.. _Verawood Libraries:

Libraries in Verawood: Build Smarter, Collaborate with Confidence
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Verawood brings a wave of improvements to Content Libraries — from how you
find and add library content in Studio, to how you manage publishing and track
changes over time.

**Add library content right from the sidebar.** A new "Add Existing" tab in
the Add sidebar lets course authors search and browse library content without
leaving their workflow. On the Course Outline, you can filter by library and
drop blocks directly into a subsection. On the Unit page, you can search,
preview a component before adding it, and insert it into your unit in one
click.

.. figure:: /_images/release_notes/verawood/Library_AddExisting.png
   :align: center

   The "Add Existing" tab lets you browse and insert library content from the sidebar.

**Clear signals when you're working with library references.** Course elements
sourced from a library are now clearly labelled as "Library References" on the
Studio Course Outline and Unit pages and in the new Info sidebar — so authors
always know what's linked versus what's native course content. The Add sidebar
also gracefully handles library-referenced course elements, disabling the add
controls and explaining why.

.. figure:: /_images/release_notes/verawood/Library_LibraryReference.png
   :align: center

   Library-sourced elements are clearly identified throughout Studio.

**Safer publishing for multi-author teams.** A redesigned publishing workflow
prevents you from accidentally shipping a colleague's in-progress changes.
Publish confirmations now surface all contributors and show which courses —
direct and indirect — will be affected.

.. figure:: /_images/release_notes/verawood/Library_PublishConfirmation.png
   :align: center

   The publish confirmation lists contributors and affected courses before you confirm.

**Full content history in the sidebar.** A new timeline in the Info sidebar
logs creation, edits, and publishes for each library object. A diff view lets
you compare the current state against any previous version, using the same
familiar interface as course sync confirmations.

.. figure:: /_images/release_notes/verawood/Library_History.png
   :align: center

   The history timeline lets you review and compare past versions of library content.


.. seealso::

   :ref:`Verawood Product Notes` (reference)

   :ref:`Verawood Dev Notes` (reference)


**Maintenance chart**

+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
| Review Date  | Working Group Reviewer        |   Release      |Test situation                  |
+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+
| 2026-07-30   | Product WG                    | Verawood       |   Pass                         |
+--------------+-------------------------------+----------------+--------------------------------+