UWM LibGuide Editor Training

What is an Asset?

Assets are reusable content (widgets, links, databases, books from the catalog, documents). LibGuides Admin often assess, update, or replace assets in order to keep LibGuides up-to-date and accessible because assets are easier to maintain than Rich Text content. Creating guides out of small reusable parts also allows Librarians to content quickly and reuse existing content.

Reusing Assets

There are two ways to reuse an asset.

• Mapping: Connects the reused asset to the original. Any updates made to the original will automatically appear in the mapped assets. Mapping is the default when you reuse a link.
• Copying: the original and the duplicate are not connected and any changes made to the original will not appear in the duplicate.

Asset Quirks

• Assets may only be edited by the original creator (or an admin), even if they are used by multiple guide owners.
• An asset that has been deleted from all guides will remain in the asset management system. These assets are listed as having zero mappings. If you would like to erase them completely, you will need to do so in the asset manager.

Set Up Your LibGuides Profile Box

LibAnswers Widget Code

Copy and paste the Ask a Librarian chat box widget code into your Librarian profile

Example: