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LibGuide Author Style Guide

Preferred practices for LibGuide authors

What's in this guide

This guide provides recommendations for creating useful, accessible, and mobile-friendly LibGuides.  Use the tabs to the left, or the links below to navigate.

  • Publishing & Maintenance Checklists-- guidance on creating and updating
  • Writing -- tips on writing for the Web and using headings
  • Reusing Content -- best practices
  • Images -- create accessible & mobile friendly images
  • Links --  best practices
  • Widgets -- examples
  • Attribution -- reuse content ethically
  • Accessibility-- ensuring access to all
  • Sources -- recommended reading
  • Social Media Guide -- authoring guidance for social media 

LibGuides- Tutorials & Best Practice

Library Faculty  use LibGuides to share information and resources. Guides can be organized by class or subject. LibGuides are a great way to extend instruction beyond the classroom.

SpringShare offers tutorials on using LibGuides.

Additional resources on LibGuides below:

A note about a home page

Homepages should be short, simple, and concise, with student-centric (rather than librarian-centric) design in mind. Read more about this in—