Introducing Aspen Academy

by Kelly McElligott on Dec 15, 2023

Introducing Aspen Academy: free professional development webinars!

One of our main goals with Aspen Discovery is to make Aspen easy for staff to customize and manage. In 2023, we were excited to bring you the Aspen Discovery Help Center- 24/7 access to support, tutorials, and how-tos for all things Aspen!

Starting in 2024, we are thrilled to announce the Aspen Academy - 1 hour, live Zoom sessions to dive into areas of Aspen Discovery and Aspen LiDA Administration.

Who is the Aspen Academy for?

We have been supporting libraries on Aspen Discovery for almost 4 years now! With monthly releases, that are a lot of change, improvements, and features to keep track of. We also know that libraries have promotions, turnover, and Other Duties as Assigned that lead to new job duties and needing new knowledge. Sometimes libraries going through an implementation might not be fully able to dive into an area of Aspen at that time and are now ready to learn more about certain Aspen topics.

If you identify with any of these or are just interested in learning more, then Aspen Academy is for you.

Upcoming Aspen Academy Webinars

Customizing Aspen to Your Brand

Monday, January 8, 2024. 11 am PT/2 pm ET

Click here to learn more about this session and to register!

Build Your Library Website in Aspen

Thursday, February 8, 2024. 11 am PT/2 pm ET

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Aspen for Administrators

Tuesday, April 16, 2024, 11am PT/2 pm ET

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Administering Aspen LiDA

Tuesday, May 14, 2024. 11 am PT/2 pm ET

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Learn More

Head over to our Aspen Academy website for more information about these upcoming sessions, agendas and more!

About Aspen Discovery

Aspen is a full-featured Discovery System that integrates with eContent and other third-party providers, giving your patrons comprehensive access to all of your materials in one place. Aspen combines your library catalog with e-content, digital archives, and enrichment from all major third-party providers. It also improves relevancy and ease of use, provides native reading recommendations, displays all formats of titles within one result (record grouping), and much more. With included features like web builder and mobile app (Aspen LiDA), Aspen was created to give users an improved experience over other Discovery systems, with less impact on library budgets.

For more information about Aspen please visit: https://bywatersolutions.com/projects/aspen-discovery