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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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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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LibAnswers 2.15 Update – Redesigned Chat Widgets!

July 6, 2017 | By Anna
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You read that right, the latest LibAnswers release includes redesigned chat widgets for your patrons, a few awesome operator side updates, and a brand new widget type, to boot! You do not need to make any changes to your existing LibAnswers widgets to take advantage of the redesign. All of your widgets have automatically been updated / settings transferred, so they now display the new layout. There are two reasons…

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ALA 2017 Guest Presentations Available!

June 30, 2017 | By Talia
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In case you missed our awesome line-up of guest speakers at the 2017 ALA Conference in Chicago, we have the recordings and presenter materials available on our Buzz site. All videos are hosted on our Facebook Page. While you’re there, LIKE our Facebook page to have our posts display in your Facebook Feed. This way, you won’t miss out any product update announcements, video presentations, and more. These 15-min guest…

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2017 SpringyCamp Summer Series: Registration Now Open!

June 28, 2017 | By Talia

Day One of our 3-Day SpringyCamp Summer Series is now open for registration! CLICK AND REGISTER What’s SpringyCamp? SpringyCamp is our virtual user conference where real-life Springshare users share how they’re using Springy Tools inside their library. Get inspired, receive practical tips and applications…all from the comfort of your computer. Plus the virtual s’mores are completely calorie-free. 😛 Program Details: Date: July 11: 1pm – 3pm. All times listed in…

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Your LibGuides Are Working Hard to Fight Fake News

June 20, 2017 | By Talia
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Now, more than ever, there is a needed skill for identifying and fact-checking news. Librarians have rushed to fill that void creating numerous LibGuides showcasing the dangers of clickbait, the importance of research, and teaching literacy skills showing users how to identify and avoid fake news. To that end, we’re showcasing all the amazing LibGuides you’re creating to educate your users on the importance of evaluating news resources. Because, as Loyola Marymount…

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New Springshare Data Center: Canada – July 2017

June 15, 2017 | By Anna

Springshare is pleased to announce that we are bringing data centers online in Canada on July 9, 2017! All Canadian customers will be hosted on these servers. In Q3 & Q4 we’ll bring servers online in Australia and Asia, respectively. These new servers host v2 products only: LibGuides v2, E-Reserves v2, LibAnswers v2, LibCal v2 w/Equipment Booking, LibStaffer, LibWizard, LibInsight, and LibCRM. Once you move to this new cluster, all of…

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Just out: Authenticate to view LibGuides E-Reserves with LibAuth

June 13, 2017 | By Sarah
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We have some cool updates to LibAuth-related functionality to share with you today! Need to limit E-Reserves viewing to students and faculty? Limit a LibCal room to just faculty bookings? You totally can, with LibAuth Groups. Please note: currently SAML, Shibboleth / ADFS and CAS are the only authorization protocols that support groups; if you do not see the Group Permissions, then your selected protocol does not support Groups. More…

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New LibCal updates!

June 9, 2017 | By Greg Sigountos
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Summer’s here, and with that comes events you want to share. We’ve added some new ways to show off your calendar events! Social Media Sharing You can now post your new events to Facebook and Twitter! In your calendar settings, there’s a new “social media” setting. You can use any social media account you’ve set up in your LibApps dashboard, and even create templates for your posts. Don’t want to…

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New LibInsight Update!

June 8, 2017 | By Sarah
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Hey there LibInsight users, we’ve released a bunch of new features for some summer data fun! Database & eBook Invoice Line-Items and Cost-per-use Statistics Last month we added the ability to attach invoices to your E-Journal & Database and eBook platforms; this month brings more invoicing goodness: line items! Adding line items for individual databases or eBook collections will enable cost-per-use statistics at the database level. With LibInsight, you have…

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