Shared guides

We've had some discussions about how to handle shared authorship of guides and how the profile box should be constructed.  If there are multiple authors the software will add individual author profiles vertically in the right column and there is no option to reorder these boxes on the page. Because LibGuides allows up to 4 people to share a guide (original creator plus 3 editors) it could create a very long page!

To get around this problem I have set up a 3 examples on the Home page in the Template and Generic guides using a regular content box. As Alan suggested in his latest Technology Roundup No 6, we should minimise duplication of contact details so these examples simply link the user back to the profile pages on the CMS via the photos, the names and Website/profile/contact. If we go for this option you will need to hide the profile page/s on every page (sorry, but there is no option to switch them off for a whole guide).

Please let me know what you think of these examples, or if you have any other ideas about how we could handle the problem.

Notes on shared guides

The person who sets up the guide is the one who:

• Receives user comments or feedback
• Can check usage statistics
• Can check for broken links (and should fix them!)
• Will be listed as the "owner" librarian on the JCU LibGuides Home page