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ALA-Midwinter Guest Presentation Recordings Now Available

Guest Presentation Recordings Available on FacebookFeeling #alaleftbehind? In case you missed our awesome line-up of guest speakers at the ALA-Midwinter Conference in Atlanta, we have the recordings available on our Facebook page!

And while you’re there, like our Facebook page to have our posts display in your Facebook Feed. This way, you won’t miss out any product update announcements, video presentations, and more.

These 15-min guest presentations by Springshare users will get you thinking about all the new and interesting ways you can use your Springshare tools.

Perhaps you’ll want to setup a ‘Ghosts in the Library’ LibGuide like SUNY New Paltz or use LibGuides CMS as a course management system like the University of Florida. Or take a page from Goldey-Beacom College and Cleveland State University and consider using LibGuides and LibWizard as on-boarding tools for new hires.

So take a minute (or two or three) and learn from your fellow colleagues on the endless possibilities of Springy tools.

Forget about being #alaleftbehind – it’s time to get #springyinspired!

Lydia Willoughby
Lydia Willoughby

SUNY New Paltz: Ghosts in the Library

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

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.

Denise Gergetz
Denise Gergetz

Milwaukee School of Engineering: Managing & Scheduling Molecular Models

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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

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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

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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.

Mandi Goodsett
Mandi Goodsett

Cleveland State University: Building Online Workshops with LibGuides & LibWizard

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

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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.

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