LibCal

LibCal lives up to its name as a comprehensive calendar and event management platform designed for public libraries.

• Programming Made Easy: Create unlimited events with custom filters for categories, branches, and audiences.
  
  
• Streamlined Management: Registrations, waitlists, attendee stats—oversee it all from within LibCal!
  
  
• Discoverable Events: Promote your events everywhere your patrons are with embeddable widgets and eye-catching printable flyers.
  
  
• Automated Email / SMS Communication: Keep patrons in the know about their upcoming events. 

Your patrons can easily discover bookable spaces at your library.

• Groups of Any Size: Whether you have large meeting rooms for hundreds of people or small study spaces for a group of two—LibCal can handle it all.
  
  
• Self-Serve: Give your patrons the power to book a room 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 Polly Patron 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.

LibCal's add-on Lending Hub module is designed to handle unique collections of all shapes and sizes.

• Embrace the Unconventional: Lend games and puzzles, cake pans and craft equipment, telescopes and coding kits—the possibilities are endless!
  
  
• Easy Browsing: Allow booking from anywhere with equipment widgets and use custom categories for streamlined sorting.
  
  
• Build Excitement: Draw patrons 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.

Go beyond the library's walls with Tickets & Passes, a module within the add-on Lending Hub!

• Let's Go!: Manage and lend passes for local museums, zoos, aquariums, and cultural institutions.
  
  
• Physical or Digital Passes: Offer both physical tickets picked up at the library and digital passes delivered directly to your patron's email inbox.
  
  
• Easy Maintenance: Manage each institution's information and availability, including closures and holiday exceptions.
  
  
• Manage Access: Implement pass limits or require a library card number and PIN to reserve your library's passes.

Patrons can book one-on-one consultations with your team, online or in-person, from their computers or smart-devices.

• Set Staff Availability: Set up appointment locations and types such as passport application, 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. 
  
  
• Easy Scheduling: Mobile-friendly interface and anytime booking ensures that patrons can schedule when they want.