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Using Verify to Simplify Library Card Sign-Ups and Renewals

First impressions matter, and for libraries, the patron experience starts the moment someone registers for a card. A seamless, efficient process not only welcomes new patrons but also saves valuable staff time. Join us for our February Learning Lab: Using Verify to Simplify Library Card Sign-Ups and Renewals, where guest speaker Amber McLain will share how the Lakeland Library Cooperative enhances the registration process with automated account creation and card renewals using Patron Point’s Verify program. Amber, the Member Services Manager for the cooperative, oversees patron-facing technology that supports 41 libraries across eight counties in Michigan, serving more than 150,000…

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New LibWizard Interactive Tutorials

LibWizard Interactive Tutorials are here! With Interactive Tutorials, you can create an engaging learning experience for your students and patrons using interactive hotspots, callouts, and questions built into your slides. Interactive Tutorials launched for all LibWizard Full systems in December 2023, but if you haven’t had a chance to check it out or you want some more info, we’ve got two upcoming webinars! What can you do with Interactive Tutorials?…

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Code Release: LibCal, LibAnswers, LibStaffer, LibGuides, LibApps, LibWizard, & LibInsight Features Coming Your Way!

These releases are on their way to you next week, and will be live in all regions by the end of the day on Friday, February 9th, 2024. LibCal We’ve added a Free Image Library to the Create Event screen, which makes it very easy to find images from Pixabay to use as featured images in your events! Our new Remotelock integration is certified and ready! We have new bulk…

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A New Integration: LibChat & LibKey Nomad++

We’ve got some great news for you on this lovely Friday afternoon – LibKey Nomad++ from Third Iron can be integrated with Springshare’s LibChat to help your library meet users wherever they’re researching! LibKey Nomad++, an enhancement of LibKey Nomad, is a browser extension that enables access to a library’s full-text resources as research is conducted online. LibKey Nomad provides one-click access to full text from sites like PubMed, Wikipedia,…

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Present With Springshare at PLA 2024!

LibLearnX is in our rearview mirror, and the Springy Team is gearing up for a busy conference season! With our newly formed Public Library Division, we’re especially excited for PLA in Columbus this April. Here at Springy HQ, we’re busy preparing, but there’s one thing that would make PLA the best conference ever – you! Join us for a flash presentation! There are many reasons to attend a conference –…

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Where’s Springshare the Next Few Months?

Our conference calendar is filling up! Here’s a preview of where you can find Springshare between now and April. (Don’t worry – we’ve got plenty of conferences coming for the rest of the year. Stay tuned!) ALA LibLearnX – Baltimore, MD When: Saturday, January 20 – Monday, January 22 Where: Baltimore Convention Center, Booth #1016 At the end of this week, the Springy crew is braving the brisk January temperatures…

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A Platinum Win for Patron Point in 2024 MLAs by LibraryWorks

Awards Season is upon us! No, we’re not referring to the Golden Globes or Academy Awards; we’re talking about the red-carpet event of the library world, the Modern Library Awards from LibraryWorks. We are thrilled to report that our email marketing and engagement tool, Patron Point, has received a platinum award in the tenth annual MLAs. This is the third consecutive year Patron Point has received the honor!  The MLAs…

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Top 10 Springshare Blog Posts of 2023

2024 is already off to a running start, but we’d like to take a moment to reflect on the past year. In 2023, we added Patron Point to the Springshare lineup, introduced new features and interfaces built for today’s modern libraries, and shared fun tips and examples from the Springy team and our client community. Let’s get into it – here are the top 10 blog posts of 2023! 1….

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New Springy Public Library Division!

If you’ve ever sent along a feature request during a support interaction or through the Lounge, you know that we take our users’ needs very seriously. So seriously that our tools have evolved over the years to meet the changing needs of the library community. Lately, we’ve noticed our public library users have grown; there are around 1,100 public libraries using Springy Tools around the world! We’ve also noticed that…

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Yearly Wrap-Up + Springy Holiday Schedule

The end of the year is almost upon us! We’re here to show you how to prep your Springshare tools for staff vacations and shifting hours – so your final week of 2023 goes as smoothly as possible! So before you set that Out-of-Office message, make sure you take a look at this handy guide that our wonderful Springy Support Team has put together. This guide will give you all…

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RemoteLock Integration with LibCal Spaces

Are you tired of keeping track of keys for your building’s public-use rooms? Study rooms? Conference rooms? Meeting spaces? Are those keys always going missing, even when attached to giant heavy blocks of wood and a metal chain? We completely understand AND commiserate. Several Springys were librarians and remember those days of tracking down missing keys, calling locksmiths, and watching the cycle repeat over and over again. Well, no more!…

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