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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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Tis the Season for (spring)Sharing – Tip #2: Cultivating a Homemade Experience

December 15, 2017 | By Talia
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Nothing says the holidays more than homemade. Whether you’re baking rugelach, hand-crafting thoughtful gifts, or DIY’ing your decorations – you’re sending the message that your guests are special and deserving of homemade. Nothing beats homemade, but it can take a lot of effort, time, and work! If you’re looking to bring that ‘homemade’ feeling to your library, you’re probably daunted by the idea of providing a homemade experience for each…

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Tis the Season for (spring)Sharing – Tip #1: Getting Emoji’tional

December 11, 2017 | By Talia
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While your library might be winding down from the hectic schedule of finals or if you’re experiencing the general slowdown of traffic and questions typical during this time period – here are some quick (and fun!) things you can do, right now. We’ll be releasing our Tis the Season for (spring)Sharing as a blog series from now till Dec 22nd! So come back and check out our other Springy Tips….

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7 Tips for Making Your Case to Use LibGuides CMS to Power Your Website

December 8, 2017 | By Talia
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When updating the library’s website, you’re not making that decision in a vacuum. More often than not, it’s a group decision that must go through multiple layers of stakeholders and departments. If you’re advocating moving your Library Website into LibGuides CMS, you’ll need some feathers in your quill to strengthen your position. Here are seven tips designed to help you ‘make your case’ towards moving your library website into LibGuides…

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Tips for Designing LibGuides for Children

December 5, 2017 | By Talia
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The look and design of your LibGuides will change depending on your audience. If you’re designing LibGuides for adults, graduate students, or advanced learners – you’ll focus more heavily on library resources, advanced searching techniques, and information literacy skill reinforcement. When designing LibGuides for children, think bright, colorful, engaging, and entertaining. No matter what children are doing online, whether its entertainment or education, they’re looking to have fun. Your LibGuide should be simple…

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BiblioEvents and LibCal Integration

November 15, 2017 | By Talia
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Here at Springy HQ, we’re super excited to announce a unique integration between BiblioEvents and LibCal’s Spaces Bookings! How does it work? When creating an event inside of your BiblioEvents admin interface, you can reserve the space/room for that event inside LibCal. *Update: 11/16/2017* The recording of the webinar is available now! Watch this 1hour recording and learn how BiblioEvents and LibCal Spaces are integrated. Attend a Webinar and Learn…

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LibCal 2.11 – Event Updates and More are Live!

November 2, 2017 | By Sarah
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The LibCal 2.11 release is live, and we have loads to tell you about! We’ve redesigned the Manage Event Screens to bring you many new event management features, plus Event Templates are here! Read on for all the details. New Manage Event Screens So many of you have asked us for additional features and functionality for managing events – marking attendance, more email flexibility, etc. When we coded all this…

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LibWizard Update Now Live

October 26, 2017 | By Sarah
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We have a brand new mini-release for LibWizard out today. This is just a maintenance release that is mostly concentrated on often requested bug fixes and some back end performance tweaks. You should notice a faster, smoother, LibWizard experience! Just a few items: Corrected a usability issue when LibWizard assets are embedded into LibGuides. Fixed a problem where users were unable to edit the date and time field on reports….

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Fall LibGuides Updates – Check ’em Out!

October 26, 2017 | By Sarah
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We released support for uploading your own HTTPS (SSL) certificates in September, and boy have you been using it! You’ve had a lot of great questions and helped us devise an improved Certificate Management page that is more intuitive to use. Haven’t uploaded a certificate yet? Need to renew and upload a new one? No problem! Just log into LibApps and head to Admin > Domains & Certificates. Click the…

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LibAnswers 2.16 Update – Sharing Images is Here!

October 25, 2017 | By Sarah

The LibAnswers 2.16 update rolled out this morning, and we’re thrilled to bring you some fresh updates to Social Media Management! Get Social – Now With Images! Exciting news – the LibAnswers Social Media Management tool is about to get even more social!  You can now send and receive images via Twitter and Facebook. It’s never been easier to share content and provide best-of-the-best customer service to your patrons. You’ll find…

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LibStaffer 2.5 Update Now Live!

October 24, 2017 | By Sarah
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Our latest LibStaffer update hits on a couple of major requested features, including staff claiming unfilled shifts (without having to go through a schedule admin), staff “favoriting” their own shifts, and tons of nice-to-have improvements to various schedule views. Staff can Claim Available Shifts As one of our most requested features, we’re thrilled to bring you the ability to claim unfilled shifts, without having to go through a schedule admin….

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