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December 3, 2024 | By Kelsey
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It’s December, and you know what that means-year-end roundups are everywhere! From books to albums, it’s the season of reflection. But we’re shaking things up with a Springy twist, bringing you our very own highlight reel: the best webinars of Autumn 2024. Think of this as your ultimate excuse for a little professional development indulgence. Grab a plate of cookies, lock your office door, and dive into this curated list of instruction and inspiration from our favorite sessions. It’s the perfect way to wrap up the year and get ready for the one to come! Note: All videos are password-protected….

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New Options for Moderating Comments in LibGuides

May 4, 2008 | By Slaven
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We have added a few new options in LibGuides for dealing with comments. As local LibGuides sites become more popular and replace Google and Wikipedia as *the* sources of reliable information (just kiddin’, but hey – nobody knows information better than librarians, so why not?) the issues with comment spam may become a problem so we have built in a few safeguards for LibGuides administrators to deal with this. There are…

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Improved Guide Layout

May 4, 2008 | By Slaven
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Based on user feedback we have made a few changes to the guide layout. The result is a cleaner and more standardized interface for visitors who are looking at your LibGuides. 1) We have added “breadcrumbs” in the upper left corner, just below the banner. Here, visitors will find links back to the LibGuides homepage, and back to your institution’s homepage. 2) The search box is now centered on the page,…

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New LibGuides Release with Important New Features

May 4, 2008 | By Slaven
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We are very pleased to announce the release of several important new features in LibGuides. As a true web application, LibGuides is a “work in progress” and we are adding new functionality to the system all the time, based on the feedback and requests from our user community. This is, among other things, one of the perks our institutions get for the annual license – they are always assured the latest…

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Monthly LibGuides Stats – April 2008

May 1, 2008 | By Marc

Here are the most recent cummulative stats for the LibGuides community. Community Sites: 183 Librarian Accounts: 3001 Total Guides: 6565 Total Pages: 34,747 Number of Visits 177,824 Monthly Page Views: 2,660,335

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Exporting LibGuides Reports to Excel

April 23, 2008 | By Marc

To further support integration with 3rd party applications and services, LibGuides can now export its statistics reports into two new formats. The “Plain” option will display your report in a new window, formatted in such a way that it can easily be copied and pasted into another application or sent to your printer.  The “Excel” option will allow you to view the selected report in Microsoft Excel, or any other…

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Full Text Search in LibGuides

April 13, 2008 | By Slaven
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We’re pleased to announce the availability of full-text search in LibGuides. The full text search is available on individual LibGuides sites as well as for the community site (if you haven’t checked out the community site yet, what are you waiting for? – http://community.libguides.com). Unlike our previous search function which only searched the guide titles/descriptions/tags, the new search is true full text, i.e. it searches all content in LibGuides. The search…

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Dublin Core (DC) metadata in LibGuides

April 11, 2008 | By Slaven
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Based on feedback and ideas from our clients we are pleased to announce the availability of Dublin Core metadata in individual guides. This will help your catalog and search products index the guides more effectively. So far we’ve included the standard set of DC meta tags (see example below), but if you think we need to include more of these meta tags, please let us know. For example, if you check…

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Beyond Research – LibGuides at DePauw University

April 9, 2008 | By Marc
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Tiffany was nice enough to send us an email this week, showing an innovative way that DePauw University has expanded their LibGuides system beyond subject-based research.  She describes the project focus as follows… “While we value our role in supporting curricular and research needs, academic librarians should also support their students’ needs for extracurricular, recreational, health, and other information, just as a public library does. We can and should provide resources…

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Springshare @ CIL Conference

April 1, 2008 | By Marc

Just a reminder that Springshare will be at the Computers in Libraries (CIL) conference next week in Arlington, VA.   If you are attending the conference, please set aside some time to come by booth #214 and say hello.  We will be doing live demos of LibGuides and will have product brochures available – perfect for taking back to the director or purchasing officer at your library! During the conference there will…

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LibGuides – 150th Member Site!

March 29, 2008 | By Marc
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With the addition of Springfield Technical Community College this morning, the LibGuides membership has grown to 150 sites! Our community has grown by an impressive 60 sites since January, and we are expecting even better things for the remainder of the current school year. LibGuides would not be nearly this successful without the support of our excellent community members, so THANK YOU to all the LibGuides advocates out there. As…

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