Library:LTK Manual Getting Started

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Getting Started

Login to the LTK using your CWL: http://ltk.library.ubc.ca/

Access for new users to the LTK is granted by this process:

  1. The new user goes to http://ltk.library.ubc.ca
  2. The new user clicks on the CWL Login button and enter his/her CWL
  3. An automatic email is generated to the list of LTK Administrators notifying them that a new user is requesting access to the LTK
  4. One of the LTK Administrators will verify the new user's identity and approve him/her. Note that this process can take a few days
  5. Access is granted to the new user


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The Dashboard shows your recent activity, making it easy to return to the page you were most recently working on.

At the Profile tab, you can change your display name (no super hero aliases please, just remove your middle name if you don't want it displayed under contact info). Also select your campus under Label. This will ensure that UBC-V or UBC-O information will appear in the contact information field, allowing us to identify both liaison librarians on shared guides. Click on the Make Changes button to save your selections.


What is a page?

A page is the frame that contains and organizes the content of your research guide. You create and name a page for your particular subject, such as Biology or English. Within a page, you will organize the various categories of information through tabs. For example, if you want to include a section on article databases in your page, you will generate an articles tab. Widgets contain the details of the content which populates your page. For example, you list the individual article databases in a widget. When you are ready, you can drop the widget into the relevant tab on your page. You can add content to your page using the following five widgets: Embed, RSS, Resource Links, Text and Image, UBC Wiki.


What is a tab?

A tab exists within a page. Adding a tab to your page enables you to organize the various categories that constitute your page. Tabs run along the top of your page. Examples of tabs include Articles, Associations, and Background Information. Some suggested guidelines for naming tabs can be found here.

What is a widget?

A widget is the container for smaller pieces of content that make up an entire guide. Widgets are defined by functionality and content. The LTK contains six separate widgets. Choose your widget based on the type of information you want to display. The six widgets available within the LTK are: Embed, RSS, Resource Links, Text and Image, and UBC Wiki.


What is a tag?

A tag enables you to associate your page or widget with its relevant subject(s). You enter the tag(s) when you are creating/editing a page or a widget. The tag box appears at the bottom of the screen. Tags are useful for identifying generically titled widgets that have different content from one another(e.g. Articles) and for grouping together material on the same subject. Creators can assign multiple tags to a page or widget. Page tags are searchable in the Research Guides Portal and should be used to help users locate a guide. The search box on the portal page is only searching the title of the guide, the subjects attached to the guide, and the guide's page tags.



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