ACADEMIC LIBRARY SOLUTIONS
LibCal
Room Bookings, Appointment Scheduler, Equipment Lending, Event Management, and More
Your Go-To Reservation & Appointment Tool
The Well-Appointed Appointments Scheduler
Students can book one-on-one consultations with your team from their computers or smart-devices.
- Set Staff Availability: Set up appointment locations and types such as special collections access, tech assistance, research help, and more!
- Customize Appointments: Create in-person, online, or hybrid appointments and define durations and padding times.
- Advertise Your Appointments: Add a "Book Me" widget to your LibGuides profile box or embed widgets on external websites for easy booking.
- Easy Scheduling: Mobile-friendly interface and anytime booking ensures that users can schedule when they want.
Coordinate Bookings for Study Rooms and More
Users can easily discover bookable spaces at your library.
- Groups of Any Size: Whether you have large meeting rooms, small study rooms, or seats in the computer lab—LibCal can handle it all.
- Self-Serve Options: Give your users the power to book a room or seat and check in for their reservation where, when, and how they want.
- You're in Charge: LibCal comes with detailed options for your reservation forms, booking mediation, and even room usage charges for your different categories of spaces.
- Monopoly-Free Zone: Worried that Sammy Student will book every room from now until the end of time? Get peace of mind with robust room settings that ensure that you're in control.
Lend Unconventional Collections
LibCal's add-on Lending Hub module is designed to handle unique collections of all shapes and sizes.
- Embrace the Unconventional: Lend anatomical models, instructional kits, technology equipment—the possibilities are endless!
- Easy Browsing: Allow booking from anywhere with equipment widgets and use custom categories for streamlined sorting.
- Build Excitement: Draw users in with images and descriptions, then offer a shopping cart experience for simplified checkout of multiple items.
- Stay Organized: Easily keep track of upcoming bookings, serial numbers, replacement costs, internal notes for staff, and so much more.
Manage Calendars, Events, and Registrations
LibCal lives up to its name as a comprehensive calendar and event management platform designed for libraries.
- Programming Made Easy: Create unlimited events with custom filters for categories, locations, and audiences.
- Streamlined Management: Registrations, waitlists, attendee stats—oversee it all from within LibCal!
- Discoverable Events: Promote your events everywhere your students are with embeddable widgets and eye-catching printable flyers.
- Automated Email / SMS Communication: Keep students and faculty in the know about their upcoming events.
Meeting the Needs of Today's Users


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Users can reserve spaces or equipment, schedule appointments, and register for events from any device. LibCal makes booking on the go a breeze!

Add the SMS notifications module to start sending your users text message reminders about their upcoming events, appointments, study space reservations, or equipment bookings.

Students and faculty can browse availability, book rooms, and check in on tablets mounted outside your library's bookable spaces or at designated booking kiosks.
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Smart Lock Integration
Enable automatic locking/unlocking during the booking duration if you have smart locks installed for easy automation.

Easy-To-Use, Comprehensive Features
Centralized Hours Module
User Authentication
Event Calendars
Event Registration Management
Embeddable Widgets
Statistics & Reporting
Ready for the Next Steps?
LibCal has wide-ranging calendaring and booking functionality that every public library can use. We'd love to provide more info, share examples of real-world usage, and organize a demo for you and your colleagues.