Digital library guides, part of the sociotechnical network of digital libraries, help manage large amounts of information and potentially reduce information overload for both users and librarians. Despite the importance of these guides, issues related to information overload have been noted in the literature, affecting both society and the use of digital library guides since their inception. The aim of this thesis was to, from a sociotechnical perspective, explore how librarians at Swedish higher education institutions use and perceive digital library guides in their daily work and their thoughts on collaborations in regards to creating and managing the guides. The study also investigated whether librarians consider information overload to be a problem. The study employed a primarily inductive research approach, utilizing a mixed methods design. The data was collected through a web-based survey distributed to librarians working at Swedish universities. A total of 116 completed surveys were analyzed, forming the basis of the data analysis. Both descriptive statistics and content analysis were applied to interpret the quantitative and qualitative data collected from the survey responses. The results show that the participating librarians are well aware of the information overload problem and try their best to counteract it. It is also evident that although they wish to collaborate with especially students, the reality is that they usually do not have the possibilities to do so.