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Special Guest Speaker Presentation One Week From Today

May 15, 2024 | By Corinne
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When technical difficulties prevented us from streaming and recording one of our guest presentations at last month’s PLA conference, we knew we had to devise another way to get this presentation to you. We are positively delighted that our guest speaker, Cathay Keough from Sarasota County Libraries, has graciously agreed to return for a special webinar next Wednesday, May 22 at 1pm ET! Expanding Options for Community Access Sarasota County Libraries have introduced a groundbreaking feature: allowing patrons to present their ID via Ask Us/LibChat for immediate issuance of a library card. How? Using LibAnswers’ Microsoft Teams and Zoom integrations…

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Springy Products, Public Libraries, and Younger Adults

August 21, 2013 | By Springshare

No one has given them a cutesy label yet—thank goodness for that—but 16-29 year olds have been identified by Pew Research as a key and, in many ways, surprising demographic for public libraries. The under-30 crowd has particular needs and particular ways they want their needs met. Pew’s recent report “Young Americans’ Library Habits and Expectations” says members of this age group are not only heavy technology users, but “value…

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LibGuides & Faculty Collaboration = Scholarship to ALA

July 19, 2013 | By Talia
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Graduate Assistant Laura Browning was on a mission! She wanted to cultivate a strong collaborative relationship between faculty in the English department and the library’s instruction program at Florida State University. How did she accomplish this? Start off with a strong line of communication with English faculty and their T.A.s. Next add in a dash of marketing and library promotion. Mix in personalized emails and face-to-face meetings. And the cherry…

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LibAnalytics Insight Platform

June 27, 2013 | By Slaven
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We hope we got your blood pumping with yesterday’s post about the next-gen LibGuides. But there’s more good news to share – we’ve been busy working on another platform which, we believe, will have an even greater impact on libraries than LibGuides has had. Here’s the scoop… We know librarians love statistics. You collect statistics on all aspects of library operations, and keep those in spreadsheets, tick sheets, on staff…

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LibGuides: The Next Generation!

June 26, 2013 | By Anna
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2007 2013 It’s been 6 years since LibGuides was first released and oh, my, what a ride it’s been! Almost 4,000 live sites, 55,000+ librarians using it, hundreds of millions of page views every month, and hundreds of new features introduced since 2007. We’re in this for the long haul, and behind the scenes we’ve been working on the next generation of LibGuides – the system that will keep things…

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Springshare’s Getting Flashy!

June 19, 2013 | By Talia
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The ALA Annual Conference! A time of year to meet up with old friends, learn new things, eat delicious food, and visit your fave library vendor, of course! Well this year, we’ve got several surprises in store for you. <sly grin> We’re unveiling our biggest ever update to LibGuides – a complete and utter redesign of the LibGuides public interface. Is it amazing? You betcha! Do we have some spectacular…

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LibChat Under the Hood Update Now Live!

June 17, 2013 | By Sarah
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We’ve been hard at work on the next generation of LibChat, and we’re thrilled to report that part 1 – our major under-the-hood rewrite – is now live! This update is all about improving the general back-end performance of LibChat, so you may not “see” much new stuff at first – we’re saving the major widget improvements and additional updates for later this summer. Here are the changes we’re rolling…

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LibGuides Mini Update

April 29, 2013 | By Sarah
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Spring is in the air, and we’ve got tons of new features to share! This latest LibGuides mini-update is a prelude to the larger style refresh happening this summer. But don’t let the “mini” fool you – this update is only mini in relation to what comes next! Read on to learn all about the new stuff. Shiny New Stuff Table of Contents box type – Are your patrons overlooking…

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New in LibCal – Edit Room Bookings and Clone Availability

April 16, 2013 | By Zinthia
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You asked for it – we’ve made it possible! Do you need to change room booking info for your patrons? Maybe you need to update the information they entered in the room booking form, or change the time they’ve booked. Well now you can! Head to the Room Availability tab; click on any Confirmed room booking, and edit away. And we didn’t stop there! Need to apply the same availability to…

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New in LibCal: the Hours Module is here!

April 1, 2013 | By Sarah
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Unlike our last post, this post is no joke! We’re really excited to announce a big new LibCal feature – the Hours module is here! We’ve fielded lots of questions from LibCal users on customizing the calendar display to show open hours for libraries and library departments. We decided to create a new module in LibCal just for this purpose – hence, the Hours module was born! Here’s a quick overview…

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Announcing the newest Springshare product – LibStapler is here!

April 1, 2013 | By Sarah
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The next major innovation from your friends at Springshare is here! We’re moving into the physical realm and introducing LibStapler – the stapler that not only staples, but provides all the great features, statistics, and support you expect from a Springshare product. Here’s a quick taste of what LibStapler has to offer: SMS Alerts – Whether its low staple alerts, breakdown notices, or just to say “Hi!”, LibStapler updates you…

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