This platform, developed by Springshare, is geared toward very simple publishing and integration with librarian needs and library resources.
Ideal Use: Sites that make heavy use of Brooklyn College Library resources or accessible online archives, with little need for a more modern and customizable visual design.
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Here's an example of what a LibGuides homepage looks to the public, with its standard header, tabbed navigation and content boxes layout.
Here's what how the homepage in the prior image is managed/edited in the LibGuides back-end editor, in which you click on different boxes and content areas arranged as they are on the public side in order to make changes.
Clicking on a box's content brings up a standard text editor. There are many different types of content that can also be used in a box as well, like embedded media and library resources.
Moving content boxes around with drag-and-drop is easy within the LibGuides settings.
Adding images to LibGuides unfortunately involves multiple steps within a separate image manager for each image, with no options for bulk upload. This requires some getting used to -- adding other types of content can be much more straightforward.