By Corinne on September 2, 2025
Whether you're looking for ideas from fellow library folks or curious about what's new from Springshare, we've got an on-demand webinar ready for you! These recent recordings are the perfect dose of professional development, brimming with tips, tricks, and actionable takeaways. Grab your headphones and dive in!
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Sneak Peeks: The Latest Springy Tools
Our developers and product teams have been toiling away behind the scenes on some new-and-improved tools designed specifically for libraries and your patrons – and here are some exclusive tours, just for you!
LibConnect Pro: Your New Marketing BFF
Meet LibConnect Pro – your new marketing bestie – and gain the power of automated messages to welcome, inform, and engage your patrons. Preview the ins and outs of this tool, designed to deliver library news, events, notices, and more! Learn how to use dynamic content to send truly personalized information and resources to an engaged audience.
>> Watch LibConnect Pro: Your New Marketing BFF
Introducing LibSites + Personalized Patron Portal
Take a behind-the-scenes tour of LibSites with Personalized Patron Portal and see how it combines a drag-and-drop website builder with powerful personalization tools to deliver dynamic, mobile-friendly, and user-specific content to your community.
>> Watch Introducing LibSites + Personalized Patron Portal
Wayfinding as a Service & Beyond the Floor Plan
This two-part webinar series showcases how LibMaps, our dynamic mapping tool, transforms passive signage into an active part of your service model. 🗺️
- Wayfinding as a Service: Elevating User Support in Physical & Digital Spaces – See how interactive maps, location-based tools, and flexible configurations can reduce confusion, boost staff efficiency, and make your services easier to access wherever your patrons are.
- Beyond the Floor Plan: Creative & Inclusive Library Navigation – Discover unconventional but powerful uses for mapping – from highlighting quiet zones to showcasing exhibits, from supporting neurodivergent patrons to planning for emergencies, and beyond.
>> Watch Our LibMaps for Everyone Webinar Series
Contact us to learn more about LibConnect Pro, LibSites with Personalized Patron Portal, or LibMaps!
Guest Speaker Spotlight ✨
Interactive? Inclusive? Incredible! These recent Learning Lab webinars feature client presenters sharing exciting ways they're using Springshare tools. Get ready to get inspired!
Creating Trauma-Informed Library Tutorials
While at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW), Brittany O'Neill was challenged with creating engaging and inclusive asynchronous information literacy modules for students. The solution? Leveraging LibWizard Tutorials and Quizzes while applying Trauma-Informed Pedagogy. Watch this recording to gain useful insights about how to apply these principles to create equitable active learning opportunities at your institution!
>> Watch Creating Trauma-Informed Library Tutorials Using LibWizard
Library Badging: Engaging Students with Interactive Tutorials
Harnessing the power of LibWizard Tutorials, the Content Creation team at Southern New Hampshire University’s (SNHU) Shapiro Library was tasked with creating fun and interactive learning objects that could reach a massive online student population. Learn how their team created engaging narratives and incorporated ACRL information literacy concepts to go beyond a simple quiz.
>> Watch Library Badging: Engaging Students with Interactive Tutorials in the Virtual Space
Demonstrating Cost-Savings Data
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Libraries uses LibInsight to showcase incredible cost-savings of over $1.9 million from their transformative publishing agreements. Tune in for an overview of LibInsight, a rundown of transformative agreements at UAB, and a live demo of custom report generation. You'll come away with ideas for highlighting the amazing work being done at your library!
>> Watch Demonstrating Cost-Savings Data with LibInsight
And 2025 still has plenty more to come! Stay tuned for more Learning Labs, presentations from the Springy Crew, and our annual SpringyCamp. To be the first to hear about upcoming events, be sure to subscribe to our mailing list!