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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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Springshare & LibGuides at ACRL Seattle

March 12, 2009 | By Marc

One more reminder that Springshare will be attending the ACRL conference in Seattle this upcoming weekend.  Please visit us at Booth #639 and be sure to bring your questions and suggestions related to LibGuides! More importantly, there are seven (!!) presentations discussing real-world examples of LibGuides and its impact on student research.  You can find a list of these presentations on the Springshare Lounge ACRL page or by viewing the ACRL conference program.

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Honorable Mentions

March 3, 2009 | By Marc

Online discussions of LibGuides are coming at a fast-and-furious pace these days; here are a few of our favorite blog posts and reviews from the last few weeks: Loving LibGuides – The Unquiet Librairian A week or so ago, my library’s subscription to LibGuides went live!  I have designed three research pathfinders so far, and I am totally in love with the clean design I can produce with ease… Instructional…

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Monthly LibGuides Stats – February 2009

March 1, 2009 | By Marc

Here are the most recent stats for the LibGuides community!  Despite being a short month, new records were set across the board, with all-time high numbers of unique visitors and page views.  February was also the first time that our community reached over 1,000,000 individual visits in a single month! Community Sites: 525 Librarian Accounts: 8757 Total Guides: 28,858 Total Pages: 163,486 Unique Visitors: 451,842 Page Views: 13,601,087 Site Up-time:…

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Item Linking and Reusing of Content

February 16, 2009 | By Slaven
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After a few months of working on this (thank you to all our clients who suggested and contributed to the idea), I am very pleased to announce a major step in the evolution of LibGuides: item-level linking and reusing of content in the system. Say what? Here’s the scoop… Previously, you were able to “link to” (i.e. reuse) the LibGuides pages and the LibGuides content boxes. For example, you’d create…

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LibGuides Member Site #500

February 9, 2009 | By Marc
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We are very happy to announce that with the addition of Creekview High School this evening, our LibGuides community has grown to 500 member libraries! Thank you to all the LibGuides users out there for your great feedback and for promoting our community on your blogs, Twitter feeds, poster sessions and conferences. We are on pace to have another great year, and we are looking forward to seeing what innovative…

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Updating the LibGuides Facebook Apps.

February 5, 2009 | By Slaven
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Some of you may notice that our three Facebook applications are unstable (or even not working) for the next couple of weeks. Do not be alarmed – we are working on updating (in fact, re-writing) all three of our FB apps to take advantage of the new Facebook API. It was frustrating to have to change the code all the time because Facebook API kept changing (from the original specifications, in the early days) so…

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Monthly LibGuides Stats – January 2009

February 1, 2009 | By Marc

Here are the most recent stats for the LibGuides community! Community Sites: 492 Librarian Accounts: 8236 Total Guides: 25,962 Total Pages: 163,486 Unique Visitors: 327,142 Page Views: 10,615,000 !!

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Wrapping Up A Successful Webinar Series

January 28, 2009 | By Marc
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Last week, Mazen Khoury and Kristiana Burk presented the final session in the ‘user experience’ webinar series. Many innovative ideas were presented during these sessions, and the response from the LibGuides user community has been overwhelmingly positive. We at Springshare would like to thank Kristiana and HowStuffWorks.com for all the hard work that went into creating these sessions, and we look forward to working with them in the future! For…

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User Experience Webinar Reminder

January 21, 2009 | By Marc

LibGuides / HowStuffWorks user webinar #8 – the last of the current series – is scheduled for this Thursday at 3pm Eastern. The Information Amusement Park: Make Learning Fun: Discovering information doesn’t have to be boring. Learn how to incorporate different types of marketing and browsing techniques, editorial calendars, scavenger hunts, polls, and more to encourage page views and return visitors. -and- Mix It Up: a Thematic Approach to Organizing…

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User Experience Webinar Reminder

January 14, 2009 | By Marc

LibGuides / HowStuffWorks user webinar #7 – “Taking it to the Next Level: Layered Content” – is scheduled for this Thursday at 3pm Eastern.  You’ve pulled together your first set of subject guides using some of the core resources from your collection. Learn how to use “layered content” like image galleries, top 10 lists, quizzes and more to drive page views while creating a more holistic view of a topic….

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