Library help: Tech Support

Why use this? Prepare materials in advance, release content gradually, or keep instructor-only items out of student view.

Quick guidance: If you want everything hidden, leave the list Unpublished. For staged release, publish the list and use section dates or the eye toggle. For fine-grained control, hide individual items or specific links.

Reading List visibility overview

• Hide the whole list: Leave the list Unpublished. Students won’t see anything until you publish.
• Section visibility: Use the eye icon beside a section title to hide/show it, or set section dates for timed release. Sections only show if the list is published.
• Item visibility: Open an item → Full details → Hide from students. This hides a single citation even if the section is visible.
• Links & files: In Links & availability, you can hide a specific link/file, or set a file to “read only” (view online but no download/print).
• List dates: For information only — they do not control visibility.
• Lock list/section: Prevents edits but does not hide content from students.

Outcomes summary

• List unpublished: Students see nothing.
• List published + section hidden: Section and its items are hidden.
• List published + section visible + item hidden: Section is visible; that item is not.
• Item visible but link hidden: Students see the citation but not that file/link.

Tips: Build while the list is Unpublished. For staged release, publish and use section dates or the eye toggle. For fine-grained control, hide items or specific links.

More info: Ex Libris Leganto – Modifying Lists and Items (full system docs; detailed but current).