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LibGuides, LibAnswers, LibCal and LibStaffer Features Coming Your Way!

March 14, 2025 | By Sarah
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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, March 21, 2025. LibCal You can now include a QR code within your event registration confirmation emails for easy event check-in! On the day of the event, librarians can scan the QR code using a mobile device and check in the patron with one click. Easy event check-ins for the win! To use this new feature, when creating a new event that requires registration, set the “Enable check-ins via QR Codes” to “yes”. For Equipment,…

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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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LibApps release with new LibCal, LibInsight, LibAuth, LibGuides, LibAnswers, LibWizard, and LibStaffer Features

March 11, 2019 | By Neil Levine
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Wow, it’s March already! For many of us, March brings warmer weather, longer days, and a general uplifting of spirit after a long winter. Well, Springshare is here to lift your spirits even higher with a ton of awesome updates for your Springy apps. Plus we’re sharing exciting LibWizard news! These releases are on their way to you this week, and will be live in all regions by the end…

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Springshare Client Stories: Usage Examples From Your Peers

March 1, 2019 | By Ginna Nicolas
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It’s Great To Have An Idea. It’s Even Better To Have Examples. Making improvements is the name of the game. You’ve listened to the feedback on the services you offer… and have made a point to get started on providing those that you don’t. The priority is making sure your library is as useful to your patrons as possible. There have been meetings and plans. The projects are assigned. You…

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We’re Looking for A Springy Trainer!

February 21, 2019 | By Anna

Hello Springyverse – we’ve got some exciting news: we’re currently looking for an awesome new Springy to become part of our training team, delivering webinars about implementation and use of our products! Training Specialist As part of our Community team, a Training Specialist is literally the voice of the company, embodying our commitment to set our customers up for success through online and recorded training sessions. Duties include: development and…

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Using LibGuides CMS Discussion Boards for Team-Building

February 15, 2019 | By Talia
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At the Linscheid Library at East Central University, it all started with a mentoring program. In 2017, during a mentoring relationship with a new technical services librarian, Patrick Baumann and his mentee discussed the different personality types of their librarians and how, if different personalities joined together, it could really enhance the Library’s team. “If we fit different personalities together, it could work better as a team. We could develop…

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ALA Midwinter 2019 Guest Presentations Now Available Online

February 8, 2019 | By Talia
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If you missed the 2019 ALA Midwinter in Seattle, you not only missed beautiful weather (it was actually sunny, no rain, every single day!) but also our amazing line-up of guest speakers. But have no fear and put away that sad trombone music, because we have something great in store for you! Watch all guest presentations and download presenter materials on our ALA Midwinter 2019 Guest Presentations Buzz Guide. Huzzah!…

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Get Creative. Let Your LibGuides Imagination Run Wild.

February 1, 2019 | By Ginna Nicolas
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LibGuides Is Your Efficient & Effective Multi-Tool. While the cake pop maker you got as a gift sits in your pantry with many other one-purpose small appliances, you probably think about regifting it at least four times a year. You already know that LibGuides can help you build subject guides, course-specific guides, guides you use to outline your orientation sessions and — for public libraries — guides for everything from Taxes to…

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ALA Mid-Winter, Coffees & Books… Springshare is Seattle Bound!

January 25, 2019 | By Ginna Nicolas

How excited are we?! Any day of the year, Seattle is a dream destination. It has a lovely skyline, is home to bookstore after bookstore filled with new, used & collectible books gathered in super charming shops. Coffee is at the top of the food pyramid. All that spells, let’s do this. But, add to that — an invasion of Librarians upon the city, January 25-29, and our Springys will wake up extra…

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Insights into LibInsight: The LibInsight Experience at two University Libraries

January 16, 2019 | By Talia
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Data-driven decisions. Actionable Insight. Multi-variable Analytics. Dashboard Reporting. You hear these buzzwords anywhere and everywhere these days, and libraries are no exception. Gone are the days of tick sheets and anecdotal evidence. Libraries need robust data gathering and data analysis tools to help them make everything they do… better, more effective, more engaging, more user-focused. That’s why we developed LibInsight – we want every library to have an affordable, easy…

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