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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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Social Media’s Role in Higher Education Libraries

October 10, 2017 | By Talia
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If you’re not already on social media, we hope we’ve made a case in our recent blog post and August SpringyNews newsletter for you to consider hopping on the social media train. But if not, perhaps this recent Pew Research Report on Social Media might change your mind. They found that 69% of Americans use social media today. And of that 69%, 86% are between the ages of 18-29. Check out…

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Moving from LibCal Room Bookings to Spaces: More Functionality, More Features, More Fun!

October 5, 2017 | By Talia

When we first released the LibCal Equipment Booking Add-On Module, we saw a need to integrate room bookings with the equipment reservation process. Wouldn’t it be neat if a patron could reserve a room and related equipment in the exact same reservation? And also, wouldn’t it be great if we could revamp the way Room Bookings calculates availability by connecting it to the LibCal Hours module? And while we’re at it, what…

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Springy https-a-palooza is Go!

September 28, 2017 | By Anna
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It’s here – the release you’ve all been waiting for: the Springy https-travaganza! 🎉 And yes, it’s “Springy” vs. a specific product, because this affects all of our products. Let’s go through the list of fun new stuff, shall we? LibAnswers & LibCal Now Support SSL Certificates (via LibApps) LibApps Admins can now upload security certificates for LibAnswers and LibCal custom domains! It’s not just LibGuides anymore, folks. All products…

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HTTPS-a-palooza And What Are We Doing About It

August 24, 2017 | By Slaven

So, you’ve heard about it by now, right? Riiight? The upcoming Chrome browser release, version 62 – slated for October 17, will give a warning when a user lands on a non-https page which contains forms. FireFox, Edge, and other modern browsers will follow suit as well, and warn users when they land on forms which are not loaded over https. Let’s go over what this actually means since there is a…

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LibGuides Accessibility Updates, AZ Page Stats, HTTPS Certificates and more!

August 17, 2017 | By Sarah
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Accessibility fixes This week at Springy HQ we are pleased to bring you the following accessibility fixes. Our first pass of fixes in the last few months focused on “errors” on all public pages; this pass hits the E-Reserves module as well as many things classified as “alerts”—things that could technically adhere to guidelines but needed examining. See something else we need to consider? Let us know! Click the Support tab…

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LibAnswers Update Live!

August 16, 2017 | By Anna

Happy August everyone! We rolled out a couple of small LibAnswers features and a handful of bug fixes today – check it out… Features: Knowledge Base Explorer: The Queues filter now has a “Select All” option…especially helpful for folks who have a lot of Queues! Answer Page > Tags: For systems where tags are not locked down, when typing in a tag, the list of matching tags is now listed…

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LibCal Equipment Booking Update Coming Your Way

August 9, 2017 | By Slaven
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On the heels of last month’s major LibCal Spaces update, this month we’re bringing the same types of accessibility and mobile-friendly updates to the Equipment Booking module! 🙂  This required some changes to the Equipment Booking grid and the booking details / confirmation pages, so if you’ve customized those, you’ll want to check your system post-update on August 16, 2017 (U.S. time) to make sure everything looks as it should. Remember,…

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The Importance of Having a Social Media Presence

July 26, 2017 | By Talia
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Whether you’re on Pinterest, Facebook, or Twitter – social media is a powerful tool for relationship building and creating brand loyalty. Increase Brand Recognition Libraries are in a prime position to use social media to engage with customers, develop positive and sustaining relationships, and promote advocacy. Every opportunity you have to share and syndicate your content increases your visibility. Each social media channel is a way to broadcast your brand’s voice. Think about…

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LibCal Space Bookings Update – All About Accessibility and Mobile Access

July 24, 2017 | By Slaven
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We love collaborating closely with our clients and taking their feedback & ideas to make our tools better for the entire community. Today’s LibCal code update is the result of one such collaboration. Namely, the LibCal implementation team at the University of Arizona was getting ready to roll out the Spaces booking system using LibCal when they noticed several accessibility and usability issues with the default spaces booking screens on…

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LibCal 2.9 is live!

July 7, 2017 | By Greg Sigountos
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Some big improvements to your spaces are here in this update! Category-level Booking Forms One of the most common requests we’ve gotten to improve spaces has been to allow individual categories to use their own booking forms. We’re happy to say this is now an option, and even individual equipment items can use their own booking forms! You can set these in admin>equipment & spaces>edit location>edit category. Booking Form Improvements We’ve…

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