LibGuide Sustainability & Troubleshooting

Requirements for Publishing

Top of the Guide

• Guide Name: REQUIRED for Findability

  • The Guide Name (or title) will appear at the top of the guide and in all lists of guides throughout your site

  • Keep it succinct, yet meaningful, to make your guides easy to scan and find

• Group Assignment: REQUIRED for Usability

  • LibGuides (Public): Places your guide on the publicly browse/searchable LibGuides page— library.fiu.edu/libguides

•  Friendly URL: REQUIRED for Usability

  • Choose a friendly URL for user-friendly sharing

  • Friendly URLs make it easier to share & remember guide links

• Subjects: REQUIRED for Findability

  • Need at least one associated Subject

  • Add subject associations to your guide by clicking on the pencil icon in the top left corner next to Subjects

  • Please associate your guide with at least one subject for findability

Accessibility

• Alt Text for Images: REQUIRED for Accessibility

  • Provide a caption or description of the image as Alt Text 

  • In the "Image Properties" window type in the alt-text in the "Alternative Text" field

• Embedded Media with Closed Captions or a transcript: REQUIRED for Accessibility

  • All videos and audio files need to have “closed captions” or a transcript.

Content

• Description: REQUIRED for Usability

  • Choose to do a Description Box, "What's in this Guide" Box, or Top of Guide Description

  • All guides need to have an introduction, addressing scope, purpose, etc.

  • If you have entered a description in the "top of the guide", you do not need a description box.

•  Link Management: REQUIRED for Usability

  • Correct linking/reuse of databases, images, and other assets

  • Links to resources, websites, etc. must have annotations;  those annotations must offer added value.

  • Guides should not just be lists of databases, links, books, resources, etc.

•  Correct & Prominent Attribution: REQUIRED for Copyright

  • If you are borrowing content from another guide, website, etc. you must ask for permission, cite the source, and credit the creators where necessary. 

  • Remember we should not be recreating existing websites or guides.

• Help Page and/or Only One Profile Box: REQUIRED for Usability

  • Guides need at least one profile box or a "More Help" page with contact info.

  • Do not have a profile on each page/tab of your guide. Guides should only have 1 profile box for each editor or contact per guide.