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LibGuides, LibCal, LibStaffer, and LibInsight Features Coming Your Way!

May 10, 2024 | By Sarah
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These releases are on their way to you over the next 2 weeks, and will be live in all regions by the end of the day on Friday, May 24, 2024. LibGuides The all new Blogs are here! We’re excited to bring you a new host of homepage options, blog statistics, and much more granular controls over all types of functionality, including appearance and comments. Check out the lounge post on the new blogs functionality for the full scoop! Our new Sublists functionality is here! Use the new sublist functionality to identify a subset of your existing A-Z databases, and…

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Teen Tech Week: Spotlight on LibGuides for Teens

March 11, 2013 | By Springshare
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Yesterday marked the start of Teen Tech Week, sponsored by the Young Adult Libraries Services division (YALSA) of the American Library Association. This year’s theme encourages libraries “to throw open their physical and virtual doors to teens and showcase the outstanding technology they offer.” To celebrate Teen Tech Week, we’re highlighting a few of the many great LibGuides created for teen audiences by school and public librarians. The three guides…

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LibAnswers: SMS, Notes, and Keyword update now Live!

February 26, 2013 | By Sarah
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We have a belated Valentine’s Day present heading your way (we didn’t forget, we promise!) in the form of a LibAnswers update! Read on to learn about all the new features. Notes Makeover Notes associated with individual questions got an upgrade: Multiple Notes – Add multiple notes to questions to track the internal history of a question. Notes are now Rich-Text optimized, so feel free to add links, lists, and even tag questions…

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We Heart the Springy Community!

February 7, 2013 | By Sarah
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We noticed a great exchange happening right now in the Springshare Lounge – it’s the type of conversation that reminds us of the power found in the collective knowledge of the Springy Community. The discussion kicked off as a request for information on adding LibChat widgets to library databases. The librarian hive mind didn’t disappoint (no surprise there, it never does!), and strategies for embedding widgets in several major library…

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Holiday Breaks Approaching? Let your patrons know!

December 18, 2012 | By Sarah

Winter breaks and holiday closures are just around the corner. Here are some cool tips and tricks from the Springy Elves to help get the word out on holiday changes to your library hours. LibGuides: Change your System Tagline – You’ve got 140 characters to communicate info on holiday closures. Instructions Create a custom “Closed” Banner – Sometimes words just aren’t enough – hang up the “closed” sign! Instructions Remind Staff…

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LibGuides Profiles – Your Library. Your Librarian.

December 6, 2012 | By Talia
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A Librarian’s Guide to Etiquette posted a great blog item this week on the hilarity of creating the perfect LibGuides Profile picture.  All jokes aside, we’ve heard from many libraries that adding a profile pic really *does* increase patron familiarity and comfort level when approaching librarians. So picking a good picture is important – and here’s why. We all call 1-800 customer service numbers and chat online with nameless faceless support. Interacting…

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LibAnswers and LibChat Updates Now Live!

November 29, 2012 | By Sarah
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Good Morning Springyland – we’ve rolled out a LibAnswers and LibChat update! This time around we’re focusing on some of your most requested features – here’s the highlights reel: LibChat Updates File Transfers – Patrons and Librarians can now share files via chat, all with the click of a button.* Operator-to-Operator Chat – We’ve made it easy to chat with other online LibChat operators. Just click on another operator’s name,…

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LibCal Update Now Live!

November 5, 2012 | By Sarah
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The LibCal Update is now live! Check out our previous post or the video walkthrough for an overview of all the Calendar changes we’ve implemented. In addition to the major Calendars overhaul, we’ve added several frequently requested features: Keep Track of Patrons with Room Bookings We’ve added new tools to the Room Bookings area to help you keep track of the users that book rooms in your system! There’s a new checkbox…

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LibGuides Update

October 29, 2012 | By Sarah
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Sandy be darned! A hurricane can’t slow us down – the LibGuides Update is now live! We’ve got a bunch of exciting features to share. Friendly URLs are a whole lot friendlier! We’ve expanded the Friendly URL functionality throughout LibGuides! It’s now super easy to assign a friendly URL to most static pages within LibGuides, including: Individual Pages in a guide Subject Category Pages User Profile Pages Group Homepages Even…

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LibCal Update, Coming Soon!

October 29, 2012 | By Sarah
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Awesome new LibCal calendars are coming your way. We’ll perform a code update on November 5th, to introduce many new features to LibCal. There will be no downtime. The biggest change you’ll notice is the way Calendars display – they’ll be much more flexible, super customizable, and a whole lot prettier. View a video walkthrough of the awesome new features. jQuery Calendars – yeah! The new Calendars are based on the…

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Your Secret Weapon: The LibGuides Community

October 10, 2012 | By Sarah

Last week, we read a great article by Joyce Valenza on her NeverEndingSearch blog in School Library Journal. She mentions several excellent resources for digital curation, and as you might imagine, one of them happens to be our favorite – the LibGuides Community. Here’s a quick excerpt: Lately, I find myself using LibGuides in ways never expected. Sure, as a member of the community, I can ask a fellow curator if I…

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