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We’re Diving into Data with a LibInsight Webinar Series

May 3, 2024 | By Lilly
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Data is power! Let the data tell the story! Data can set you free! Cliches aside, data can impress stakeholders, secure funding, and bolster your institution’s reputation – it’s a big deal in the library world. Whether you’re gearing up for the end of the fiscal year, or embarking on a strategic planning process, we want to help you make the most of your library’s data. We chatted with libraries and identified five areas of concern regarding data gathering and reporting. To that end, we’re launching a webinar series over the next few months that will help you use LibInsight…

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Hello LibCat – Springshare’s Smart Cat for Libraries

April 1, 2016 | By Talia
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We’re thrilled to announce the newest member to our Springshare Suite of Apps – LibCat! It’s a culmination of efforts by Springy programmers, veterinarians, and biologists around the world to meet a real need in today’s libraries… a smart cat designed for libraries by librarians. With LibCat, patent-pending, enhance your feline friend’s abilities with useful features, robust statistics…all with the same furr’nominal support you’ve come to expect from a Springshare…

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Springshare’s Going Public!

March 29, 2016 | By Talia
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…Libraries, that is! We’re heading to the Public Library Association Annual Conference (PLA) next week, from April 6 – 8. You won’t want to miss swinging by Booth 433. Why? Well, for starters, you’ll want to attend a 15-min flash presentation on Springshare tools for a chance to win a free cat coloring book. And speaking of coloring, we have a Springy Color Me Decal we need your help filling in. Awesome, right?…

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Spring Goodies! New Features in LibInsight

March 25, 2016 | By Sarah
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Spring is officially here in the northern hemisphere, and this year it brings a whole basket of goodies to LibInsight. We are super-excited to announce widgets for Gate Count datasets, a community-wide shared dataset for tracking your ACRL Survey answers, and a special Easter-egg–a new home screen! Here’s the rundown: Gate Count Widgets Now you can create forms that you can use to record counts to your Gate Count datasets. Embed a…

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LibGuides 2.1.12 Update – Unified Search and LTI updates are here!

March 22, 2016 | By Sarah
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The LibGuides 2.1.12 update has rolled out, and we have several big updates aimed at helping you unify the user experience across Springshare’s tools! Our huge new LTI update is now available for LibGuides CMS clients – it’s ready to help you deploy targeted guide and help content across hundreds of courseware pages, all from a central and easy to use interface. Our Unified Search has also rolled out and is available to…

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Integrate BrowZine Into Your LibGuides – Free Webinar!

March 21, 2016 | By Talia
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LibGuides & BrowZine subscribers, rejoice! Third Iron, the makers of BrowZine, is offering a free series of webinars on how to better integrate BrowZine into your LibGuides! So, if you’re been looking for tighter integration between these apps while simultaneously promoting usage of both your LibGuides and Journals, look no further. In this 45min webinar, you’ll learn how to: Create links to subject-specific bookshelves and add them to your guides; Curate a…

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LibCal 2.4 Update Now Live!

March 8, 2016 | By Sarah
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Exciting news, the LibCal 2.4 update rolled out early this morning, and we have lots of fun new features to share! LibAuth Integration in Events & MyScheduler Are you familiar with LibAuth? It’s our full authentication management system, designed to fully integrate your existing authentication systems in Springshare’s products. LibCal is our first product to offer full patron authentication integration in all modules – now, you can set up event registration…

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LibAnswers 2.7 Update Coming Soon!

March 2, 2016 | By Sarah
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We’ve got some great treats in store in the 2.7 LibAnswers update, coming to you this Thursday, March 3rd at 8:00am EST. While there will be no downtime for the LibAnswers system as a whole, there will be approximately 5 minutes of downtime for the LibChat service. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience this may cause. Read on to learn about all of the great new features coming soon! New FAQ…

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LibGuides Updates: Blogs, LTI, and more, oh my!

February 26, 2016 | By Sarah
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LibGuides version 2.1.10 is here, and with it come some huge and exciting features! Many of you have asked for a long time for blogging capability in LibGuides, and we are delighted to tell you that blogs are here! We will be adding more features to blogs in the future, but our first step is to bring you a system-wide blog and the ability to add a blog page to…

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Bite-Sized Tech Tip Videos!

February 18, 2016 | By Talia

Have you ever wanted to learn something about your LibGuides, LibAnswers, or other Springy tool in just a few minutes? Well, we have a collection of Springy Tech Tip videos – just for you, the avid learner. A collection of videos, under 5min each, ranging from how to use SMS Keywords in the Classroom to Promote Interactive Learning to Optimizing Your LibGuides Organization. New Springy Tech Tip videos are made…

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Introducing LibWizard

February 3, 2016 | By Sarah
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We’re thrilled to announce the newest member of our Springy Software Suite – LibWizard. It’s a culmination of our effort to extend the existing LibSurveys tool and add fully interactive tutorials and assessment modules.  LibWizard – Forms & Surveys With LibWizard, you’ll create amazing custom forms and embed them anywhere – in your website, LibGuides, and any webpage where you need form-based input from users. With the Surveys Wizard, you’ll…

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