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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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LibGuides 2.1.5 – Updated Release Date

March 20, 2015 | By Anna

As promised, we’re posting to keep you up to date with the latest release. LibGuides 2.1.5 is now slated for release on Monday, March 23, 2015 at around 4pm PDT. Changing the release date allows us to squash the last couple of bugs we found in testing…something I’m sure everyone can appreciate. 😉 Thanks for your patience & keep an eye on Twitter for announcements when it’s live! Check out our…

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Catch a Springshare Sighting!

March 20, 2015 | By Talia
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  Rarer than glimpse of Bigfoot. Scarcer than a Sasquatch sighting. Less common than a… okay, we might be exaggerating just a tad. Springshare’s heading to Portland, home to the mythical hairy beast, for the ACRL Annual Conference (March 25th – 27th) and we’re performing flash presentations on your favorite Springy Tools: LibGuides CMS, LibAnswers, and LibCal. You won’t want to miss a Springshare Flash sighting at Booth #572! LibGuides CMS LibAnswers…

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New in LibCal v2’s My Scheduler – Your Free/Busy Times from Google Calendar

March 19, 2015 | By Sarah
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You asked, we coded!  Many of you use Google Calendar for your personal calendaring, and until now, you had to manually remove availability times from My Scheduler whenever a new meeting came up.  Duplicate that effort no more! Configure My Scheduler to check your Google Calendar, and your busy times will be removed from the public side when someone books an appointment: On the Admin side, those busy times are shown…

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LibGuides 2.1.5 Coming Soon

March 16, 2015 | By Anna
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LibGuides 2.1.5 is coming soon, and it’s all about the little things that have big impacts…and a pretty big thing for good measure! 😉 We’re aiming for Friday, March 20, 2015 Monday, March 23, 2015 starting around 4pm U.S. PDT.* There will be no server down time nor disruption in functionality when the update occurs. Language Options It’s here! ¡Es aquí! C’est ici! Det är här! To je ovdje! 它在这里! (My apologies if…

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LibCal v2.1 Release is on its way!

March 13, 2015 | By Sarah
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LibCal version 2.1 is coming to a browser near you!  This update will be released on March 15 during the late afternoon US time, which is Monday morning, 16 March for our Aussie friends. Why save the best for last? The best–and biggest–feature in LibCal 2.1 is the integration of LibCal Room Bookings, Events, and MyScheduler into your Google Calendars! We are super-excited to announce that you can now manage Room…

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Book Cover Art Temporarily Unavailable Saturday Night

February 26, 2015 | By Sarah
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On Saturday, February 28th from 10:00 PM – 3:00 AM Eastern Time, Bowker will be running an important update. All Syndetics book cover art images in LibGuides and LibGuides CMS (both version 1 and version 2) will be unavailable during this infrastructure maintenance window. This is not a result of a LibGuides update, but rather the byproduct of a Bowker update. During this maintenance window, book cover art will display…

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LibAnswers v2.3 Now Live!

February 25, 2015 | By Sarah
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We have a fun bunch of LibAnswers features to share today! This update is all about the ticket answering process in LibAnswers v2 – we wanted to tighten things up and make the ticket answering process and ticket management faster and more intuitive. Ticket Macros Macros are here to speed up your librarian’s workflow when answering frequently asked questions. While the existing “Reuse Answer” functionality works for this too, we though –…

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LibGuides v2.1.4 is Live!

February 13, 2015 | By Sarah
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Changes in the way assets work We heard from many of you that it was frustrating that Regular and Editor-level accounts were not able to edit assets that they did not own, even on guides to which they were assigned as editors. It’s been a long time coming, but this is now fixed!  Please note this applies to all assets except databases. Here’s a breakdown of the issues that this…

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LibGuides v2 Planned Maintenance – Friday, February 13th

February 10, 2015 | By Anna
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LibGuides v2 servers will be down for planned upgrades for about 90 minutes on Friday, February 13th starting at 10pm U.S. EST / 7pm PST. Why the down time for this release? Well, we’re making some updates that require database changes while no one is using the system. 🙂 This only affects LibGuides v2. Our other products – LibAnswers, LibStaffer, LibCal, etc. – and LibGuides v1 are unaffected. It may…

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LibAnswers v 2.2 update now live!

January 13, 2015 | By Sarah

We’re excited to announce the LibAnswers v2.2 update – now live for all LibAnswers v2 sites! Systems & Status Management Now Available! The all new Systems & Status Management Tool is now available in the LibAnswers v2 platform! We are very pleased to offer this amazing new module to all LibAnswers Platform clients for free during the 12 months from January to December 2015. If you find this module useful (and we are confident…

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