Fall Back — In Love With Learning More!
For those of you who changed your clocks, what will you do with your extra hour? As the calendar year comes to a close, one might think that it’s time to wind things down.
However, here at Springshare, we do no such thing. For a lot of libraries, this time of year actually poses an opportunity. Perhaps you finally have some time to evaluate current processes, look into new solutions and/or catch up on the latest feature updates to the Springy tools you’ve already got.
So, instead of slowing down, we’re just as ramped up as ever to help you take advantage of this time.
Springy Live Sessions Are Always A Best Bet.
Our classic free training sessions are a staple around here as they are a delightful mix of thorough and lively — mostly because our trainers love interacting with clients and our clients ask excellent questions that benefit everyone in attendance. Don’t miss these upcoming sessions. For a complete list of what’s to come, please check the training calendar.
- Getting Started with LibInsight – Wednesday, November 14th at 2pm ET
- Best Practices for Social Media in Springy Products – Monday, November 26th at 2pm ET
- E-Reserves – Get Ready Spring Semester – Tuesday, December 4th at 2pm ET
New to the lineup is the Brunch & Learn series. These are live sessions centered around specific topics. Often they highlight ways that people are using our tools. We have one more scheduled for this year. Make sure to catch it. But, you can also have fun watching the recordings of some of our recent installments!
- LIVE – Brunch & Learn: Simplifying Library Instruction Scheduling with LibCal – Thursday, December 6th at 12:30pm ET
- RECORDED – Brunch & Learn: Meeting Your Students Where They Are: Embedding LibGuides in Your LMS
- RECORDED – Brunch & Learn: LibAnswers’ Query Spy
For those who have a little time and want to learn a little more, we recently introduced Training Tidbits. If you have 15 minutes and want to walk away after them just stunned by how much you could learn in so little time, then keep an eye out for these quick sessions. Be sure to catch these upcoming LIVE sessions.
- LIVE – Training Tidbits: Setting Up Holiday Hours in LibCal, LibAnswers & LibGuides – Thursday, November 15th at 12:30pm ET
- LIVE – Training Tidbits: Adding an Alert Box to LibGuides Default Homepages – Thursday, November 29 @ 12:30pm ET
- RECORDED – Training Tidbits: Restricting LibGuides with LibAuth
A New Watchlist to Add to Your Rotation.
If you read our most recent SpringyNews edition, you probably saw that we added a new section called the Watchlist. It’s our version of staff recommendations but it’s focused on our recorded webinars, presentations from clients at conferences, SpringyCamp sessions, and more. In these next few weeks, go ahead and hunker down with some of these cherry-picked videos. It’s certainly a fun way to gather tips and tricks.
Updates on the Horizon.
The developers here at Springshare are as busy as ever working on bringing to life new features and enhancements to make sure Springy solutions are as up-to-date as possible with the current needs — and, sometimes, we even get a step or two ahead. To always keep up with the tech, make sure to read our Blog. Plus, you’ll find a section of the newsletter devoted to the soon-to-be-released updates. Read up on what’s in store, now.
Don’t want to miss a thing?
Did you see the latest Client Story in our Buzz Site on the Boston Public Library? Perhaps you haven’t. Maybe the new Brunch & Learn sessions and the latest SpringyNews newsletter and the Client Stories are all news to you as you. If you don’t want to miss any of the fun, informative, classic or new content we are actively putting together for you — then make sure you opt-in to the good times.
Always stay tuned in to the Springshare channels. We are regularly working on coming up with interesting topics for training webinars and writing stories about how librarians all over the world are creatively using Springy solutions. We want you to have access to all of it!