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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 solution used by over 3,600 libraries, and growing, worldwide! 6 Stellar LibCal Features That Will Propel Your Library to New Heights Selecting software for your library can be intimidating, so…

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Hear How Two Public Libraries Are Using LibStaffer

May 20, 2019 | By Talia
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Learning By Example Sometimes, the best way to understand how a tool can be used in your library is to see how someone else is using it in theirs. To that end, we have two amazing speakers from the Arlington Public Library and the Marion County Public Library System each presenting on how they’re using LibStaffer at their libraries. Join us for two opportunities to learn how other libraries are using…

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LibApps release: New LibCal, LibAuth, LibGuides, LibAnswers, LibInsight, LibWizard, LibStaffer, and LibCRM Features

May 13, 2019 | By Neil Levine
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So far in May we’ve celebrated May the Fourth, Cinco de Mayo, and Mother’s Day (among other awesome days)…and now it’s time to celebrate Springy Release Days! Bask in the shininess of new features and the glory of fixes. Use this celebratory energy to plan your next projects, including implementing these new features / adding them to your workflows and moving to LibWizard v2. Check out the training links at…

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Feed Your Data Cravings — With Springy Stats That Are Off The Charts!

May 1, 2019 | By Ginna Nicolas
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Get Me Some Actionable Data…STAT! This is the world we live in. We need proof to try the pudding. 15 years ago, people simply went to a restaurant, chose a vacuum, or took a gym class. Now, most people spend a considerable amount of time doing research before major and even minor purchases. Just think about how many reviews you’ve read lately for a mobile phone case. How many stars…

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Guest Presentations from ACRL 2019 are Available!

April 22, 2019 | By Talia
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In case you missed our awesome line-up of guest speakers at the ACRL Conference in Cleveland, we have the recordings available for you! Watch all guest presentations and download presenter materials on our ACRL 2019 Guest Presentations Buzz Guide. Huzzah! While you’re there, you might notice that all videos are hosted on our Facebook Page*. That’s because we use Facebook Live to stream these guest presentations… 100% live. So please bear with us…

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Prince Georges CC Uses LibWizard to Assess Student Success

April 16, 2019 | By Ginna Nicolas
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An Easy Way To Get Important Data You Need. Libraries are working very hard to provide excellent instruction, easy access to information, and responsive service relevant to the needs of their students, faculty, patrons, and staff. If you know a little about LibWizard, you probably know that it allows you to make an unlimited number of custom tutorials, forms, and surveys. These are great for gathering feedback to help you know what you…

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Springshare Is Going To ACRL — And It’s Going to R.O.C.K!

April 9, 2019 | By Ginna Nicolas
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Do you know what Cleveland really needs to keep up its electrifying rock-star-of-a-city status? An influx of College and Research Librarians — and the people who love them! It’s happening, April 10-13, and Springshare jumped on that bandwagon and is excited to kick things off early with a LibGuides pre-conference workshop to open the show! Springshare + Librarians in the CLE = a rousing good time, so come to Booth #639 to check…

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Here’s A Real News Feed. Springshare Brings You LibFoods!

April 1, 2019 | By Ginna Nicolas

Chew On This! Springshare Is Entering The SSaaS Business. We are nourishing more than just your creativity these days and adding another “S” to our SaaS – Savory/Sweet as a Service! This is a natural extension of our value proposition to libraries. Springshare has been dedicated to being your one-stop shop for fresh, affordable solutions designed to help you provide the best possible service for your patrons. So, why are…

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Arizona State Uses LibGuides for their March Mammal Madness

March 27, 2019 | By Ginna Nicolas
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#2019MMM — Are You Playing? If you’re on Twitter, even a little, you’ve probably seen someone enthusiastically cheering for a Bengal Tiger or proclaiming she’s Team Sea Lion, even pumped about a Bearcat for the win. You heard correctly, pumped. It’s possible that at no other time of the year will you read so many academics use that word than during Arizona State University’s March Mammal Madness — a tournament…

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LibCRM Goals at UCSD Include Improved Patron Communication

March 22, 2019 | By Talia
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Springshare had the pleasure of working with the awesome librarians at the University of California, San Diego, as beta-testing partners, of our newly released LibCRM Tool. In just a few short months, they’ve launched LibCRM with over 30,000 profiles imported. (wow!) One of the best ways to learn about a tool is to see how other libraries are using it. To that end, we’ve interviewed Adele Barsh and Karen Heskett…

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LibInsight with COUNTER r5: Ahead of the E-Data Curve

March 13, 2019 | By Talia
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Our previous blog post outlined all the amazing new features coming to your Springshare tools. But one of these features is so big and important that it needs its own post – support for COUNTER 5 reports in LibInsight. E-Mazing, riiiggght? 🙂 Before we dive into this awesome functionality, let’s start with the basics.   What is COUNTER r5 and what’s the difference between r4 and r5? R5 of the…

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