We know that autonomy is very important for library staff. With that in mind, we strive to provide you with tips and tricks that make your day-to-day workflows even easier and more manageable.
If you currently use our Reserve module, you may find it helpful that you can generate your own custom links to rooms for your customers, much in the same way you can do for Attend here.
Pre-filtered room booking options
By default, your Reserve room listing page displays a list of all publicly reservable spaces at all locations.
You can create customized, pre-filtered listings by using your customer-facing Reserve URL, adding a question mark, and then using the filter of your choice from the options below:
Filter by Location
To display a list of rooms at a specific location, add a question mark and the branch name like our friends at Daniel Boone Regional Library and Gwinnett Public Library have:
https://events.dbrl.org/reserve?l=Columbia+Public+Library
https://gwinnettpl.libnet.info/reserve?l=Centerville%20Branch
Filter by Room
To display a specific room, add the ID of the room, after roomId=. For example, the ID for the 'Anderson Room' at Seasons Library is '145'.
https://seasons.libnet.info/reserve?roomId=145
When editing a room, the ID is visible in the URL as a 3- or 4-digit number. Please reach out to the Customer Success Team if you’re unsure how or where to find the room numbers.
Room IDs can be found within Room Admin or Room Lists. Room Lists is a new feature that is being rolled out with our partners.
Filter by booking type
To display rooms that are only available to book by a certain user class, add the ID of the booking group type after bookingType=
Here is an example our friends at Regina Public Library are using to bring customers straight to their Digital Media Studios booking type:
https://rpl.libnet.info/reserve?bookingType=197
Please reach out to the Customer Success Team to obtain your ID's for your booking types.
Combining filters
You can combine filters by adding '&' between the filters.
For example, rooms available to book by user class '239' (Non-Profit) at 'Wintertown' location at would be:
https://seasons.libnet.info/reserve?bookingType=239&l=Wintertown
Remember, URLs cannot contain spaces. Locations with multiple words need a plus ‘+’ sign or ‘%20’ added where the space would be.
If you need assistance with your custom Reserve URLs, please reach out to the Customer Success Team, and happy linking!