Managing your Resources is the first step when setting up your Lean Library Futures dashboard. This article will explain what a resource, how to add resources and manage them within the dashboard.
What are Resources?
Resources (previously called an Asset) are very similar to an e-resource domain in Lean Library Access, but Resources have an additional functionality. Most significantly, you're able to add access links, creating a group of URLs which are connected to one Resource.
Once a Resource is set up in the dashboard, the Lean Library Futures menu will be shown at the associated webpages. For example, if you would like a LibGuide on humanity research, LibChat and an FAQ page to be shown at JSTOR, you will add JSTOR as a resource. Consequently, you can start adding these useful tools and guides for your patrons to read when they are researching on JSTOR.
Why add access links to Resources?
Access links allow you to add the same information to multiple locations that may be similar. For example, if you were to add Wikipedia as a Resource, you could provide en.wikipedia.org, wikipedia.nl and wikipedia.com as access links and display the same information on each of these URLs. This ensures that no matter which URL your patrons might land on, they are shown the intended information and content.
How do I set up a Resource?
To set up a new Resource, please go to the dashboard > Lean Library Futures > Resources > click New Resource.
You will then see this pop-up window. Please add a Name and the Access Link into the window, and click Save.
You can use a wildcard with Resources if you expect the features to be applied to not only the URL or the domain you specify here but for the subpages of the given location.
Ex: If you want to apply an onboarding/Libguide (or any other feature) to any subpage of the publisher page. You can configure the URL as www.exampledomain.com/*
How do I manage Resources?
To manage the set-up associated with a Resource, please click on the Name of the Resource, and you will be shown all the set-ups that are related to this Resource.
Overview of Resources set-up
See the below example: after clicking into Google Scholar in Resources, you will first be shown all the Access Links that has been set up for Google Scholar, i.e. https://scholar.google.com/, https://scholar.google.nl/ and https://scholar.google.co.uk/.
In this overview page, you will also see the features that have been set up for Google Scholar. For example, if you click into Service Desk tab, you will see that Library Help Desk has been set up for Google Scholar.
Quick way to add new set-up
In this Resource page, you will see there is a button to add a new set-up within the same page. You can use this button to add a new set-up easily.
For example, if you would like to add one more Service Desk, in this case "Contact Us!" on on Google Scholar, please click Google Scholar > click Service Desk tab > click New Service Desk Setup > Select the content you would like to set up, then click Save
Please note that this function is only available for saved content. If the content has not already been saved on the dashboard, you will not be able to use this quick set-up button.