# Creating and Renaming Libraries

By default, there is a Global and Local library for you store your templates in.

- Local: templates are available to all scenes in the current animation. You can find these template files in the Template folder of your animation set.
- Global: these templates are available to all animation sets you create on your computer.

New libraries can be stored anywhere on your computer, or on any computer in your network. Libraries can help you share templates with other users.

For example, if you have a library containing all of the templates in a character, all users can load the library in Toon Boom Studio to have access to those templates.

Toon Boom Studio identifies libraries with the extension TBC.

To create and rename libraries:

1. [Control]-click in the left pane of the Library window and select Create Library from the pop-up menu. A dialog box opens that you can use to select an existing folder to use as a library or to create a new folder to use as a library.

2. Click Choose when you have selected a folder to use as a library.

The new library appears in the left pane of the Library window.

3. To rename the library, click its name so that it becomes editable and change the name in the field. This will not change the name of the folder on your file system.

4. Select File > Save Global Library to save the new library.

See Also
Configuring Global Library Storage
Loading and Closing Libraries
Creating, Renaming and Deleting Catalogs
The Library Window