PUBLIC LIBRARY SOLUTIONS
LibAnswers with LibChat
A Multi-Platform Communication Tool for Public Libraries with Online Chat, Helpdesk, and SMS Functionality
Your All-In-One Reference Solution
Ticketing & Helpdesk
Never miss a question again with LibAnswers’ elevated virtual reference tool!
- Expedite Response Time: Route every question to a central location where you can respond, designate, and track the status.
- Offer Multiple Channels: Give patrons communication options with their choice of web forms, emails, chats, or SMS messages.
- Streamline Workflows: Boost efficiency with ticketing hierarchies, task reminders, and custom notifications.
- Customize Messages: Save staff time with personalized email templates, confirmation messages, and signatures.
Fully-Featured Chat System
Join thousands of libraries worldwide who have adapted LibChat as their comprehensive chat system.
- Respond Instantly: Wow your patrons with lightning-fast customer service that can be embedded on any webpage.
- Exceed Expectations: Offer personalized service with screen and file-sharing and seamless integration with LibApps
- Be Approachable: Librarians are humans too! Proactively prompt chats, set friendly profile images, and add emojis to your chat.
- Customize Availability: Control when and where your LibChat widget appears to seamlessly answer questions in real time.
Customizable & Searchable FAQs
Get ahead of the game by providing patrons with answers to questions before they need to ask!
- Build a Knowledgebase: House all necessary information, including videos and documents in one central location.
- Maintain Structure: Categorize and group FAQs with customizable look & feel, topic structure, & visibility settings.
- Anticipate Inquiries: Save time by easily spotlighting the answers to questions you know come up most often.
- Share Effortlessly: FAQs are searchable and can be shared through chats, widgets, and search & discovery layers.
Built-in Standardized Surveys
Simplify quality of service assessment with custom scales, parameters and specifications.
- Gather Feedback: Automatically send follow-up questionnaires so you can continuously make improvements.
- Offer Guidance: Introductory messages and thank you screens provide essential info and boost response rates.
- Refine and Boost: Use gathered data to your advantage to identify strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for growth.
- Elevate the Experience: Use the Net Promoter Score℠ add-on to gain access to a trusted industry-standard tool.
Meet Your Patrons Where They Are
Custom Web Forms
Design personalized web forms using a variety of field types. Pose the perfect questions to deliver the perfect answers!

Chat Widgets
Transform any webpage into a library reference hub. Our embeddable widgets are here to make problem-solving a breeze.
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SMS Messaging
Provide instant access to your knowledge-base. Seamlessly respond to inquiries through SMS/Text messaging from a local number.
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Screen and File Sharing
Sometimes, the clearest answers come from a little show and tell! Easily provide visual instructions with screen & file sharing features.
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Powerful Chatbot Functionality
Let Chatbot be your first point of contact and immediately route patrons to ready-reference answers or transfer them to live chat operators. Chatbot is rule-based, not AI-based, which means that you're in control of the entire user experience.
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Features Public Librarians Love
Advanced Notification Settings
LibApps Integration
Customized Queues
User Privacy
Reusability
Statistics & Reporting
Offer Chat Reference Service 24/7

For patrons seeking human expertise while the library is closed, the 24/7 Global Chat Cooperative is the solution! Gain access to hundreds of highly skilled librarians, delivering quality reference coverage for libraries during any time of the day.
Ready for the Next Steps?
Join thousands of libraries worldwide who use LibAnswers to improve and enhance customer service, and ensure every question from a patron gets answered accurately and efficiently. We'd love to share more info, examples of real-world usage, and organize a demo for you and your colleagues.