Getting Started: Images, Video, & More
Adding Content
About Image Folders
You can upload images to use in LibGuides to your "Personal Library," or opt to use images we've pre-uploaded for you in the "Shared Library."
Images in the Shared Library include:
- CUL General Images
- CUL Locations
- CUL Staff Headshots
- CUL Wordmarks
- Database Icons/Screenshots
- LG2 Screenshots
Managing Your Images
As your Image Library grows, it may become harder to find a particular image you are looking for.
The Image Library includes a folder system for organizing your images. You could organize folders by guide name ("Getting Started"), by resource type ("Book Covers," "Database Icons"), by topic ("19th Century French Novels"), etc.
Choosing your image filenames carefully can also make finding them easier. For instance, you could include the name of the guide as part of the file names. A few examples:
- gettingstarted-imagelibary.jpg
- gettingstarted-addimage.jpg
Max Image Size for Columns
| Column Width % | Max Image Width (in pixels) |
| 25% | 240 |
| 50% | 650 |
| 75% | 850 |
| 100% | 1200 |
About Images in LibGuides
You can access and add images to LibGuides in two ways:
- From the LibGuides Dashboard, click "Content" from the yellow menu bar, then select "Image Manager" from the drop-down (see screenshot at left).
- When editing a box within a guide, you can click on the image icon to a) use an existing image in your Image Library, or b) add an image simultaneously to the box and your Image Library.
Adding Images
Follow these instructions to add an image to your guide from your computer.
Adding an Image (From Your Computer)
- In a box, either edit an existing Rich Text/HTML area, or add a new Rich Text/HTML section.
- Place your cursor where you want to add the image (for instance, on top of or underneath existing text).
- Click on the image icon (looks like a box around mountains).
- A pop-up window ("Image Properties") will appear. Click on "Browse Server."
- Your Image Library will pop up.
- To add an image from your computer, click the "Upload New Image" button at the right.
- Navigate to the image on your computer, then click "Open" at the bottom right.
- You'll be taken back to the "Image Properties" pop-up window. (The image has also been uploaded to your Image Library and will be available for you to use in other guides.)
- Enter a descriptive caption into "Alternative Text" for the image (this will display for screen readers and other accessibility software).
- Enter the width and/or the height of the image.
- For the 3-column 25 / 50 / 25 layout, left and right columns can hold images up to 250 pixels wide, and the center column can hold images up to 550 pixels wide.
- To keep the original proportions of the image, click the lock icon before changing either the width or height.
- You have the option of adding a border--type a number to indicate the pixel thickness (the screenshot above has a "1" border).
- To add more blank space around the image, enter numbers into either HSpace (horizontal space) or VSpace (vertical space). This is particularly helpful if you want to position the image to the right or left of existing text (see next step).
- Alignment: if you want to place the image to the left or right of a block of text, select the appropriate option here. If you want to center it, leave this section as-is (then once back in the "edit" box, select the image and click the center justify button at the top left). (See Aligning Images & Text for more information.)
- Once done, click "OK."
Add an Image from the Internet
First, have the URL (website address) for the image that you wish to use.
NOTE: Online images can move or be deleted, which will remove the image from your guide. If you want to ensure that your image remains, first save the image to your computer (by right-clicking) and then upload it to LibGuides using the instructions on the first tab. Be sure that you have permission to use any images that you download to use in a guide. (One way to do this is to use images with Creative Commons licenses.)
- In a box, either edit an existing Rich Text/HTML area, or add a new Rich Text/HTML section.
- Place your cursor where you want to add the image (for instance, on top of or underneath existing text).
- Click on the image icon (looks like a box around mountains).
- A pop-up window ("Image Properties") will appear.
- Click on the "Link" tab.
- Enter the URL of the image where it says "URL."
To get the URL of an image on the Internet, right-click on the image.
- In Firefox, you can then click on "Copy image location."
- In Google Chrome, click on "Copy Image URL." i
- In Internet Explorer, click on "Properties" and highlight and copy the URL.
Depending on how you want to align the image, you can then either leave the alignment at "Not Set" or change it. (See Aligning Images & Text for more information.)
Remember that an image you link to from the Internet may not stay there forever.
Use an Image From the Image Manager
- In a box, either edit an existing Rich Text/HTML area, or add a new Rich Text/HTML section.
- Place your cursor where you want to add the image (for instance, on top of or underneath existing text).
- Click on the image icon (looks like a box around mountains).
- A pop-up window will appear ("Image Properties"). Click on "Browse Server" (at top right).
- Your Image Library will pop up.
- Click on the appropriate tab at the top left:
- "Personal Library" for your own images saved in LibGuides or
- "Shared Library" for images shared across CUL. ("Shared Library" images include location images and library wordmarks.)
- Next, click on the appropriate folder at the right.
- When you find the image you want, click on the small image icon beneath that image.
- Now you'll be taken back to the "Image Properties" pop-up window.
- Enter a descriptive caption into "Alternative Text" for the image (this will display for screen readers and other accessibility software).
- Enter the width and/or the height of the image.
- For the 3-column 25 / 50 / 25 layout, left and right columns can hold images up to 250 pixels wide, and the center column can hold images up to 550 pixels wide.
- To keep the original proportions of the image, click the lock icon before changing either the width or height.
- You have the option of adding a border--type a number to indicate the pixel thickness (the screenshot above has a "1" border).
- To add more blank space around the image, enter numbers into either HSpace (horizontal space) or VSpace (vertical space). This is particularly helpful if you want to position the image to the right or left of existing text (see next step).
- Alignment: if you want to place the image to the left or right of a block of text, select the appropriate option here. If you want to center it, leave this section as-is (then once back in the "edit" box, select the image and click the center justify button at the top left). (See Aligning Images & Text for more information.)
- Once done, click "OK."