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LibAnswers Best Practices

Standards for working with tickets and analytics, submitting FAQs, and updating systems statuses.

Ticketing Queues

We use ticket queues to effectively and efficiently respond to library patron inquiries. There are currently five active ticketing queues:

  • Reference Desk
  • Special Collections & University Archives
  • E-Resources
  • Access Services
  • ILL

Access & Notifications

Access and permission levels are assigned at the queue-level and are based on whether the user works directly in the queue.

  • Admin — Includes department heads/leads for a given queue.
  • Regular —  Includes all other library staff and librarians that work directly in a given queue.
  • Limited (Notes Only) — All users have at least this level of access to all queues.

Email notifications for new tickets are configured at the queue-level and are based on whether the user works directly in the queue. Notifications are only sent to users with 'Admin' or ‘Regular’ level permissions in a given queue.