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LibGuides Author Manual

Instructions, guidelines, and best practices for creating and maintaining LibGuides at Rutgers University Libraries.

About This Guide

This guide offers instructions, guidelines, and best practices for creating and maintaining LibGuides at Rutgers University Libraries (RUL).

LibGuides is RUL's content management system for creating guides and pathfinders to scholarly information.

Request an Account

To request a LibGuides account, contact the system administrator.

Author Accounts are reserved for Rutgers University Libraries' faculty and staff. Authors interested in granting editorial access to research assistants, interns, instructors, or other collaborators may create editor-level accounts for them by appointing them as Guide Editors.

The creation of each new LibGuides account is accompanied by an automated message containing your temporary login information. To login, click Login to LibApps in the footer. (Make sure LibGuides is selected from the menu in the upper-left).

When logging into LibGuides for the first time, you may be prompted to create a password. To prevent unauthorized access to your account, create a strong, secure password and do not share it with others.