Springshare’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….
During the Fall of 2015, Newman University’s Dugan Library introduced LibGuides to their community and since then, they’ve seen some amazing jumps in library usage. Springshare sat down, virtually speaking, with Steve Hamersky (Director) and Jeanette Parker (Assistant Librarian) to get the full details. When you say you saw a “jump…
The winner of the 2016 Springshare Innovation Award is North Carolina State University Libraries’ Makerspace Program at the D.H. Hill Library! The Academic Division of the Special Library Association (SLA) offers a Springshare Innovation in Libraries Award. Springshare donates this award which “recognizes a new program or service that demonstrates an innovative approach to…
Hello Springyverse! We are pumped to announce that we have a brand new LibGuides Community site! 🙂 We’ve completely rethought the Community site and are thrilled with the results. Guide Search, Institution Search, Librarian Search, and introducing….Springy Picks! Let’s take this one-at-a-time, shall we? Find Guides allows you to search v2 guides (get…
…with our presentations, of course! </wink> Springshare’s heading to the ALA Annual Conference in Orlando, from June 24 – 27 and we’ve got an action-packed schedule of flash presentations, free giveaways, coloring time, and more. Plus, you won’t want to miss seeing how your colleagues use Springshare tools. While it…
Graduating Librarians, Information Professionals, and School Media Specialists are entering a workplace that requires more and more specialized skills, knowledge, and experience. Things like: Experience at building a LibGuide; Knowledge of administering & maintaining a LibGuides system; Skill in using virtual chat reference tools like LibChat; Know-how with coordinating, managing, and…
On April 28th at 9:09am, Jenny Ferretti, the Digital Initiatives Librarian at the Maryland Institute College of Art, tweeted that she had published a LibGuide on Beyoncé’s Lemonade visual album. The response, especially on Twitter, was astounding. In just 24hrs, Jenny’s LibGuide had over 14,000 views and her tweet has been…
Rachel Langlois at the New Hanover County Public Library had a problem, she needed to create a cloud-based and mobile-friendly staff Knowledge Base. This Knowledge Base, replacing their paper manuals, needed to be flexible enough to be accessible by staffers anywhere and at anytime, but also secure enough so that patrons couldn’t…
At the American Association for School Librarians Conference (AASL) in October, 2015 – we asked School Librarians one question. Why do you love LibGuides? And the responses we got were as varied as they were astonishing. Here’s a quick recap: Holly Bunt, Library Director at Western Reserve Academy “My students tell…
Stephanie Mills is a School Librarian at Park View Middle School in Cranston, Rhode Island. And to say that she is awesomazing, well, would be an understatement. Through the Rhode Island Library Information Network for Kids, Stephanie and 70 other School Libraries in Rhode Island, have access to LibGuides through…
