

  • Reuse guide content ANYWHERE
  • Control height and width from the widget create screen

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