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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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We’re Not ‘Shy’ In Chi-Town – Springshare’s Heading to ALA

June 7, 2017 | By Talia

Springshare’s heading to the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago, June 23 – 26. Not only do we have a totally rocking schedule of flash presentations, guest speakers, but we’re also introducing a ton of new buttons and stickers. We’re anticipating that these will go quickly, so swing by Booth 1647 to snag yours and learn how your fellow librarians are using Springshare tools. New Buttons/Stickers @ALA-Chicago Product Flash Presentations LibGuides:…

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LibGuides 2.1.16.0 is Here; It’s Linkalicious!

May 10, 2017 | By Sarah
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We’re super excited to announce that the LibGuides 2 v1.16.0 release has gone out to the US and EU regions. There’s some great stuff in it for you, including the new link checker, some new AZ features, and the ability to write AZ Asset information via the API. You auth nerds out there will also appreciate learning that with this API release, we’re moving to OAuth. Don’t worry, the existing…

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LibAnswers 2.14 Update Now Live!

May 10, 2017 | By Sarah
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The hits just keep coming – we have new LibAnswers features to share! These updates are all about providing timely reminders and notifications, plus additional protection from viruses in file attachments and exciting news about what’s coming in LibChat. Read on for more… Custom Email Alerts We’re adding several new customizable email and SMS alerts, to help manage your LibAnswers system and keep on top of emergencies as they happen! These…

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LibInsight: Database-level Stats and a Whole Lot More!

May 9, 2017 | By Sarah
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We have some fantastic news for Electronic Resources Librarians as we head into invoicing and end-of-year stats gathering season. Are you ready for database-level statistics?? With the latest LibInsight code release, you can upload the COUNTER Database Report 1 (DB1)—either by uploading files or by retrieving them via SUSHI, if the publisher supports it. You’ll notice that the Analyze screen looks a bit different, too, because we changed some stuff up to get…

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LibCal 2.7.0 Now Live!

May 9, 2017 | By Sarah
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Holy smokes, do we have a ton of new features in LibCal to share! This release brings major improvements and updates to the Equipment and Spaces modules, plus great new features for Calendars and Events. Room Booking -> Spaces Migration As of this release, we’re making it possible for EVERYONE to upgrade to Spaces from the existing Room Booking module, at no cost. Spaces is really the future of Room…

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Using LibInsight to Showcase Library Services at USF: Sarasota-Manatee

April 13, 2017 | By Talia
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The University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee Librarians use LibInsight-Lite to gather data about their instruction, research assistance, head counts, and questions asked at their information commons resource desk. How do they communicate these stats to outside stakeholders? They created an infographic! Pulling data from LibInsight-Lite, librarians created an easily readable (and shareable) infographic. LibInsight has provided us a powerful, customizable tool that we have been able to use to concretely…

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ACRL 2017 Guest Presentations Available… on Facebook!

April 3, 2017 | By Talia

In case you missed our awesome line-up of guest speakers at the ACRL Conference in Baltimore, 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 presentations by Springshare…

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LibGuides v1 Retirement – free update to v2

March 14, 2017 | By Anna

On January 31, 2018, LibGuides v1 servers will be retired. All v1 sites will be updated to / live with LibGuides v2 by this date. The v1 infrastructure is 10 years old, and our hosting provider is no longer applying security or operating system updates to such an old generation of servers. This leaves LibGuides v1 potentially vulnerable to various security breaches, and in the interest of maintaining the level of…

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“We’re All In, Because It’s Easy”

March 8, 2017 | By Talia
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..says Andrew Adler, director of the Georgetown College Library, when asked why the Library is using the entire platform of Springshare tools. Andrew, like most librarians, wears a lot of hats. From teaching library instruction, manning the reference desk, creating training tutorials for student workers, and being available nine hours a week for one-on-one research consultations, plus being the director for the entire library – he needs their web platform tools to “just…

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LibStaffer 2.3 Now Live!

March 8, 2017 | By Sarah
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We have a small LibStaffer update to share this morning, that’s packed with nice to have improvements! From preventing back to back shift scheduling to improved communication via notes and emails, to the new inactive account level, there are lots of little goodies to love! Prevent Back to Back Shift Scheduling Are your staff feeling overworked and tired of working shifts back to back? Then we’ve got great news –…

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