Update Library Staff pages

In Hippo CMS, all staff related documents are under the folder: pubic/library staff

Update staff profile

Locate staff using university ID or search by name under: documents/public/library-staff/staff/ 
Note: Yelena's team usually maintains Subjects, College & Schoo, and Library Locations. 

  1. Display: Un-check the Display option if the staff is no longer with UMD library. This filed is checked for most of our staff.
  2. Functional Title: HR usually maintains this field. Do not make any edits if you are unsure. Check with HR or Yelena. 
  3. Profile URL: enter external url here, LibGuide page for this entry. 
  4. Subjects: select desired subjects from the Available list. Each subject is stored in the folder documents/public/library-staff/subjects/ subject  It doesn't matter what the document name is. The name field in each subject must match with what's in documents/public/library-staff/subject-list 
  5. About Subject List: the value in Label, displays on subject specialist pages, eg. lib.umd.edu/directory/specialists
  6. College or School: select desired College or School from the Available list. 
  7. Library location: 
  8. Specialists Note: Only for Priddy library staff. See example of eharring's document.
  9. Interest: Not used.
  10. Photo:
    1. images dimension should be 160 x 200 px. If image is a square, at least make the width 160px. That way, images on http://www.lib.umd.edu/directory/specialists all will have the same width.
    2. image file size should be around or below 50kb. format should be .png or .jpg 
    3. upload picture to gallery/public/library-staff/staff
    4. use umd directory id as file name.
    5. select desired image use Image Picker too.
  11. Profile: Enter profile texts here. When copy & paste from MS Word or email, make sure to remove extra style in html source view.
  12. Schedule a Meeting: enter the 5-digit number you can find on LibCal admin page: Admin > Accounts  http://umd.libcal.com/calendars_admin.php

 

 

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