Using tags on Topic and General Purpose guides
We are using tags on our Topic and General Purpose guides to add a discovery layer to guides. Using tags are not mandatory, but may help students find your guides. You may use multiple tags, they will surface in each list. Tagging is strongly encouraged.
Our tagged Topic Guides will appear on the Browse Topic Guides page, which is linked from our new Explore page!
This new page will be what our patrons see. The tags themselves will not appear on the published version of the guide, only in the edit.
This is a new feature!
Tagging our topic and general purpose guides is going to be an iterative process. The incoming LibGuides Publishing Review Board will be assessing guide structure and tagging as part of their work and there will be opportunities to work with the Board to provide feedback and suggest alternative or new tags. Right now, we're using the tags that were generated during the 2024 Topical LibGuides Task Force. I want to give these tags a few months to work before we move into the next phase. Thank you for understanding.
Approved tags
Only the following tags will be surfaced:
Find, manage, and use data
find_manage_and_use_data
Guides designed to help researchers discover datasets, scrape and mine text, manage and share data, and use visualization software. Example guides that might use this tag:
Use technology, equipment, software
use_technology_equipment_software
Guides featuring instructions for general usage of technology and applications.Example guides that might use this tag:
Discover Libraries collections
discover_libraries_collections
Guides describing specific Libraries collections or subcollections. Guides describing reading lists or groupings of similar sources.Example guides that might use this tag:
Learn research skills
learn_research_skills
Guides presenting tutorials, citation guidance, study skills, and/or library search skills. Example guides that might use this tag:
Subject guides for advanced research
subject_guides_for_advanced_research
Guides designed to facilitate deep subject research. Guides that present extended/complete lists of resources on a subject. Remember that advanced content can live on existing Subject guides, on subpages. Example guides that might use this tag:
Topic research
topic_research
Guides that focus on specific and narrow topics. Example guides that might use this tag:
Libraries exhibits, events, and workshops
libraries_exhibits_events_and_workshops
Guides related to current or past library events, such as in-person or online exhibits and workshops. Example guides that might use this tag:
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility
diversity_equity_inclusion_and_accessibility
Guides related to advancing or supporting diversity, equity, inclusion, and/or accessibility. Example guides that might use this tag:
If you apply a tag that is not on the above list, it will not be surfaced and we may delete the tag.
Apply tags to your guide
During your editing or review process, determine what, if any, of the above tags will apply to your guides. Remember you can use more than one tag.
Near the top, select the pencil icon after Tags:
Using the search bar, begin adding the name of the tag, and select the existing tag in the suggested tags. Remember only the official tag will work. Creating new tags won't have any effect, and they may be deleted later.
Select ok. It will then appear as a used tag. Use the X to the left of the tag to remove it.
Select ok, and your tag(s) will be applied to your guide.
Back on the editing page, you will see your tag applied.
It may not appear on the Browse Topic Guides subpages immediately. I recommend checking in another browser, but if it's still not there after a day or so, please let Kate know.
Thank you for tagging your Topic and General Purpose Guides!
Zoom video
If you missed the live session, here is the recording of the changes made to the guide pages and a walkthrough of tagging guides.