Welcome to Stacks – Stacks for Libraries

What is Stacks?

Stacks is a web-based content management system (CMS) that provides everything you need to create and manage your digital research experience. The platform is designed to be user-friendly and intuitive so users with all experience levels can manage the site independently without needing external support or assistance.

How do I access my Stacks site?

To access your Stacks site, begin by either typing or pasting the provided URL into your web browser.

Customers who are in the trial or implementation phase will be assigned a temporary URL, typically in the format s1234567demo.stacksplatform.com. If you have not been provided a temporary URL, please contact your Implementation Project Manager (IPM), Library Services Engineer (LSE), or Account Executive (AE).

Logging in to Stacks

There are two different types of user accounts that can log into your Stacks site.

Patrons, (sometimes also referred to as users) are typically individuals who are required to log in to access content on your site. Patrons have no level of administration access
Staff users, are the individuals that log into your site and have some form of administrative role for the purpose of creating and managing content on your site. There are various "staff user" roles that provided different levels of access for creating and managing content depending on your needs

To login into Stacks

Staff users

On the homepage, scroll to the very bottom of the page and click the Staff login link in the footer; OR
Click the Log In link in the top right corner of the Stacks site
- In the window that opens, click the Go to Staff Login link

Your IPM, LSE, or AE will provide you with a default administrator user account that you can use to login and start setting up your site.

Patrons/Users

Click the Log In link in the top right corner of the Stacks site
- If your organization has enabled single sign on (SSO), you may see an option to login via the SSO provider

If site-wide password protection has been enabled, all users (staff and users/patrons) will be brought to a login screen when they initially navigate to your Stacks site. From here they can enter their login credentials, or use the SSO option (if this has been enabled).

Once logged in, and depending on your site configuration, individuals may be directed to the Homepage, My Account page, the Dashboard (for staff users only), or another page.

Can anyone access my site?

At first yes, unless otherwise configured by your IPM or LSE, your Stacks site can be accessible by anyone that has the URL. With that being said, and again, unless otherwise configured by your IPM, LSE, or AE, your site will initially be a blank slate with no content added yet.

Can I restrict access to my site or its content?

Yes, if needed, during a trial, during implementation, or after you site is launched, site-wide password protection can be enabled to force users to log in to access the site as a whole.

Alternatively, you can also make most of your site accessible to anyone while still forcing them to login to access certain types of content (like catalogs or other resources). Other forms of content protection can also be enabled, including:

By patron segment
By role
IP whitelisting