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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 has reduced hours of operation. For a step-by-step plan to get your LibAnswers, LibCal, and LibStaffer ready to go for your staff and patrons, check out this Springboard Tutorial. We…

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ALA Midwinter Recap Including Guest Presenter Recordings

February 6, 2020 | By Talia

We had a great time at ALA-Midwinter, from stuffing our faces with cheesesteaks, exploring Reading Terminal Market, eating more cheesesteaks, walking (not running!) the 72 Rocky steps in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and did we say… eating cheesesteaks? But the most fun, even above stuffing our gullets with cheesy steaks, was had whilst watching the amazing guest presentations at our Springshare Booth. And while we got to…

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Using LibGuides to Swiftly Address Current Events

January 30, 2020 | By Ginna Nicolas
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Librarians Don’t Miss a Beat! Librarians in 96 countries have built more than 719,000 LibGuides. They build subject guides and course-specific guides. Some guides serve as the library’s website. There are how-to guides and guides that reach out to specific demographics. Using LibGuides to share knowledge is easy and that is never handier than when librarians must build guides to respond to current events. When you have to address the matters…

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The LibAnswers 24/7 Chat Cooperative Your Patrons Will Love!

January 23, 2020 | By Ginna Nicolas
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The 24/7 Chat Cooperative is Near-Ready for Take Off! It’s an exciting time for us here at Springshare as we prepare to launch the LibAnswers 24/7 Chat Cooperative. It’s going live on February 28, 2020. To answer the demand for a look at how the Cooperative will work, we’ve set up more sneak-peek webinar dates in case you missed the first round because they were booked solid or the times…

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Get Tips, Ideas & Early Looks at Springshare’s ALA MW Booth!

January 17, 2020 | By Ginna Nicolas
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We’ll Be There with Bells On! The Springshare team is gettin’ Philly with it — packing bags, researching places to eat, and gearing up to meet you in Philadelphia, January 24-28 for ALA Midwinter. Our guest presenters are ready to rock. We’re focused on all the exciting tips, ideas, and strategies we’ve been prepping to share. Plus, you’ll get a special look at the new LibAnswers 24/7 Chat Cooperative. So…

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Code Release: New LibCal, LibGuides, LibAnswers, LibWizard, LibInsight, and LibCRM features coming your way!

January 10, 2020 | By Anna
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Happy New Year, Springyverse! We’re super excited to get new features out to you in 2020, including (later this year) the much-anticipated LibAnswers 24/7 Cooperative (go live date is February 28th for early adopters and May 29th for the whole cooperative)! Our January release gets us one step closer to having live cooperative functionality and (of course!) includes great new features for LibAnswers, LibCal, LibGuides, LibWizard, LibInsight, and LibCRM. We…

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Ten Springshare Blog Posts of 2019 to Remember

January 7, 2020 | By Ginna Nicolas

A Quick Look Back… Have you been writing the date and messing up? Yes, it’s 2020! Your muscle memory will give in soon enough but as we gear up to launch full scale into the new year, here’s a look at the ten Springshare blog posts of 2019 that deserve a second read. Looking back is more than nostalgic, it’s a great way to get excited about what’s to come….

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Springshare Support is Closed as We Celebrate the Holidays.

December 23, 2019 | By Ginna Nicolas

Springshare Support is Closed for the Holidays…But We Have Fun Stuff in Case You’re Open! We’re taking some days off to celebrate the holidays. You can expect Springshare Support to be closed on Tuesday, December 24th and Wednesday, December 25th. While we’re at it, looking into the future a bit, we will also be closed on January 1st. But, we know that some libraries will be open and are working…

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Tis the Season for (spring)Sharing – Tip #2: Keep Patrons Informed

December 17, 2019 | By Ginna Nicolas
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Tip #2 – Keep Patrons Informed We’re getting down to the part of the season where there are atypical hours and even closures either due to inclement weather or observed holidays. Just as important, there are some libraries that are anxious to let patrons know that they will, in fact, be open. LibAnswers has so many features in place that let you get ahead of the questions by taking a…

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Tis the Season for (spring)Sharing — Tip #1: The Eventful Library

December 11, 2019 | By Ginna Nicolas
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Tip #1 — The Eventful Library What’s on the schedule for these next three weeks? Is it chaos, or cookies? This time of year, most libraries have event calendars that are jam-packed! LibCal is just as full of tremendous features — as your libraries are of eager patrons. Let’s make a list (and check it twice) of the ways you can ensure that you’re doing your level best to keep your…

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Practical LibInsight Use-Cases To Deliver Data Success

December 6, 2019 | By Talia
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In case you missed our webinar series last month on LibInsight, you can watch the recordings! We discussed practical use-cases covering targeted ways you can use LibInsight to transform your data into powerful intelligence. Plus, we had one guest speaker covering how they’re using LibInsight to Plan, Report, and Deliver Customer Service Excellence. These short recordings will deliver a lot of helpful information in only 30 minutes… talk about getting…

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