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LibGuide Editor's Guide

LibGuides-Roster.xlsx
Updated August 2025
Changes to owners/editors must be administered separately before updating this roster. 
Contact Mike Smuland with questions/requests.


This guide is a work in progress. Please check back frequently for updates. See Project Notes section below.

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LibGuides Content Management Project Notes

Project Updates:

  • Sept. 2025
    • Added new Creating a Guide section, including existing template option and new resources, including Community guides.
    • Began consolidation of Carousels & Widgets subpages to one category. Further streamlining planned.
  • Aug. 2025
    • New LibGuide Editor's Guide to Accessibility being developed.
    • Ongoing discussion re: Owner/Editor assignment of LibGuides and minimum maintenance standards.
  • May 2025
    • Mapping other guidance, reconfiguring.
    • Streamlined Pages/Menu.
  • April 2025
    • New page "ADMIN ONLY" for in-development content Boxes; additional resources curated and added.
    • New page on Maintaining & Updating Your Content, will note LinkChecker and need to periodically check all content, maintain freshness, etc.
    • Edited the LibGuides login landing page to update Springshare default resources to instead point to this guide. Guide maintenance will also be emphasized.
  • March 2025
    • Renamed and mapped LibGuides: Statistics guide and consolidated all statistics content there.
    • Created 2017-2024 comprehensive LibGuides Statistics top pages spreadsheet.
    • Created an expanded LibGuide Editors Roster in spreadsheet format and linked here.
    • Updated Insider FAQs on LibGuides to point to this resource and the roster.
    • New page on Draft / Hide / Publish, unifying and expanding this content.
    • Located additional resources for mapping.
  • Jan. 2025
    • Added Cross-reference with Statistics - Library Research at Fairfax County Government.
    • Continue to clear Unpublished and Private guides.
  • Dec. 2024
    • Owner update.
    • Collected Photo/Video/Widget guidance into one category.

Planned Updates:

  • Full Data Integration / Statistics:
    • Full LibGuides Statistics access via Google Analytics (along with Catalog)
    • Create a new Catalog/LibGuide PowerBI dashboard to replace the outdated one.
    • Insider on LibGuide Statistics
    • Work with Doug and LIB-IT to finalize Statistics guide(s)
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