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

A LibGuides usability study conducted at UW showed that many students felt disoriented when landing on a guide without a Home page and were unsure what the tabs meant. (Hungerford: 2010)  To fix this, guide authors were encouraged to include a distinct home page for each guide using a consistent 2-column layout. Authors were also advised to include a "What's in this Guide" box, starting with a short (80 word max) description of the contents, and a linked list of the tabs, along with a short annotation for each. (Update your LibGuides: 2010)