Create Accessible Wayfinding for Your Spaces and Collections
Wayfinding Assistance for Any Size Library
Enhance your library's accessibility and user experience for a welcoming atmosphere that invites patrons to explore and engage.
- Easy Navigation: Ensure that your space is easy to navigate whether your patron is looking for a room, event, or collections.
- Nested Maps: Create nested maps so users can drill down from a floor to an individual room.
- Embed Maps: Highlight your maps in your library website or ILS for easy visual navigation and discovery.
- Welcoming Library: Foster a welcoming environment that encourages exploration and engagement with your library.
Help Patrons Navigate the Stacks
Streamline your library's services with LibMaps, ensuring patrons can quickly and efficiently locate the resources they need.
- Effortless Sharing: Help patrons find special collections or your help desk by sharing persistent URLs.
- Easy Updates: Built-in spreadsheets allow libraries to easily upload a list of existing stack call number ranges.
- Personalized Directions: Add a "Map It" button directly to your ILS to help patrons find exactly what they're looking for.
- Printable Signs: Use LibMaps to easily print range signs for your stacks.
Find Events and Appointments Easier Than Ever
Simplify library management and enhance user experience with LibMaps' seamless LibCal integration.
- LibCal Integration: LibMaps integrates seamlessly with all of LibCal's tools to make librarians' jobs as easy as possible.
- Easy Wayfinding: Users can view a detailed visual map for their upcoming events and reference appointments
- Appointment Integration: LibMaps integrates with LibCal's Appointment Scheduler to allow users to book and view appointment locations.
- Library of Things Lending: Highlight your Library of Things equipment locations for easy lending.
Spaces and Seats Booked Through LibMaps
Optimize library spaces and services with tools for both patrons and staff.
- Real-Time Availability: This innovative tool allows patrons to view the real-time availability of various spaces and seats within the library.
- Direct Booking: With just a few clicks, patrons can book directly from the interactive map for any date or time.
- Room Monitoring: Library staff benefit from the ability to monitor which rooms are occupied at any given moment.
- Resource Management: Staff have enhanced ability to manage room resources and provide top-notch service.
Interactive Floor Plans
Patrons can see real-time availability of spaces and seats, and can book right from the map. Add hotspots to show information about library facilities, various departments, staff offices, and more!
Collection Level Mapping
Integrate your ILS to get the most out of LibMaps. Add a clickable "Find It" button to your library catalog. Offer your patrons a "Browse the Collection" view for in-library browsing.
Real-Time Space Booking
Patrons can view real-time availability of LibCal Spaces and Seats, and make a reservation, directly from the Interactive Map. Patrons can easily book and find where they're going without extra assistance.
Mapping Technology Designed for Accessibility
LibMaps uses SVGs for the best viewing experience across devices. Maps stay sharp and readable at any scale, ensuring clear navigation and accessibility. If you need assistance creating SVG files our Consulting Team can help.
