Integrating Multiple Springshare Tools Into Their Homepage
Bridgewater University Library
"Our homepage includes a slide-out chat box (LibChat), FAQs (LibAnswers), and our library’s hours (LibCal)."
- Ellen Dubinsky
Houston Community College
"We integrate LibChat with a widget on our homepage, LibAnswers with the Q&A feature, LibWizard with forms and surveys, and LibInsight.
We've embedded a LibInsight dashboard into a LibGuide which has auto-updating Google Analytics data, in real time!"
Edgewood College
"We make use of LibCal and LibAnswers. On our homepage, we’ve added a “Today’s Library Hours” widget from LibCal, and a LibChat widget and FAQ link to LibAnswers.
I’m also planning on adding a site-wide search tool using the LibApps search sources, but haven’t implemented that yet."
University of Liverpool
"LibAnswers has literally replaced the hundreds, if not thousands, of webpages we had that 'answered' students queries......which they had to find by 'guessing' their way around the old site’s navigation. Now, they just type in a word into the LibAnswers search box and the autocomplete does its job."
Furman University
Furman University created a custom script pulling from LibCal's Hours API to display the library's hours on every page in their LibGuides CMS powered website.
Making chat available on every page was also another priority for Furman, and LibAnswers' LibChat made it easy to embed that functionality into their headers.
Woodbury University Library
Great use and integration of LibApps subscriptions on their homepage:
- View Library Hours via LibCal;
- View a list of Upcoming LibCal Events;
- LibWizard Forms for Suggest a Purchase
East Tennessee State University
LibCal integrations abound on this ETSU library website! From customized today's hours widgets, upcoming calendar events widgets, and links to the My Scheduler and Room Bookings - this homepage makes full use of the LibGuides/LibCal integrations.
Stevenson University Library
With quick links to their LibAnswers and LibCal Room Bookings and My Scheduler, students can quickly ask questions and self-serve.
Plus, they have embedded LibCal Hours and shortcuts to their LibGuides E-Reserves!
The Culinary Institute of America
The CIA Library makes use of the sidebar style LibAnswers LibChat widget.
Their 'Suggest a Purchase' form is a LibWizard form to boot!
Southern New Hampshire University
The SHNU Library has their LibAnswers LibChat widget right in their header and a LibAnswers FAQ search box front & center on the homepage. Upcoming events pulls dynamically from a LibCal widget and their Library Newsletter is a LibGuides Blog!
Univ. of Oklahoma Health Sciences Library
OUHSC uses integrated LibCal for library hours and events. LibWizard for all their library forms. And the LibGuides E-Reserves Module for managing and displaying course reserves.
Walden University
"We embed LibApps content into our guides whenever possible, including: a University-wide FAQ search (LibAnswers); upcoming library webinars (LibCal); student doctoral research appointments (LibCal's MyScheduler); chat service and hours (LibChat and LibCal Hours module); library system alerts (LibAnswers Status Management module); and a "report a broken link" form (LibWizard).
What we're most excited about though is the new unified search that brings together our guide content, A-Z list, LibAnswers FAQ, and our discovery service, which we recently launched on the Walden Library's homepage and throughout our website." - Heather Westerlund
Wentworth Institute of Technology
WIT Library makes use of LibCal on their LibGuides CMS powered website.
Using LibCal, they display Library Hours effectively & efficiently.
University of Suffolk
"We are using LibCal in a number of ways, we use the My Scheduler for one-to-one appointments for our Academic Librarians, Academic Skills Advisors and our Digital Learning Specialists. We have recently rolled out the My Scheduler system in a pilot project for a Business School academics to allow students to book personal tutorials." - Aaron Burrell
University of Worcester
Right on the homepage, the 'Status' tab at the top reveals the current status of library services, including their website, library search, and eresources, integrating with the Status Management tool in LibAnswers. They began using LibAnswers to manage their ask a librarian enquiry services as well as powering their publicly-searchable knowledgebase of FAQs.
St. Clair Community College
This library makes good use of LibCal by showcasing their Room Bookings and Today's Hours.
Students can search LibAnswers FAQs or email a question using their 'Contact the Library' link.
Berea College
Showcasing their LibAnswers Email and SMS/Texting services right on the homepage alongside their LibCal Library Hours and My Scheduler widgets.
Chattanooga State Community College
- Book a LibCal Study Room and view Library Hours;
- Start a real-time chat LibAnswers LibChat;
- Schedule research help using a LibWizard form;
- Submit Feedback using a LibAnswers form widget;
