diff --git a/src/library-authoring/LibraryAuthoringPage.test.tsx b/src/library-authoring/LibraryAuthoringPage.test.tsx
index cbc38bf12..dd3ed50a9 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/LibraryAuthoringPage.test.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/LibraryAuthoringPage.test.tsx
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ describe('<LibraryAuthoringPage />', () => {
     });
   }, 10000);
 
-  it('should open and close the component sidebar', async () => {
+  it('should open, close and re-open the component sidebar', async () => {
     const mockResult0 = { ...mockResult }.results[0].hits[0];
     const displayName = 'Introduction to Testing';
     expect(mockResult0.display_name).toStrictEqual(displayName);
@@ -416,6 +416,10 @@ describe('<LibraryAuthoringPage />', () => {
     fireEvent.click(closeButton);
 
     await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByTestId('library-sidebar')).not.toBeInTheDocument());
+
+    fireEvent.click((await screen.findAllByText(displayName))[0]);
+
+    await waitFor(() => expect(screen.queryByTestId('library-sidebar')).toBeInTheDocument());
   });
 
   it('should open component sidebar, showing manage tab on clicking add to collection menu item - component', async () => {
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/common/context/SidebarContext.tsx b/src/library-authoring/common/context/SidebarContext.tsx
index e05db180b..85db6f28e 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/common/context/SidebarContext.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/common/context/SidebarContext.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { useParams } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { useStateWithUrlSearchParam } from '../../../hooks';
 import { useComponentPickerContext } from './ComponentPickerContext';
 import { useLibraryContext } from './LibraryContext';
+import { useLibraryRoutes } from '../../routes';
 
 export enum SidebarBodyItemId {
   AddContent = 'add-content',
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ export type SidebarContextData = {
   openCollectionInfoSidebar: (collectionId: string) => void;
   openComponentInfoSidebar: (usageKey: string) => void;
   openContainerInfoSidebar: (usageKey: string) => void;
+  openItemSidebar: (selectedItemId: string, type: SidebarBodyItemId) => void;
   sidebarItemInfo?: SidebarItemInfo;
   sidebarAction: SidebarActions;
   setSidebarAction: (action: SidebarActions) => void;
@@ -172,6 +174,12 @@ export const SidebarProvider = ({
     });
   }, []);
 
+  const { navigateTo } = useLibraryRoutes();
+  const openItemSidebar = useCallback((selectedItemId: string, type: SidebarBodyItemId) => {
+    navigateTo({ selectedItemId });
+    setSidebarItemInfo({ id: selectedItemId, type });
+  }, [navigateTo, setSidebarItemInfo]);
+
   // Set the initial sidebar state based on the URL parameters and context.
   const { selectedItemId } = useParams();
   const { collectionId, containerId } = useLibraryContext();
@@ -236,6 +244,7 @@ export const SidebarProvider = ({
       sidebarItemInfo,
       openCollectionInfoSidebar,
       openContainerInfoSidebar,
+      openItemSidebar,
       sidebarAction,
       setSidebarAction,
       resetSidebarAction,
@@ -254,6 +263,7 @@ export const SidebarProvider = ({
     sidebarItemInfo,
     openCollectionInfoSidebar,
     openContainerInfoSidebar,
+    openItemSidebar,
     sidebarAction,
     setSidebarAction,
     resetSidebarAction,
@@ -281,6 +291,7 @@ export function useSidebarContext(): SidebarContextData {
       openComponentInfoSidebar: () => {},
       openCollectionInfoSidebar: () => {},
       openContainerInfoSidebar: () => {},
+      openItemSidebar: () => {},
       sidebarAction: SidebarActions.None,
       setSidebarAction: () => {},
       resetSidebarAction: () => {},
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/components/CollectionCard.tsx b/src/library-authoring/components/CollectionCard.tsx
index e90b8ae67..4b1f46081 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/components/CollectionCard.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/components/CollectionCard.tsx
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ type CollectionCardProps = {
 const CollectionCard = ({ hit } : CollectionCardProps) => {
   const { componentPickerMode } = useComponentPickerContext();
   const { setCollectionId, showOnlyPublished } = useLibraryContext();
-  const { openCollectionInfoSidebar, sidebarItemInfo } = useSidebarContext();
+  const { openCollectionInfoSidebar, openItemSidebar, sidebarItemInfo } = useSidebarContext();
 
   const {
     type: itemType,
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ const CollectionCard = ({ hit } : CollectionCardProps) => {
       if (doubleClicked) {
         navigateTo({ collectionId });
       } else {
-        navigateTo({ selectedItemId: collectionId });
+        openItemSidebar(collectionId, SidebarBodyItemId.CollectionInfo);
       }
 
       // In component picker mode, we want to open the sidebar or the collection
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ const CollectionCard = ({ hit } : CollectionCardProps) => {
     } else {
       openCollectionInfoSidebar(collectionId);
     }
-  }, [collectionId, navigateTo, openCollectionInfoSidebar, setCollectionId, componentPickerMode]);
+  }, [collectionId, navigateTo, openItemSidebar, openCollectionInfoSidebar, setCollectionId, componentPickerMode]);
 
   return (
     <BaseCard
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentCard.test.tsx b/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentCard.test.tsx
index a3475b525..fd0a76e7e 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentCard.test.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentCard.test.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import {
   initializeMocks,
 } from '../../testUtils';
 import { LibraryProvider } from '../common/context/LibraryContext';
+import { SidebarProvider } from '../common/context/SidebarContext';
 import { getClipboardUrl } from '../../generic/data/api';
 import { ContentHit } from '../../search-manager';
 import ComponentCard from './ComponentCard';
@@ -53,7 +54,9 @@ const render = () => baseRender(<ComponentCard hit={contentHit} />, {
   params: { libraryId },
   extraWrapper: ({ children }) => (
     <LibraryProvider libraryId={libraryId}>
-      { children }
+      <SidebarProvider>
+        { children }
+      </SidebarProvider>
     </LibraryProvider>
   ),
 });
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentCard.tsx b/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentCard.tsx
index 68e1f6cdb..d3fa33b86 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentCard.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentCard.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { type ContentHit, PublishStatus } from '../../search-manager';
 import { useComponentPickerContext } from '../common/context/ComponentPickerContext';
 import { useLibraryContext } from '../common/context/LibraryContext';
 import { SidebarBodyItemId, useSidebarContext } from '../common/context/SidebarContext';
-import { useLibraryRoutes } from '../routes';
 import AddComponentWidget from './AddComponentWidget';
 import BaseCard from './BaseCard';
 import { ComponentMenu } from './ComponentMenu';
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ type ComponentCardProps = {
 
 const ComponentCard = ({ hit }: ComponentCardProps) => {
   const { showOnlyPublished } = useLibraryContext();
-  const { openComponentInfoSidebar, sidebarItemInfo } = useSidebarContext();
+  const { openComponentInfoSidebar, openItemSidebar, sidebarItemInfo } = useSidebarContext();
   const { componentPickerMode } = useComponentPickerContext();
 
   const {
@@ -35,16 +34,15 @@ const ComponentCard = ({ hit }: ComponentCardProps) => {
     showOnlyPublished ? formatted.published?.displayName : formatted.displayName
   ) ?? '';
 
-  const { navigateTo } = useLibraryRoutes();
   const selectComponent = useCallback(() => {
     if (!componentPickerMode) {
-      navigateTo({ selectedItemId: usageKey });
+      openItemSidebar(usageKey, SidebarBodyItemId.ComponentInfo);
     } else {
       // In component picker mode, we want to open the sidebar
       // without changing the URL
       openComponentInfoSidebar(usageKey);
     }
-  }, [usageKey, navigateTo, openComponentInfoSidebar]);
+  }, [usageKey, openItemSidebar, openComponentInfoSidebar, componentPickerMode]);
 
   const selected = sidebarItemInfo?.type === SidebarBodyItemId.ComponentInfo
     && sidebarItemInfo.id === usageKey;
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentMenu.tsx b/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentMenu.tsx
index 52de18ee1..6b9b3e4a0 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentMenu.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/components/ComponentMenu.tsx
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { MoreVert } from '@openedx/paragon/icons';
 
 import { getBlockType } from '@src/generic/key-utils';
 import { useLibraryContext } from '../common/context/LibraryContext';
-import { SidebarActions, useSidebarContext } from '../common/context/SidebarContext';
+import { SidebarActions, SidebarBodyItemId, useSidebarContext } from '../common/context/SidebarContext';
 import { useClipboard } from '../../generic/clipboard';
 import { ToastContext } from '../../generic/toast-context';
 import {
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ export const ComponentMenu = ({ usageKey }: { usageKey: string }) => {
 
   const {
     sidebarItemInfo,
-    openComponentInfoSidebar,
     closeLibrarySidebar,
     setSidebarAction,
+    openItemSidebar,
   } = useSidebarContext();
-  const { navigateTo, insideCollection } = useLibraryRoutes();
+  const { insideCollection } = useLibraryRoutes();
 
   const canEdit = usageKey && canEditComponent(usageKey);
   const { showToast } = useContext(ToastContext);
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ export const ComponentMenu = ({ usageKey }: { usageKey: string }) => {
   };
 
   const handleEdit = useCallback(() => {
-    navigateTo({ selectedItemId: usageKey });
+    openItemSidebar(usageKey, SidebarBodyItemId.ComponentInfo);
     openComponentEditor(usageKey);
-  }, [usageKey, navigateTo]);
+  }, [usageKey, openItemSidebar, openComponentEditor]);
 
   const scheduleJumpToCollection = useRunOnNextRender(() => {
     // TODO: Ugly hack to make sure sidebar shows add to collection section
@@ -104,13 +104,12 @@ export const ComponentMenu = ({ usageKey }: { usageKey: string }) => {
   });
 
   const showManageCollections = useCallback(() => {
-    navigateTo({ selectedItemId: usageKey });
+    openItemSidebar(usageKey, SidebarBodyItemId.ComponentInfo);
     scheduleJumpToCollection();
   }, [
     scheduleJumpToCollection,
-    openComponentInfoSidebar,
     usageKey,
-    navigateTo,
+    openItemSidebar,
   ]);
 
   const containerType = containerId ? getBlockType(containerId) : 'collection';
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/containers/ContainerCard.tsx b/src/library-authoring/containers/ContainerCard.tsx
index f96b2a041..e3e946c3c 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/containers/ContainerCard.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/containers/ContainerCard.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { ToastContext } from '@src/generic/toast-context';
 import { type ContainerHit, Highlight, PublishStatus } from '../../search-manager';
 import { useComponentPickerContext } from '../common/context/ComponentPickerContext';
 import { useLibraryContext } from '../common/context/LibraryContext';
-import { SidebarActions, useSidebarContext } from '../common/context/SidebarContext';
+import { SidebarActions, SidebarBodyItemId, useSidebarContext } from '../common/context/SidebarContext';
 import { useRemoveItemsFromCollection } from '../data/apiHooks';
 import { useLibraryRoutes } from '../routes';
 import messages from './messages';
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ type ContainerCardProps = {
 const ContainerCard = ({ hit } : ContainerCardProps) => {
   const { componentPickerMode } = useComponentPickerContext();
   const { showOnlyPublished } = useLibraryContext();
-  const { openContainerInfoSidebar, sidebarItemInfo } = useSidebarContext();
+  const { openContainerInfoSidebar, openItemSidebar, sidebarItemInfo } = useSidebarContext();
 
   const {
     blockType: itemType,
@@ -276,11 +276,11 @@ const ContainerCard = ({ hit } : ContainerCardProps) => {
       // without changing the URL
       openContainerInfoSidebar(containerKey);
     } else if (!doubleClicked) {
-      navigateTo({ selectedItemId: containerKey });
+      openItemSidebar(containerKey, SidebarBodyItemId.ContainerInfo);
     } else {
       navigateTo({ containerId: containerKey });
     }
-  }, [containerKey, openContainerInfoSidebar, navigateTo]);
+  }, [containerKey, openContainerInfoSidebar, openItemSidebar, navigateTo]);
 
   return (
     <BaseCard
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/section-subsections/LibraryContainerChildren.tsx b/src/library-authoring/section-subsections/LibraryContainerChildren.tsx
index d431ebe27..eed62c34c 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/section-subsections/LibraryContainerChildren.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/section-subsections/LibraryContainerChildren.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import { Container } from '../data/api';
 import { ToastContext } from '../../generic/toast-context';
 import TagCount from '../../generic/tag-count';
 import { useLibraryRoutes } from '../routes';
-import { SidebarActions, useSidebarContext } from '../common/context/SidebarContext';
+import { SidebarActions, SidebarBodyItemId, useSidebarContext } from '../common/context/SidebarContext';
 import { useRunOnNextRender } from '../../utils';
 import { ContainerMenu } from '../containers/ContainerCard';
 
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ const ContainerRow = ({ containerKey, container, readOnly }: ContainerRowProps)
   const { showToast } = useContext(ToastContext);
   const updateMutation = useUpdateContainer(container.originalId, containerKey);
   const { showOnlyPublished } = useLibraryContext();
-  const { navigateTo } = useLibraryRoutes();
-  const { setSidebarAction } = useSidebarContext();
+  const { setSidebarAction, openItemSidebar } = useSidebarContext();
 
   const handleSaveDisplayName = async (newDisplayName: string) => {
     try {
@@ -67,10 +66,10 @@ const ContainerRow = ({ containerKey, container, readOnly }: ContainerRowProps)
     setTimeout(() => setSidebarAction(SidebarActions.JumpToManageTags), 250);
   });
 
-  const jumpToManageTags = () => {
-    navigateTo({ selectedItemId: container.originalId });
+  const jumpToManageTags = useCallback(() => {
+    openItemSidebar(container.originalId, SidebarBodyItemId.ContainerInfo);
     scheduleJumpToTags();
-  };
+  }, [openItemSidebar, scheduleJumpToTags, container.originalId]);
 
   return (
     <>
@@ -127,7 +126,7 @@ export const LibraryContainerChildren = ({ containerKey, readOnly }: LibraryCont
   const [orderedChildren, setOrderedChildren] = useState<LibraryContainerMetadataWithUniqueId[]>([]);
   const { showOnlyPublished, readOnly: libReadOnly } = useLibraryContext();
   const { navigateTo } = useLibraryRoutes();
-  const { sidebarItemInfo } = useSidebarContext();
+  const { sidebarItemInfo, openItemSidebar } = useSidebarContext();
   const [activeDraggingId, setActiveDraggingId] = useState<string | null>(null);
   const orderMutator = useUpdateContainerChildren(containerKey);
   const { showToast } = useContext(ToastContext);
@@ -169,11 +168,11 @@ export const LibraryContainerChildren = ({ containerKey, readOnly }: LibraryCont
   const handleChildClick = useCallback((child: LibraryContainerMetadataWithUniqueId, numberOfClicks: number) => {
     const doubleClicked = numberOfClicks > 1;
     if (!doubleClicked) {
-      navigateTo({ selectedItemId: child.originalId });
+      openItemSidebar(child.originalId, SidebarBodyItemId.ContainerInfo);
     } else {
       navigateTo({ containerId: child.originalId });
     }
-  }, [navigateTo]);
+  }, [openItemSidebar, navigateTo]);
 
   const getComponentStyle = useCallback((childId: string) => {
     const style: { marginBottom: string, borderRadius: string, outline?: string } = {
diff --git a/src/library-authoring/units/LibraryUnitBlocks.tsx b/src/library-authoring/units/LibraryUnitBlocks.tsx
index 0dd1072b7..7c1ff0e7b 100644
--- a/src/library-authoring/units/LibraryUnitBlocks.tsx
+++ b/src/library-authoring/units/LibraryUnitBlocks.tsx
@@ -26,9 +26,8 @@ import {
   useUpdateXBlockFields,
 } from '../data/apiHooks';
 import { LibraryBlock } from '../LibraryBlock';
-import { useLibraryRoutes } from '../routes';
 import messages from './messages';
-import { SidebarActions, useSidebarContext } from '../common/context/SidebarContext';
+import { SidebarActions, SidebarBodyItemId, useSidebarContext } from '../common/context/SidebarContext';
 import { ToastContext } from '../../generic/toast-context';
 import { canEditComponent } from '../components/ComponentEditorModal';
 import { useRunOnNextRender } from '../../utils';
@@ -57,8 +56,7 @@ const BlockHeader = ({ block, readOnly }: ComponentBlockProps) => {
   const intl = useIntl();
   const { showOnlyPublished } = useLibraryContext();
   const { showToast } = useContext(ToastContext);
-  const { navigateTo } = useLibraryRoutes();
-  const { setSidebarAction } = useSidebarContext();
+  const { setSidebarAction, openItemSidebar } = useSidebarContext();
 
   const updateMutation = useUpdateXBlockFields(block.originalId);
 
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ const BlockHeader = ({ block, readOnly }: ComponentBlockProps) => {
 
   /* istanbul ignore next */
   const jumpToManageTags = () => {
-    navigateTo({ selectedItemId: block.originalId });
+    openItemSidebar(block.originalId, SidebarBodyItemId.ComponentInfo);
     scheduleJumpToTags();
   };
 
@@ -132,19 +130,18 @@ const BlockHeader = ({ block, readOnly }: ComponentBlockProps) => {
 /** ComponentBlock to render preview of given component under Unit */
 const ComponentBlock = ({ block, readOnly, isDragging }: ComponentBlockProps) => {
   const { showOnlyPublished } = useLibraryContext();
-  const { navigateTo } = useLibraryRoutes();
 
   const { openComponentEditor } = useLibraryContext();
-  const { sidebarItemInfo } = useSidebarContext();
+  const { sidebarItemInfo, openItemSidebar } = useSidebarContext();
 
   const handleComponentSelection = useCallback((numberOfClicks: number) => {
-    navigateTo({ selectedItemId: block.originalId });
+    openItemSidebar(block.originalId, SidebarBodyItemId.ComponentInfo);
     const canEdit = canEditComponent(block.originalId);
     if (numberOfClicks > 1 && canEdit) {
       // Open editor on double click.
       openComponentEditor(block.originalId);
     }
-  }, [block, navigateTo, canEditComponent, openComponentEditor]);
+  }, [block, openItemSidebar, canEditComponent, openComponentEditor]);
 
   useEffect(() => {
     if (block.isNew) {