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LibGuides Author Manual

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

Publishing Your Guide

Use the menu in the upper-right corner to change the publication status of your guide.

Unpublished
  • Invisible to the public
  • Can only be accessed from the admin interface
  • Not indexed for search
Private
  • Only accessbile to people who know the URL
  • Not visible on the homepage
  • Not indexed for search
Published
  • Accessible to everyone
  • Visible on the homepage and assigned subject pages
  • Indexed for search

Note: When publishing a guide, or making updates to a published guide, changes will not be available in the public search index until the following day.

Tips for Publishing Guides

  • Before publishing, review the author checklist (coming soon) to ensure your guide conforms to RUL guidelines and best practices.
  • Unpublish any old or outdated guides (such as old course guides) that you wish to retain for future reference.
  • Make private any guides that you do not wish to be publicly accessible or appear on the LibGuides site (such as internal staff guides).