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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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LibGuides and LibApps Updates Coming Your Way!

October 9, 2018 | By Sarah
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We have some great updates coming by the end of this week to LibGuides, LibApps, and LibAuth to go with the official changing of the seasons. Happy fall to our fellow Northern Hemisphere denizens, and Happy Spring to our customers on the other side of the world! To kick us off, we’re pleased to announce that you can now Export All Rows for LibGuides Homepage and Guides statistical reports. So…

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LibAnswers 2.23 Update Coming Soon!

October 8, 2018 | By Sarah
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The LibAnswers 2.23 update is on its way to you this week, and will be released in all regions by the end of the day on Thursday October 11th, 2018. This update is all about refinements to the new chat operator interface. We’ve been listening to your feedback and are implementing several great features to streamline answering and keeping track of chats. Read on for the details! New Chat Dashboard…

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LibGuides CMS: Getting The Most From Groups Functionality

October 5, 2018 | By Ginna Nicolas
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There are many excellent reasons why people choose (or upgrade to) LibGuides CMS. It has access controls, the LTI integration tool, and so much more. However, the way the system allows you to create separate customizable groups is, to this day, one of the most popular draws. LibGuides is so easy to use that our clients began to start imagining other ways they could use it. They’ve taken advantage of…

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LibCal 2.17 Coming Soon!

September 18, 2018 | By Sarah
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The LibCal 2.17 release is on its way, and will be live in all regions by the end of the day Thursday September 20th, 2018. This release brings loads of usability improvements, including a new bulk event publishing option, refinements for the new Appointments functionality, and so much more! Calendars/Events: Bulk Event Publishing – We’ve added several new features to the Event Explorer page, including an all new bulk publish…

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Essential LibGuides and Ones You Didn’t Know You Needed

September 17, 2018 | By Ginna Nicolas
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For Academic libraries, this time of year is exciting as the physical and virtual campuses are brimming with students and faculty. Your Library Orientations are in full swing. Your Social Media efforts are kicked into high gear as you promote your services. You’ve got to remind everyone that you’re there! As you do this, it’s a good time to have a look at your LibGuides. If you’ve had LibGuides for…

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Gearing Up for Fall with Additions to LibGuides

August 15, 2018 | By Sarah
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Summer is winding down here in the Northern Hemisphere, and we know lots of folks are getting ready for back-to-school. We’ve been getting ready, too! In addition to some back-end performance improvements for LibGuides, we area also pleased to tell you that we have a few features and fixes to report for our August release. This code release has already gone out to all regions, so all of the things…

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Tips For A Successful Year of Managing Student Employees with LibStaffer

August 15, 2018 | By Ginna Nicolas
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Very soon, the library will be abuzz. You will be standing before the bright, eager faces of your student employees. They will be looking to you and your colleagues to guide them through a year of what, everyone hopes, will be a productive, fun, learning experience as they assist you in the library. Some of them will be new. While others will be returning from last year. All of them…

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LibAnswers Update: Chat Improvements and More Coming Soon!

August 7, 2018 | By Sarah
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The LibAnswers release is on its way and will be released to all regions by the end of the day on Thursday August 9th. This release is chock full of chat dashboard stability and UI improvements – read on for the full scoop! New Chat Dashboard Updates We’ve heard your early feedback from using the new and improved Chat Operator Dashboard, and are excited to bring you several key updates…

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LibStaffer 2.9 Release Coming This Week

August 6, 2018 | By Sarah
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The LibStaffer 2.9 release is headed your way this week, and will be released to all regions by the end of the day on Thursday August 9th. We’re bringing you a refreshed UI with easier to navigate pages, plus improved Auto Scheduler functionality and a whole lot more! Read on for all the deets. Page Navigation Updates We’ve updated many of the screens throughout LibStaffer to improve your site navigation…

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LibCal 2.16 Release Coming Soon – Hello Appointments Module

August 6, 2018 | By Sarah
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The LibCal 2.16 update is coming to you this week, and will be released to all regions by end of the day on Thursday August 9th. This refresh is so complete and chock full of new features that we’re renaming the old MyScheduler to Appointments, to more accurately reflect its full capabilities. New Appointments Module The old My Scheduler module will be renamed Appointments going forward, inside all LibCal screens….

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