A list is a collection of titles related to a specific topic or idea of your choosing. Think of it as a subject guide. For example: Knitting Books for Beginners or The 10 Best Movies about Baseball would be suitable subjects for lists. You can add anything from your library's catalog and any links to relevant web pages.
Adding a Title or Webpage from the List Page
You can add titles from the catalog, or webpage links to a list when you create it. Catalog titles can also be added from a title’s details page. Any item you add to a list remains there until you remove it, or delete the list, even if your library no longer owns the item.
To add a catalog title to your list
- Log in to your account.
- Click on Lists to go to your My Lists page.
- Click the Edit button next to the list you want to edit.
- On the list page, click the + Add to List button.
- Search for the title.
- Click the +Add link next to the title you want to add.
- Repeat steps 4-6 until you’ve added all the titles you want.
- Click the Finished Editing button at the top of the screen to finalize your list.
- You are now ready to publish your list.
- Select who should see your list: Everyone, People in a specific location, Anyone with the link, or Only me.
- Click Publish.
- To create a new list, see Creating Guides and Recommendations Lists and Creating If You Liked… Lists
- Remember to publish your list when it’s complete. Unpublished lists remain as drafts and are visible only to you.
- An item stays on your list until you remove it or delete the list, even if the library no longer owns a copy of the title.
To add a webpage to your list
You can add links to websites to complement titles on your list. For example, suppose you create a list of books that provide advice to new immigrants. You could add links to websites that provide government services and forms, legal advice, or community-based organizations for new immigrants. If you created a reading list for your book club, you could provide links to online resources or reviews of the books you’re planning to read.
- Log in to your account.
- Go to your My Lists page.
- Click the Edit button next to the list you want to edit.
- On the list page, click the Add to List button.
- Click Web URL.
- Type or paste in the webpage address. A webpage must start with http:// or https://.
- Click Okay
- Add a title for the page. The title is the text you’ll see on your list that identifies the webpage. If you don’t add a title, the webpage’s own title will be used.
- Optional: You can also add an annotation, to provide more information about the website.
- Click Add to add the webpage to the list.
- Click the Finished Editing button at the top of the screen to finalize your list.
- You are now ready to publish your list.
- Select who should see your list: Everyone, People in a specific location, Anyone with the link, or Only me.
- Click Publish.
Adding from a Title’s Details Page
You can also add a title to a list from any title’s details page.
To add from the title’s details page
Log in to your account.
Go to the details page of the title you want to add to a list.
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Scroll down to the More from the community section, under the Community lists featuring this title heading, and click Add to list
If you are creating a new list, click Add to new list, then select a list type category (Guides and Recommendations…, If You Liked). Note: in order to publish the new list, you will need to add at least four items.
If you are adding to an existing list, click Add to existing list, find the list you want under either My draft lists or My published lists, and then click either +Add to draft or +Create draft and add.
Click the X to close the popup.
Ordering Items on Your List
By default, each new item you add to a list appears at the bottom.
There are two ways to order the items on your list:
- Dragging and dropping. You’ll see a ghost image of the item as it moves. When the item is where you want it, release the mouse button.
- Click the up or down arrow next to the item to move it up or down one position.
To have new items appear at the top by default, click the gear icon while editing any list, and then click Add new items to the top.