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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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2018 Is All About… You!

February 21, 2018 | By Talia
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While some companies might have a customer appreciation month, Springshare is all about having a customer appreciation year. 2018 is all about you… our awesome’sauce Springy rockstar users. We want to hear how you’re using Springshare tools, and we want to promote, broadcast, and shout-out your amazing’ness to the entire Springy Universe. However, we can’t put the proverbial bullhorn to work if we don’t even know how you’re using Springy Tools! Drop…

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ALA-MW 2018 Guest Presentations Now Available Online

February 14, 2018 | By Talia
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If you were #alamw18leftbehind, you not only missed out on beautiful Denver (it snowed!) but also our rocking line-up of guest speakers. But have no fear, all guest presentations were recorded! So while we can’t bring beautiful Denver to you, you can view those presentations and presenter materials on our ALA-MW 2018 Guest Presentations Buzz Guide.   While you’re there, you might notice that all videos are hosted on our…

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Shhhhh, Librarians are Talking…@ Springy’s Booth at ALA-MW, Denver

February 2, 2018 | By Talia
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Springshare’s heading to the Mile High City, February 9 – 12. And we’ve got a totally packed schedule of guest speakers, product flash presentations, and kewl schwag to giveaway. And, we’re Facebook Live recording all our guest presentations! So even if you can’t join us in Denver, you can still participate! To watch, navigate to our Springshare Facebook page (and give us a like while you’re there) at the scheduled presentation…

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LibAnswers 2.18 Release – Patron Contact Cards and More

January 31, 2018 | By Sarah
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The Springy release-a-palooza continues – the LibAnswers 2.18 is on its way and will be released to all regions by the end of the day on Friday, February 2nd.  This release contains two big new features – the Patron Contact Card, and better email search indexing! Patron Contact Card The Patron Contact Card builds on the User History feature. Previously, User History connected tickets from the same source in a…

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Some Impending LibGuides Updates to Warm your January!

January 30, 2018 | By Sarah
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We’ve been kindling the fires of Midwinter (will we see you there??) up here at Springy HQ by coding up some great winter features you can use to spruce up your LibGuides. Just for funsies, we’re throwing in an update to LibAuth configurations, too. 🙂 These features will be live in all regions within a few days. Check ‘em out: LibAuth supports uploading authorized values If you use LibAuth groups,…

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LibCal 2.13 Release Coming Soon!

January 30, 2018 | By Sarah
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The LibCal 2.13 release is on its way, and will be live in all regions by end of the day Wednesday, January 31st (so if you don’t see the changes in your system yet, you will soon). We’re bringing you a host of quality-of-life improvements to Equipment and Spaces, Exchange two-way sync, gCal sync, and several other improvements, too. Read on for all the details… Equipment and Spaces Quality of…

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Protect the Integrity of Your Springy Websites… Free ‘Let’s Encrypt’ Security Certificates

January 25, 2018 | By Talia
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In our October 2017 SpringyNews Newsletter, we informed Springy users that recent updates to web and mobile browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari, etc.) mark any HTTP webpage that contains form content as insecure. Meaning that any public webpage containing a search box, LibCal booking form, or LibAnswers Question Submission form will automatically display a ‘Not Secure‘ warning to end users. The security and privacy of your patron’s data is of prime…

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LibAnswers 2.17 – iFrame Chat is Here!

December 22, 2017 | By Sarah
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We have some exciting LibAnswers features to share, including a new chat option to make the patron chat experience seamless, even while browsing between pages! iFrame Chat – Guided Chat Mode Picture this: you’re in the middle of guiding a patron on how to use a particular resource and poof, the patron suddenly disappears. Odds are the patron has clicked on a new link in the page, navigating away from…

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LibGuides Update: E-Reserves Item Search, Patron Login with LibAuth, LibAuth Setup Wizard, and a Ton More Updates!

December 21, 2017 | By Sarah
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Check out this giant present for your holiday celebrations! Or if you’re not into December holidays, Happy 2018 from Springy to you! 🙂 There are a ton of new features for you to explore in LibGuides this month. Log into LibApps patron accounts with LibAuth If you head over to LibApps > Admin > Manage Patron accounts = and if you see accounts listed there, those users can now sign…

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LibCal 2.12 – Hours Module Improvements and More now Live!

December 21, 2017 | By Sarah
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We’ve been busy beavers here at Springy HQ, and we have several fun new features to share! We’re making the hours module easier to manage and rolling out several great quality of life features, just in time for the holidays! Hours Module Improvements New Daily Hours Widget – We’ve added a new widget to the hours module to make sharing your open hours a breeze! The new Daily Hours Widget…

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