[Web4lib] LibGuides modules

[John Fereira]

Brandy Bourne wrote:
> Our library is just subscribing to LibGuides, so I was glad for last week's
> examples and tips thread.
> I'm wondering about the two optional modules: 1) Custom domain
> mapping/branding    2) Direct image upload/hosting and XML content
> downloads.
> I was a little surprised, after going through the promotional materials, to
> find that these were not included in the subscription price.  They aren't
> especially expensive, but in these tough budgetary times, every little bit
> has to be argued for.  Are these modules essential?  I'd appreciate any
> input.
Neither one is essential but both  are very useful.

The custom domain mapping/branding module allows you to specify a url 
for your LibGuides such as "http://guides.library.cornell.edu" and use 
it for a Google site search (i.e. biomedical 
site:guides.library.cornell.edu)

I am not familiar with what, exactly, "Direct Image Uploading" means but 
see a previous post in the thread about how the XML Content downloads 
can be really useful. 

Our libraries subscribed to LibGuides before the second module was 
available and I was told that a complete XML dump of all of our guides 
would be made available if we ever unsubscribed (or SpringShare went out 
of business).  Whether or not the XML content dump is available without 
this module should you decide that LibGuides is not working for you 
could be very important to help migrate the content being hosted with 
this external service.