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LibGuides Basics: Building Your First LibGuide - Top Nav
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Tuesday, September 10, 2024
10:00am - 11:00am (Eastern Time - US & Canada) change time zone
10:00am - 11:00am (Eastern Time - US & Canada) change time zone
About:
Ready to build your first LibGuide using Top Tab Navigation? Not sure how to get started? In this session, we will walk through the basics of building a guide.
We'll cover:
- Logging into and navigating the LibGuides dashboard
- Understanding Top Tab Nav layout
- Creating a guide from scratch
- Understanding Box types
- Using Assets
- Using the Rich Text Box
- Publishing LibGuides
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Time Zone: Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
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- Time:
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- Session Type:
- Learning Lab
- User Type/Language:
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- Products Covered:
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- Date:
- Wednesday, April 23, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- User Type/Language:
- Beginner Users Intermediate Users
- Products Covered:
- LibGuides & LibGuides CMS New session!
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- Date:
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- Time:
- 1:00pm - 1:20pm
- User Type/Language:
- Advanced Users Intermediate Users Public Library Interest
- Products Covered:
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- Date:
- Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 2:40pm
- User Type/Language:
- Admin Account Level Users Advanced Users Public Library Interest
- Products Covered:
- LibCal Multi-Product Patron Point
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- Date:
- Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Time:
- 10:00am - 11:00am
- User Type/Language:
- Beginner Users En Español
- Products Covered:
- LibGuides & LibGuides CMS
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- Date:
- Tuesday, May 6, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- User Type/Language:
- Admin Account Level Users Intermediate Users
- Products Covered:
- LibGuides & LibGuides CMS
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- Date:
- Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 2:45pm
- User Type/Language:
- Intermediate Users
- Products Covered:
- LibGuides & LibGuides CMS
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- Date:
- Thursday, May 8, 2025
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 2:45pm
- User Type/Language:
- Beginner Users
- Products Covered:
- LibCal
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