Pickup Manager & LibCal Releases are On Their Way to You!

This release is on its way to you this week, and will be live in all regions by the end of the day on Friday, November 13.

Pickup Manager Release

This release brings key features needed for Pickup Manager, and we’re thrilled to announce that Pickup Manager is now available! Pickup Manager streamlines the holds pickup process while adhering to your COVID-19 safety guidelines. Patrons can easily request their holds via their ILS, schedule a pickup, and enjoy 2-way SMS/text and chat communication once they’ve arrived. Staff will love the easy 2-way communication with patrons via SMS and Chat in Pickup Manager’s live-updating “Today’s Pickups” dashboard. Pickup Manager has so many features to not only make your current day-to-day easier but when COVID-19 is a thing of the past, you’ll wonder how you ever did holds pickup ‘the old way’.

For more details on Pickup Manager, you can check out screenshots and detailed info at https://blog.springshare.com/2020/10/14/pickup-manager-is-here/. To give Pickup Manager a try at your library, reach out to sales@springshare.com!

LibCal Release

LibAuth Authentication Required to Access Seat/Space Reservation Page & Booking Grid

We’ve added a new option when set that will require your patrons/students to authenticate via LibAuth BEFORE accessing the new reservation page and seat/space availability. Head to Admin > Spaces & Equipment > LibAuth to check out this new feature!

Power Filter/Indication for Seat/Spaces

You can now flag a Seat or Space to indicate that there is a power source available. When creating or editing a Seat or Space record, there is now a new flag named ‘Powered’ that can be set. The ability to filter booking searches by this new flag has been added to the new reservation page. Also, any Seat or Space that is flagged as having a power source available will display on the availability grid next to the Seat or Space name.

Other Changes

• By popular request we have added a new setting to free up the remaining time of a booking if a patron/student checks out early. Head to Admin > Spaces > Edit Location and set the “Early Check-Out Booking End Time Update” to make use of this new feature.
• The ability to create recurring Seat bookings on the booking grid view is now available!
• We have added API support for creating Seat bookings to the /space/reserve endpoint as well as returning location, category, seat, space and item names in all Spaces & Equipment booking endpoints.
• A new “Preferences” tab has been added for admin side users to set a default location and tab when clicking on the Spaces or Equipment options from the main menu. Head to Admin > Accounts > Edit Account > Preferences or click on your email on the top right of the main menu and head to the “Preferences” tab to set your defaults!

Also check out our recorded training sessions, and check out the LibCal release notes on the Springshare Lounge! [Back to Top]

That’s it for this round of updates from Springy HQ. We would like to thank you, our user community, for sharing all your great ideas with us! We love making them a reality and look forward to bringing you more improvements in 2020 and beyond. We are always here for you if have any suggestions or questions.