Setting Up/Editing Your Profile
Your profile appears in the right hand column of each of your LibGuides pages as well as on your main profile page. To create or edit your profile, click on Customize My Profile from your main administration page. Enter or edit information in the following boxes:
| Profile Box Title (appears at top of profile box): | Abbreviated but clear version of job title--"Humanities Reference Librarian" or "Social Science Bibliographer". If this is too long it takes up half the page. |
| Profile Shortcut: (optional) |
Enter a shortcut name here for your profile page. |
| Profile Image: | 100 pixels wide by 120 pixels high. Must be a professional photo of you, or a professional photo of something library-related. On subsequent or secondary pages, you do not have to have a photo, but you must keep contact information. |
| Display Name: | Required, but can be the version of your name that suits you. |
| Contact Info: | Full job title, name of library, phone number (optional) on separate lines. |
| Email: | Enter your e-mail address. |
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Subject Specialty: (Optional) |
Subject specialty should correspond to the subjects available for guides |
| Website/Blog: (Optional) |
If you have a website or blog you want to link to, enter the URL here. |
| Chat Widget Code: (Optional) |
Chat widgets (AIM, Yahoo, Gtalk, Twitter, Meebo) can be used or not. At this time, use your personal accounts; how this is handled may change. If you use Meebo and want to add it to your profile, paste the Meebo code in the box marked Chat Widget Code. Meebo widget should be the "small" size (160 x 250). |
Create a Meebo Widget
Go to http://www.meebome.com.
Name your Widget!
- Widget title: Suggestion titles are Ask Me, Ask for Help, Questions.
- Display Name: Should be your name or your title.
- Select Small Meebo Widget size (160 x 250).
- Select the "Meebo" color theme. Then click next.
- If you're new to Meebo fill out new user form. Select a user name that identifies you by your name or as a library department (Example: brohloff, tischILL, etc.)
- Once you hit Select it will take you to a code page. Copy the entire code.
- To get to the profile form go to My Admin and Select Customize my profile. Paste the code into the box labeled Chat Widget Code. Then select Save Main Profile.
