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LibCal Best Practices

Standards for managing events, appointments, group study rooms, and hours.

Maintain Your Appointments

Setup, configure, and manage your appointments.

What You Need to Know About Appointments

  • Appointments are primarily used by liaisons — Liaisons use this tool to make it easy for patrons to book consultations with them.
  • Appointments integrate with your USFCA Google Calendar & Zoom — Syncing your LibCal Appointments with your Google Calendar ensures that patrons can only book you when you're actually available. If the appointment is online, a Zoom link will automatically be generated.
  • Appointments can be booked for in-person or online and be set for 60/30/15 minutes — You can choose the modalities and appointment durations you would like to offer to patrons.
  • Access points for patrons — Appointments can be made from a few places on the library website: