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Simpson Library Technical Services

Serves as a reference for all Staff.

Updating the LibGuide

https://library.umw.edu/popularreading <- front facing guide, log in through the libguide website

This information is also available in a guide made by a previous employee in charge of popular reading. In Microsoft Teams > Technical Services > Popular Reading > Lib Guide Overview. 

Once or twice a year, change you'll want to change the images of the books available in the popular reading section.

Scroll to the bottom of the New Arrivals box and click the edit button at the bottom right.

Delete (backspace) all the books that have either been returned, lost, or added to the permanent collection.

Look up a book on Amazon that you want to add.

Right click on the image and open it to a new tab.

Copy the image URL.

Back in the Libguide, click where you want the image to be place then click the image button.

Fill out the following information:

  • Under the Image Info Tab:
    • Paste the Amazon URL into the URL space.
    • Width: 130
    • Height: 200
  • Under the Link Tab:
    • Paste the PRIMO Link from the UMW Catalog here, this makes it so it will open the record of the book.

To get the Primo PermaLink:

Look up the book in the catalog and click on it.

Press the Permalink button.

Click the green button to instantly copy the URL to your keyboard.

Once everything is filled out, save the page.