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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: Not Just for Grown-Ups

August 20, 2014 | By Talia

Guides with bright primary colors? Check! Guides with cartoon videos? Check! Guides with links to PBS and Scholastic? Annnd check! Did you know that libraries serving the smaller set are using LibGuides? Yes, LibGuides from Springshare can be for kids, too. LibGuides allows school librarians and media specialists to select and share information and resources with students, parents, and even teachers. Why let students go to Google—where they’ll find everything…

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LibGuides 2: MAJOR update!

August 11, 2014 | By Sarah
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As promised, we released a biggie over the weekend, including widgets, site search, connections to LibSurveys for Surveys & Forms, and an awesome new content type, LibAnswers 2 Widgets. Widgets – bring LibGuides 2 content into any other website (including into guides) using widget embed code.  So far, you can create these widgets (known in LibGuides 1 as the API Utility) : List of Guides Filter your list by subject, owner, type,…

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What Happens in Vegas….Ends Up on Instagram!

June 17, 2014 | By Talia

Springshare’s heading to ALA – Las Vegas, and we’re getting Flashy in Booth #1447! All weekend long we’re delivering 15min Flash Presentations on hot topics, new products, and amazing features. If you’re attending a Flash presentation or just stopping by Booth #1447 to say hi, be sure to tag us in your Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram posts with #SpringyFlash and #SpringyLove. Better yet, we’re giving out “I Got Flashed” stickers for all you lucky attendees!…

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LibAnswers v2 Beta Sites – Migration Sign-up Now Available!

June 13, 2014 | By Sarah

Attention LibAnswers v2 Beta Sites: v1 – v2 migration sign-ups start today! To choose your migration date, sign in to your v2 Beta Site and click the big green button – “Information about Migrating to LibAnswers v2”. Excited? Us too! But remember – the migration date you select will effectively be the GO LIVE date for your v2 system – so choose carefully! Before migration day arrives, you’ll want to do a…

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LibGuides v2 Default Template Update

May 13, 2014 | By Anna
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Hey LibGuides v2 Admins – this one’s for you! We pushed out an update to our default templates (for both tabbed nav and side nav) today, which requires some work on your side. 😉 Our code update only updates the default templates – it doesn’t touch your custom templates since those are, well, custom, and we don’t want to do anything to mess with them. This means, of course, that…

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Beautiful Website Design, Made Possible with LibGuides v2 CMS

May 1, 2014 | By Talia
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The library team at Furman University has done some amazing work with customizing LibGuides v2 CMS templates to create a website for The Peter Wexler Digital Museum at Furman University. Even though the site isn’t finished yet, and they’re still customizing their responsive design, they agreed to share it with us. We went ahead and picked their brains to share their amazing work with our community… Q. Can you explain the Peter…

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LibGuides 2: Content Migration is Here!

April 30, 2014 | By Anna
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You can now request migrations of your LibGuides v1 content into your LibGuides v2 Beta sites! (We’re not sure who’s more excited right now – you or us! 😉 ) Key Information: Before we even tell you about the awesome reports we have available to you or how to request your migration, you should know: Only the person who requested your beta site can schedule your content migration. Once you…

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LibGuides v2 A-Z Database Management Tool Updates

April 15, 2014 | By Sarah
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We’ve heard tons of great feedback from librarians who’ve checked out LibGuides v2 – and as always, thanks so much for getting in touch and letting us know what you think! One feature in particular generated more kudos and “Oh wow, that’s awesome!”s than the rest – we’ve heard your overwhelming enthusiasm for the new LibGuides A-Z Database Management tool loud and clear! Your enthusiasm was, frankly, contagious. It inspired…

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LibGuides v2: Content Migration FAQ

April 3, 2014 | By Anna
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Are you ready for it? We know you are. 😉 Well, we’re nearly there! We know you have tons of questions, so we’re here to answer the ones we’re getting most often… When will I be able to migrate my LibGuides v1 content into my LibGuides v2 system? We’re working on the scripts and will then test them; we’ll start migrating systems after we’ve run through testing and verify the…

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LibGuides 2 Beta Code Update Yesterday

April 2, 2014 | By Anna
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Hey everyone – hope you’re all enjoying your LibGuides v2 beta sites! 🙂 We released new code into LibGuides 2 Beta sites yesterday & there are a couple of things that y’all should know as you’re using your systems today: Rich Text Editor Update The first one affects everyone: we released some code updates for the Rich Text Editor, including adding in those missing buttons folks have been looking for (including…

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