SpringShare have recently released new code for LibGuides, with a number of enhancements that should be very useful to us. See Spring 2010 Code Updates.

The ones that I have noticed, of particular interest:
1) You can now specify the order of subtabs – they are no longer ordered alphabetically – YAY!!
2) You can now specify the visibility of pages within a guide, meaning you can have pages hidden on a live guide. Very useful while you develop new sections of a guide.
3) You can now specify a collaborator who does not have to have their own full LibGuides login. You specify their email address, and LibGuides will send them login information, but this is limited to the single guide specified, and doesn’t allow access to any other guides.
4) Not specified in the documentation, but I’ve noticed that now the Search option specifies that it searches “This Guide” initially, but allows you to choose to search “All Guides”. This was a suggestion that we made!

Nice to have some good news to report!

Catherine Jane
Library IT