Springshare Solutions For Your Public Library

No room monopolizing here, unless they booked it to play Monopoly

Spaces Bookings Made Simple

LibCal makes managing your rooms and spaces painless.

Features:

• Organize Spaces - Divide study rooms, computer stations, and maker spaces into categories with separate booking restrictions and policies.
• Building Utilization - See which of your rooms are busy, and which parts of your spaces get the most traffic.
• Flexible Space Availability - Designate what times spaces are available each day. Set padding between bookings to reduce patron overlap, close spaces for cleaning at certain times of day, or both!
• Restrictions - Create rules for booking multiple time slots, consecutive bookings, booking frequency, how far ahead of time patrons can book, etc.
• Mediation - Require staff approval for some rooms while others are un-mediated.
• Details - Upload a picture, add directions, description, form fields, and terms and conditions.
• Charge for Reservations - Define rates and discounts. LibCal calculates the total payment required to complete the reservation.
• Stats - Get detailed stats and see how your spaces/rooms are being used, when, and by whom.

The Public-Booking Webpage is Beautiful, Straightforward, and Accessible

Students and patrons can book a library space on a desktop, laptop, tablet, or smartphone. It's even possible to integrate with digital signage inside your library.

Seat reservations - A new option for a new way of managing in-person visits

Great for: reading chairs, computer stations, study tables... anywhere that needs to be reserved and monitored, really!

For libraries that need to juggle more than just room reservations, we’ve introduced Seats: a Spaces add-on that harnesses the flexibility and power of our popular booking tool. Plus:

• Contactless check in/out functionality - Each seat has its own QR code, and each booking has its own unique three-digit code, for contactless check-ins and easy booking confirmation.
• Bulk Seat management - Add a set of seats in one fell swoop and toggle each one as active/inactive so you can adjust seating availability on a dime.
• Automatic capacity calculation - No need to do the math... LibCal calculates your max building, department, or area capacity based on the number of active and inactive seats in your system.

Interested in Seats? Head on over to the Building Reopening page for the full rundown.