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A Rundown of SpringyCamp 2024

November 5, 2024 | By Hannah
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That’s a wrap on SpringyCamp 2024! Although we’ve had to take down our tents and put out our campfires, you can still take part in SpringyCamp by watching the recordings from each day. We want to say a hearty ‘thank you’ to all of the amazing presenters and partners who took the time to develop and share their expertise with our wonderful Springy community. Because of their talent and generosity, campers got to pack away new skills and ideas to bring back home to their libraries. SpringyCamp might be over, but the memories live on! Take a hike down memory lane…

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Do You Want a LIVE SpringyCamp at ACRL 2025?

January 6, 2025 | By Kelsey
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ACRL 2025 in Minneapolis is right around the corner and we want to make this year’s conference better than ever by hosting the first live SpringyCamp! You know and love our yearly camp-themed virtual conference, but we’re thinking about adding an in-person day at ACRL 2025. If there’s enough interest we’ll host a SpringyCamp session to show you the latest and greatest ways to use your Springy Tools. Interested? Take…

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Top 10 Springshare Blog Posts of 2024

January 3, 2025 | By Kelsey
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As we enter 2025, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the insights, updates, and stories that shaped the Springshare community in 2024. From helpful tips on optimizing LibApps to exciting new features that empower your library, we’ve covered a lot of ground on the blog this past year. To celebrate, we’re revisiting the top ten blog posts that resonated most with you, our readers. Whether you’re looking to catch…

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Tie Up Loose Ends Before Year-End with Springy Tools

December 18, 2024 | By Hannah

2024 has been another year for the books! Our Support Team answered more than 23,000 questions, with over 89% of those questions being answered within the first 24 hours! Springshare’s 1,523 FAQs were viewed almost half a million times. Our Training Team held over 150 product training sessions, and we offered three days of SpringyCamp. This was the first year we had a full day of SpringyCamp dedicated to Public…

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LibGuides, LibAuth, LibAnswers, LibCal, and LibInsight Features Coming Your Way!

December 13, 2024 | By Rebecca Reed
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These releases are on their way to you next week, and will be live in all regions by the end of the day on Friday, December 20, 2024. LibCal SMS Reminder Notifications are now available for Space and Equipment Booking! If your site already has SMS configured, head to Admin>SMS>Settings to enable the new notification option. If you haven’t yet signed up for SMS reminders in LibCal, please contact the…

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Springshare Training: Wrapping Up 2024 and Making Big Plans for 2025

December 10, 2024 | By Cate Cebrowski
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The goal of Springshare Training is to empower you to make the most of your Springshare tools, work confidently and creatively, and enjoy the process every step of the way! In 2024, the Training Team enjoyed offering you a variety of live sessions geared toward all user levels and covering all of our Springshare products. Highlights of our training year included: Offering live sessions to showcase new and improved features…

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Webinars You Might Have Missed

December 3, 2024 | By Kelsey
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It’s December, and you know what that means-year-end roundups are everywhere! From books to albums, it’s the season of reflection. But we’re shaking things up with a Springy twist, bringing you our very own highlight reel: the best webinars of Autumn 2024. Think of this as your ultimate excuse for a little professional development indulgence. Grab a plate of cookies, lock your office door, and dive into this curated list…

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Tales From the Co-Op: November Exchanges

November 27, 2024 | By Hannah
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The newest edition of Tales From the Co-Op is here! If you missed the most recent post in this series, be sure to catch up with the October Exchanges. It’s that time of the year where we like to take inventory of what we’re grateful for and think about where we find fulfillment. We know that for librarians, there’s often nothing quite as fulfilling as helping someone solve a problem….

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End of Year Prep and Springshare Holiday Schedule

November 25, 2024 | By Corinne

We know that many of you are busy wrapping up the semester and planning for upcoming holiday closures. You’re figuring out how best to communicate schedule changes to your patrons, accommodate staff time off, and update your hours and availability for 2025. Don’t fret – Springshare has you covered! ‘Tis the Season for Changing Schedules With the holidays rapidly approaching, you’re likely making plans for when your library is closed or…

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LibCal: The Most Popular Event, Ticketing, and Kit Management Software for Libraries

November 21, 2024 | By Kelsey

LibCal is an affordable, library-focused tool for event management, space bookings, appointment scheduling, Library of Things & museum passes lending, and more! Libraries are a launchpad for activities-onsite and online events, one-on-one appointments, community reading initiatives, exam study nights, cake pan lending, author visits, and so much more! LibCal offers the tools to manage the what, where, when, and who of just about everything. LibCal is an established and reliable…

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Learning Lab: Boosting Survey Engagement with SMS

November 19, 2024 | By Kelsey
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Have you ever tried to survey your community to see how to improve your services, only to have a disproportionate amount of responses from one demographic, skewing your results? When Maricopa County Library District (MCLD) encountered this problem, they improved their results by using targeted outreach via SMS to gather survey responses from the demographics they were missing! Save your spot in this upcoming Learning Lab: Boosting Survey Engagement with…

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