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End of Year Prep and Springshare Holiday Schedule

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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Springshare Support is Closed in Observance of Thanksgiving

Finding Springshare Help During Thanksgiving As Springshare is observing the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, Support will be closed on Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th. We will be back up, running, and answering questions on Monday, December 2nd. We look forward to spending time with our families and friends. We are grateful for so many things, including the fact that we work with some of the greatest people in the…

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

Ahhh, November…how did you get here so quickly? Many of us here in Springy-land recently saw our first snowfall of the season and we’re all thinking about what we’re grateful for: you! What better way to show how much we appreciate you than to give you a whole new round of features & fixes? These releases are on their way to you this week, and will be live in all…

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Springshare Helps You Manage Library Schedule Breaks With Ease

Just In Time! Learn How to Keep Your Calendars and Schedules Rolling Along. Tis the Season! Between people on your staff asking for time off and adjusted Library schedules to multi-day closures and not-business-as-usual office hours, plus the occasional storm, and don’t forget the flu —  this time of the year can be a little chaotic. You have to be especially proactive, making sure to clearly communicate any changes to…

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Move your Existing Content to LibGuides

This blog post is authored by our very own Springy: Jennifer Forgit. You have great content – but it lives in many different places. Move it into LibGuides and make sure patrons have all of the tools they need in one place! Let’s say your students have a big research project in the fall and you have a pathfinder saved as a Word document. You could upload the document to…

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What Can Your Data Do? A Comprehensive Look At LibInsight.

Get Ready to Be a Data Miner and a Data Major! The time for looking at LibInsight is now. Data-driven decisions aren’t just buzzwords on a hot topics list. It’s the smartest way for libraries to fortify themselves in a climate where library budgets are being examined with heavy scrutiny, line item by line item. You need good data to fight the good fight. What is good data? It’s particular…

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Watch & Learn: Three Librarians Use LibWizard For Training & Assessment Needs

The One to Watch. There’s considerable buzz surrounding Springshare’s LibWizard because, like a good tool, it does the job. The full LibWizard package features custom forms, surveys, quizzes, and tutorials — all with an unlimited scope so you don’t have to limit your imagination or shorten your to-do list. In truth, it does many many jobs. The surest way to cast light on what LibWizard is capable of helping you…

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King University Uses LibWizard To Create A Game Focused On Information Literacy

Looking For A Game-Changer? In addition to their responsibilities in the library, many librarians also spend a substantial amount of time in the classroom. For those who tackle the incoming Freshman each year, teaching Information Literacy can be a sincere challenge. The difficulty is two-fold. How do you stay motivated and enthusiastic when you’re teaching the same material, asking the same questions and getting similar answers multiple times a day…

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

It’s the time of year for both tricks and treats, but we’re only serving up treats for our Springy friends in the form of new features and enhancements. This round of releases includes blog searching in LibGuides, connecting your Hours module with your Calendars in LibCal and Schedules in LibStaffer, language translation of all LibStaffer screens with the click of a button, a new Ranking field in LibWizard, and a whole…

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Using LibGuides, LibCal & Equipment Booking For Makerspaces

Life Is What You Make Of It! Makerspaces are gaining popularity in academic institutions and public libraries as they emphasize the importance of creativity, problem-solving, innovation, and most importantly — rolling up your sleeves to actually make something. Some didn’t quite fall for the idea right away, even asking, “What is the point of a makerspace?”  For some, it’s a great way to test out equipment to see which one…

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Limited Series: Hear Librarians Discuss How They Use LibWizard

One of the best ways to learn how to use a tool, or to see if a tool is right for you, is to see how others are using it. To that end, we’ve asked some amazing librarians to showcase how they’re using LibWizard in their institutions. This October limited webinar series has some amazing presentations that you won’t want to miss! For those of you who don’t know, LibWizard is our…

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