diff --git a/app/imports/api/library/LibraryNodes.js b/app/imports/api/library/LibraryNodes.js
index 37426c1c..197131db 100644
--- a/app/imports/api/library/LibraryNodes.js
+++ b/app/imports/api/library/LibraryNodes.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import librarySchemas from '/imports/api/library/librarySchemas.js';
 import Libraries from '/imports/api/library/Libraries.js';
 import { assertEditPermission } from '/imports/api/sharing/sharingPermissions.js';
 import getModifierFields from '/imports/api/getModifierFields.js';
+import simpleSchemaMixin from '/imports/api/creature/mixins/simpleSchemaMixin.js';
 
 let LibraryNodes = new Mongo.Collection('libraryNodes');
 
@@ -62,6 +63,18 @@ function assertNodeEditPermission(node, userId){
   return assertEditPermission(lib, userId);
 }
 
+const insertNode = new ValidatedMethod({
+  name: 'LibraryNodes.methods.insert',
+	mixins: [
+		simpleSchemaMixin,
+  ],
+  schema: LibraryNodeSchema,
+  run(libraryNode) {
+    assertNodeEditPermission(libraryNode, this.userId);
+		return LibraryNodes.insert(libraryNode);
+  },
+});
+
 const updateNode = new ValidatedMethod({
   name: 'LibraryNodes.methods.update',
   validate({_id, update}){
@@ -101,4 +114,4 @@ function libraryNodesToTree(ancestorId){
 }
 
 export default LibraryNodes;
-export { LibraryNodeSchema, updateNode };
+export { LibraryNodeSchema, insertNode, updateNode };
diff --git a/app/imports/server/publications/library.js b/app/imports/server/publications/library.js
index 0e9219d9..18d6394f 100644
--- a/app/imports/server/publications/library.js
+++ b/app/imports/server/publications/library.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Meteor.publish('library', function(libraryId){
 	const user = Meteor.user();
 	const userId = user && user._id;
 	if (!userId) return [];
+	const subs = user && user.subscribedLibraries || [];
 	let libraryCursor = Libraries.find({
 		_id: libraryId,
 		$or: [
diff --git a/app/imports/ui/components/forms/schemaFormMixin.js b/app/imports/ui/components/forms/schemaFormMixin.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8dabe3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/imports/ui/components/forms/schemaFormMixin.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+/**
+ * Forms that take in a schema and a model of the current data, manages smart
+ * inputs, and sends update events when valid data model changes must occur
+ */
+export default function schemaFormMixin(schema){
+	return {
+		data(){ return {
+			valid: true,
+		};},
+		created(){
+			this.validationContext = schema.newContext();
+		},
+		computed: {
+			errors(){
+				this.valid = true;
+				if (!this.model){
+					throw new Error("this.model must be set");
+				}
+				let cleanModel = this.validationContext.clean(this.model);
+				this.validationContext.validate(cleanModel);
+				let errors = {};
+				this.validationContext.validationErrors().forEach(error => {
+					if (this.valid) this.valid = false;
+					errors[error.name] = Attributes.simpleSchema().messageForError(error);
+				});
+				return errors;
+			},
+		},
+	};
+}
diff --git a/app/imports/ui/components/global/SmartInputMixin.js b/app/imports/ui/components/global/SmartInputMixin.js
index d0574f0d..5e643881 100644
--- a/app/imports/ui/components/global/SmartInputMixin.js
+++ b/app/imports/ui/components/global/SmartInputMixin.js
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ export default {
       this.$emit('change', val, this.acknowledgeChange);
     },
     hasChangeListener(){
-      return this.$listeners && this.$listeners.change
+      return this.$listeners && this.$listeners.change;
     },
     forceSafeValueUpdate(){
       // hack to force the value to update on the child component
-      this.safeValue = null
+      this.safeValue = null;
       this.$nextTick(() => this.safeValue = this.value);
     },
   },
diff --git a/app/imports/ui/components/properties/PropertySelector.vue b/app/imports/ui/components/properties/PropertySelector.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4087d06a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/imports/ui/components/properties/PropertySelector.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<template lang="html">
+	<div>
+		<v-container fluid grid-list-lg fill-height>
+			<v-layout row wrap>
+				<v-flex v-for="property in properties" :key="property.name" xs4>
+					<v-card hover @click="$emit('select', property.type)">
+						<div class="layout row align-center justify-center" style="min-height: 70px;">
+							<v-icon x-large>{{ property.icon }}</v-icon>
+						</div>
+						<h3 class="subtitle pb-3" style="text-align: center;">
+							{{ property.name }}
+						</h3>
+					</v-card>
+				</v-flex>
+			</v-layout>
+		</v-container>
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+export default {
+	data(){return {
+		properties: [
+			{name: 'Creature', icon: 'accessibility', type: 'creature'},
+			{name: 'Action', icon: 'offline-bolt', type: 'action'},
+			{name: 'Attribute', icon: 'star-rate', type: 'attribute'},
+			{name: 'Class', icon: 'school', type: 'class'},
+			{name: 'Class Level', icon: 'plus-one', type: 'classLevel'},
+			{name: 'Damage Multiplier', icon: 'layers', type: 'damageMultiplier'},
+			{name: 'Effect', icon: 'show-chart', type: 'effect'},
+			{name: 'Experience', icon: 'add', type: 'experience'},
+			{name: 'Feature', icon: 'subject', type: 'feature'},
+			{name: 'Folder', icon: 'folder', type: 'folder'},
+			{name: 'Note', icon: 'note', type: 'note'},
+			{name: 'Proficiency', icon: 'radio-button-checked', type: 'proficiency'},
+			{name: 'Skill', icon: 'check-box', type: 'skill'},
+			{name: 'Spell List', icon: 'list', type: 'spellList'},
+			{name: 'Spell', icon: 'whatshot', type: 'spell'},
+			{name: 'Container', icon: 'work', type: 'container'},
+			{name: 'Item', icon: 'category', type: 'item'},
+		],
+	}}
+}
+</script>
+
+<style lang="css" scoped>
+</style>
diff --git a/app/imports/ui/creature/properties/attributes/AttributeCreationDialog.vue b/app/imports/ui/creature/properties/attributes/AttributeCreationDialog.vue
index 1dfcc7ff..07ba3aad 100644
--- a/app/imports/ui/creature/properties/attributes/AttributeCreationDialog.vue
+++ b/app/imports/ui/creature/properties/attributes/AttributeCreationDialog.vue
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@
 			},
 			valid: true,
 		}},
+		created(){
+			this.validationContext = Attributes.simpleSchema().newContext();
+		},
 		methods: {
 			change(update, ack){
 				for (key in update){
@@ -58,9 +61,6 @@
 				if (ack) ack();
 			},
 		},
-		created(){
-			this.validationContext = Attributes.simpleSchema().newContext();
-		},
 		computed: {
 			errors(){
 				this.valid = true;
diff --git a/app/imports/ui/dialogStack/DialogBase.vue b/app/imports/ui/dialogStack/DialogBase.vue
index 8a42574c..ff219374 100644
--- a/app/imports/ui/dialogStack/DialogBase.vue
+++ b/app/imports/ui/dialogStack/DialogBase.vue
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <template>
 	<v-layout column style="height: 100%;">
     <v-toolbar :color="color || 'secondary'" dark class="base-dialog-toolbar" :flat="!offsetTop">
-			<v-btn icon flat @click="close">
+			<v-btn icon flat @click="back">
 				<v-icon>arrow_back</v-icon>
 			</v-btn>
-      <slot name="toolbar"></slot>
+      <slot name="toolbar"/>
 			<template v-if="$slots.edit">
 				<v-spacer/>
 				<v-btn icon flat @click="$emit('remove')" v-if="isEditing">
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 				example > bread > crumb
 			</v-card-text>
 		</template>
+		<slot name="unwrapped-content"/>
 		<v-card-text id="base-dialog-body" v-scroll:#base-dialog-body="onScroll">
 			<v-tabs-items :value="isEditing ? 1 : 0" touchless>
 				<v-tab-item>
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@
 		props: {
 			color: String,
 			breadcrumbs: Object,
+			overrideBackButton: Function,
 		},
 		data(){ return {
 			offsetTop: 0,
@@ -52,6 +54,13 @@
 			onScroll(e){
 				this.offsetTop = e.target.scrollTop
 			},
+			back(){
+				if (this.overrideBackButton){
+					this.overrideBackButton();
+				} else {
+					this.close();
+				}
+			},
 			close(){
         store.dispatch("popDialogStack");
       },
diff --git a/app/imports/ui/dialogStack/DialogComponentIndex.js b/app/imports/ui/dialogStack/DialogComponentIndex.js
index 4f022a5d..32624bce 100644
--- a/app/imports/ui/dialogStack/DialogComponentIndex.js
+++ b/app/imports/ui/dialogStack/DialogComponentIndex.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import AttributeCreationDialog from '/imports/ui/creature/properties/attributes/
 import FeatureCreationDialog from '/imports/ui/creature/properties/features/FeatureCreationDialog.vue';
 import FeatureDialogContainer from '/imports/ui/creature/properties/features/FeatureDialogContainer.vue';
 import LibraryCreationDialog from '/imports/ui/library/LibraryCreationDialog.vue';
+import LibraryNodeCreationDialog from '/imports/ui/library/LibraryNodeCreationDialog.vue';
 import SkillDialogContainer from '/imports/ui/creature/properties/skills/SkillDialogContainer.vue';
 
 export default {
@@ -13,5 +14,6 @@ export default {
   FeatureCreationDialog,
   FeatureDialogContainer,
   LibraryCreationDialog,
+  LibraryNodeCreationDialog,
   SkillDialogContainer,
 };
diff --git a/app/imports/ui/library/LibraryNodeCreationDialog.vue b/app/imports/ui/library/LibraryNodeCreationDialog.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7d807a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/imports/ui/library/LibraryNodeCreationDialog.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<template lang="html">
+  <dialog-base :override-back-button="step === 2 && back">
+		<v-window v-model="step" slot="unwrapped-content" style="height: 100%;">
+			<v-window-item :value="1">
+				<property-selector @select="setType"/>
+			</v-window-item>
+			<v-window-item :value="2">
+				<v-card-text>
+					{{ type }}
+				</v-card-text>
+			</v-window-item>
+		</v-window>
+  </dialog-base>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+import DialogBase from '/imports/ui/dialogStack/DialogBase.vue';
+import PropertySelector from '/imports/ui/components/properties/PropertySelector.vue';
+
+export default {
+  data() { return {
+    type: undefined,
+		step: 1,
+  };},
+  components: {
+    DialogBase,
+		PropertySelector,
+  },
+	methods: {
+		back(){
+			this.step = 1;
+		},
+		setType(type){
+			this.type = type;
+			this.step = 2;
+		}
+	},
+};
+</script>
+
+<style lang="css" scoped>
+</style>
diff --git a/app/imports/ui/pages/Library.vue b/app/imports/ui/pages/Library.vue
index 431284a1..3fb9c3f9 100644
--- a/app/imports/ui/pages/Library.vue
+++ b/app/imports/ui/pages/Library.vue
@@ -6,17 +6,38 @@
 				:library-id="$route.params.id"
 			/>
 		</v-card>
+		<v-btn fixed fab bottom right
+			color="primary"
+			@click="insertLibraryNode"
+			data-id="insert-library-node-fab"
+		>
+			<v-icon>add</v-icon>
+		</v-btn>
 	</toolbar-layout>
 </template>
 
 <script>
 	import ToolbarLayout from '/imports/ui/layouts/ToolbarLayout.vue';
 	import LibraryContentsContainer from '/imports/ui/library/LibraryContentsContainer.vue';
+	import {insertNode} from '/imports/api/library/LibraryNodes.js';
 
 	export default {
 		components: {
 			ToolbarLayout,
 			LibraryContentsContainer,
 		},
+		methods: {
+			insertLibraryNode(){
+				this.$store.commit('pushDialogStack', {
+					component: 'library-node-creation-dialog',
+					elementId: 'insert-library-node-fab',
+					callback(libraryNode){
+						if (!libraryNode) return;
+						let libraryNodeId = insertNode.call(libraryNode);
+						return libraryNodeId;
+					}
+				});
+			},
+		},
 	};
 </script>