Attention LibGuides owners and editors!

We will be upgrading to Version 2 of LibGuides during April. Fortunately, most of the migration work will be done by Springshare (the LibGuides support team), but there are some areas that will need your attention. This would also be a good time to do a general tidy up of your guides. Please read the following carefully.

From now until Easter: Pre-migration clean-up

Please check through your content on LibGuides and delete any content/guides that are no longer required. Fix any broken links – eServices have requested a broken links report and will post it to Counterculture when it’s available. It would also be very wise to make a backup of your site content (find this under the Guide Settings menu).

Wednesday 8th April: Migration from Version 1 to Version 2 beta site

Do not log into LibGuides on this day. All guides and accounts from the current version of LibGuides will be migrated over to our Version 2 site. We have been advised not to log into both Version 1 and Version 2 for the entire day, as it could cause problems with the migration.

Thursday 9th April – Friday 24th April: Readying the Version 2 site to go live

This is the time to do any tidying of the new site ready for the switchover (the Version 1 site will remain as the live site until we are ready). Please note that any changes you want to make live during this time will need to be duplicated on both sites.

We are aiming to go live with Version 2 by Tuesday 28th April (start of term 2). This will give us just over 2 weeks to get the site ready. While we don’t anticipate any problems, there will be a bit of tidying up to do. These are the sorts of tasks we should be focussing on during this time:

• Checking that all the content has migrated successfully
• Making sure all links work
• Assigning guides to the appropriate subjects/topics
• Creating/updating your new profile page

There are also some box types that will not migrate: user submitted links; feedback; surveys; table of contents. If you’ve used any of these boxes and you want to keep them, you will need to re-create them in the version 2 site using alternative methods.

Also, if you are going to be away on leave throughout this time, please let eServices know so that we can set up your account ahead of time and assign someone else to check through your guides.

Workshop sessions

We will be advertising some workshops where you can come and learn about the changes in version 2 and work on your guides with assistance on hand. Keep an eye on Counterculture for dates and times.

Further info

You can have a look at the UC Library beta site here: http://canterbury.beta.libguides.com/. If you want to learn a bit more about using Version 2, you might like to browse through the Springshare guide: http://support.springshare.com/libguides.

If you have any further questions about the upgrade, please contact Library eServices or talk to one of the members of the LibGuides Review group: Coral Black, Sara Roberts, Damian Cairns, Alison Johnston, and Donna Barber.