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Raising the Heat in Hotlanta!

booth 1056Springshare’s heading to the ALA-Midwinter Annual Conference in Atlanta, January 20 – 23. And, we’ve got a totally rocking schedule of flash presentations, coloring time, team Libe vs. Lib buttons, and more. Plus, you won’t want to miss out on seeing how your fellow librarians use Springshare tools at Booth 1056.

Flash Presentations

Guest Presentations

We have an extraordinary lineup of 8 guest presenters doing 7 separate flash presentations. Don’t miss out on seeing how they’re using Springshare tools to provide stellar service.

Friday, Jan 20: View Entire Day’s Schedule

Lydia Willoughby
Lydia Willoughby

SUNY New Paltz: Ghosts in the Library

5:45pm – 6:00pm

Using LibGuides v2 as a platform for content delivery, student voting and resource sharing, students in an introductory English Composition class play a learning game. In the game, teams of students must use library tools to research information about a ghost whose legacy has been underrepresented in the historic record.

cindi craig
Cindi Craig

University of Florida: Using LibGuides for Portfolio Management

6:00pm – 6:15pm

When I taught a section of a small, in-person information skills course, I used LibGuides as a course management system. I also had each student create a personal LibGuide and update it with library resources on a chosen topic throughout the course.


Saturday, Jan 21: View Entire Day’s Schedule

Denise Gergetz
Denise Gergetz

Milwaukee School of Engineering: Managing & Scheduling Molecular Models

10:00am – 10:15am

The Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) Model Lending Library has a unique collection of physical models and materials designed to assist in molecular learning. The library makes these models available for short-term loan, using the LibCal Equipment Booking Module.

Karoline Manny
Karoline Manny

Midway University: Using LibGuides & LibAnswers for Communication and Collaboration

1:00pm – 1:15pm

The Center@Midway for Teaching Excellence and Innovation promotes ongoing academic program enhancement and faculty development. The Center quickly found itself in need of an efficient way to communicate with faculty and students regarding their immediate and future needs. We turned to LibGuides and LibAnswers.

Monica Rysavy
Monica Rysavy
Russell Michalak
Russell Michalak

Goldey-Beacom College: Onboarding with LibGuides

2:30pm – 2:45pm

These onboarding tutorials comprise the required onboarding components for student workers, paraprofessionals, and professional library staff on library services topics such as cataloging procedures, circulation procedures, serials procedures, WorkFlows (Library Management System) procedures, opening/closing duties, in addition to other library policies and procedures.


Sunday, Jan 22: View Entire Day’s Schedule

Mandi Goodsett
Mandi Goodsett

Cleveland State University: Building Online Workshops with LibGuides & LibWizard

1:00pm – 1:15pm

By embedding outside tools like Office Mix, Google Forms, and Adobe Captivate into a LibGuide, I created gradable tests and quizzes, tutorials, and other interactive materials, all of which are accompanied by digital badges. I  used LibWizard and a tool called TubeChop to add assessment to YouTube videos and make them more engaging.

Alyssa Martin
Alyssa Martin

Troy University: Using LibGuides to Promote Library Programming Grants

2:00pm – 2:15pm

Use LibGuides to promote your library programming grants! Troy University Libraries used LibGuides to promote their 2016 Banned Books Week grant activities and we have also created a LibGuide to promote our NEA Big Read events.

2 thoughts on “Raising the Heat in Hotlanta!”

  1. Can you please tell me if any/all of these sessions are recorded for those of us who missed them? I am especially interested in the Milwaukee School of Engineering: Managing & Scheduling Molecular Models presentation.

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