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Back to School Checklist
The telltale signs are starting to show. Campus orientation tours are rolling past office windows. Freshmen are enrolling in classes. The energy on campus is starting to build. These are all signs that...
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LibGuides – Monthly Statistics Updates Now Live
Earlier this month, we rolled out a huge statistics update - huzzah! We’ve heard lots of good feedback about the new functionality – words like “awesome”, “fascinating”, and “super cool” have been...
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Monday’s LibGuides Server Issues Post-Mortem
We waited until today to post the explanation behind yesterday’s LibGuides connectivity issue because we wanted to make sure that the fixes we deployed took care of the issue. Here’s what happened: a...
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Your Secret Weapon: The LibGuides Community
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...
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LibGuides Update
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...
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LibGuides Profiles – Your Library. Your Librarian.
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...
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Holiday Breaks Approaching? Let your patrons know!
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:...
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Tick Tock, Time is Running Out! Submit your SpringyCamp Proposal Today
We’re seeking SpringyCamp proposals, occurring April 26th, and there are only two days left to get your submission in! What is SpringyCamp, you’re probably asking yourself! SpringyCamp is...
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Teen Tech Week: Spotlight on LibGuides for Teens
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...
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Curtains for Google Reader but our show still goes on!
Some might say that we’re a tad psychic here at Springshare. Others might say we’re a bit wackadoo. In fact, both of these groups are right! When we heard that Google is retiring their RSS feed...
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LibGuides Mini Update
Spring is in the air, and we’ve got tons of new features to share! This latest LibGuides mini-update is a prelude to the larger style refresh happening this summer. But don’t let the “mini” fool you –...
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Springshare’s Getting Flashy!
The ALA Annual Conference! A time of year to meet up with old friends, learn new things, eat delicious food, and visit your fave library vendor, of course! Well this year, we’ve got several surprises...
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LibGuides: The Next Generation!
2007 2013 It’s been 6 years since LibGuides was first released and oh, my, what a ride it’s been! Almost 4,000 live sites, 55,000+ librarians using it, hundreds of millions of page views every month,...
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LibGuides & Faculty Collaboration = Scholarship to ALA
Graduate Assistant Laura Browning was on a mission! She wanted to cultivate a strong collaborative relationship between faculty in the English department and the library’s instruction program at...
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Springy Products, Public Libraries, and Younger Adults
No one has given them a cutesy label yet—thank goodness for that—but 16-29 year olds have been identified by Pew Research as a key and, in many ways, surprising demographic for public libraries. The...
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Awesome LibGuides Customization – With a Twist!
There are three things you should know about Oregon State University. First, their mascot is Benny the Beaver. Second, OSU has more majors and minors than any other University in the state of Oregon –...
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LibGuides Sneak Peek Webinars
We’re super excited – the LibGuides sneak peek webinars start this week! We’re offering sessions for our customers a couple of times a week over the next few weeks, and yes, for those of you outside of...
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LibGuides v2 Beta Site Requests
We’re happy to announce that LibGuides site admins can now request a LibGuides v2 beta site via your LibGuides v1 Admin dashboard! We know the anticipation has been building and we appreciate your...
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Getting Ready for the Transition to LibGuides 2
LibGuides 2 is coming, and everyone’s eager to make the make it happen. The creation of beta sites — a key step in the process — will be getting started soon. (Admin accounts: if you haven’t requested...
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LibGuides & Librarian Savvy Help Solve a Mystery
Students at Boston College, with a little help from a librarian and her LibGuide, helped solve a mystery that began a century ago in a Chinese orphanage. The students, undergraduates at BC studying...
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