LibraryH3lp Features

Everything you need to help customers without the bloat.
Real-time chat with snapshots and screensharing, professional backup staffing, texting, FAQs, and email.

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Add chat to any web page Chat

answering incoming chats from your web pages

Answer incoming chats Chat

Protect guest privacy Chat

  • No personally identifable information required to chat.
  • No cookies.
  • We do not track.
  • Chat transcript storage is optional and disabled by default. If stored, transcripts can be deleted at any time.
  • IP addresses storage is flexible. Don't store IP addresses at all, store subnet only, or store full IP.
  • Optional end-to-end chat encryption (E2EE).
Example LibraryH3lp report screenshot

Ensure Quality Chat

  • Monitor on-going chats in real time. Intervene if needed by transferring chats to another staffer, branch, or department.
  • Learn from your past to improve your future service by reviewing past chats for categories and quality. Download metadata in CSV format for further analysis in any spreadsheet program.
  • Visualize your overall effectiveness and traffic trends with interactive graphs. Graph data available in CSV format.
  • Drill down into the details: chats by hour and day of week, chats per month, chats per queue, wait times by operator.
ChatStaff answers chats after-hours or when you are busy

Professional backup staffing Chat

  • Staffed by ALA-accredited librarians, not students.
  • Chatstaff librarians are employees – recruited, trained, and supported for provision of quality, speedy service.
  • Chatstaff is not a co-op. You never need to contribute coverage for other libraries in order to receive coverage.
  • Already have your own co-op? BYO co-ops work seamlessly. Home Team First routing keeps it local when your co-op is online, and Chatstaff has your back when it is not.
  • Years of experience serving academic & public libraries.
  • Create your own schedule or go all in with 24/7/365.
  • Knows how to work with your resources and places focus on licensed resources.
  • Chatstaff is priced separately from LibraryH3lp.
Guest side of SMS chat

Add Texting to Your Subscription SMS

  • Guests text your dedicated 10-digit number for help.
  • Incoming texts are instantly delivered to available staff. Use the same interface for answering texts & web chats.
  • Transfer texting guests to colleagues, just like web chats.
  • Integrated file sharing and e-mail transcript functions.
  • When chat is offline, guests receive your customized auto-reply. Guest messages are held until you are next online or forwarded to email.
  • Forward incoming voice calls placed to your texting number to your regular phone or helpdesk.
  • No phone or other hardware needed.
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Snapshots Sharing

  • Annotate screenshots or images to communicate an idea visually. Drawing tools include rectangles, arrows, lines, text, shadowbox, highlight, zoom, and crop.
  • During a chat, you can send snapshots to the guest on the fly. Guests can also share screenshots and images with you during a chat.
  • Integrates with email. Use the snapshot editor to annotate screenshots you insert into email drafts.
  • Use outside of chat or email in your daily workflows, like creating images for documentation, guides, tutorials, etc.
  • Works in any browser with no special downloads, plugins, or extensions.
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Screensharing Sharing

  • View the guest's screen in real-time when chatting.
  • Integrates with snapshots. Grab a snapshot of the guest's screen, annotate it, and send it to the guest on the fly.
  • Unlimited use of LibraryH3lp-native screensharing is included and you may freely grant 3rd parties (like consortia partners or backup staffing) access.
  • No awkward reliance on external screensharing software (like Zoom). However you could easily opt to use such tools if preferred.
  • Works in the browser with no special downloads, plugins, or extensions.
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Screencasts & Slideshows Sharing

  • Screencasts are silent recordings of your screen you can share with guests on the fly during a chat.
  • Transform your screencast into a slideshow by selecting and annotating frames to emphasize the steps you're illustrating. Drawing tools include rectangles, arrows, lines, text, shadowbox, highlight, zoom, and crop.
  • Use outside of chat in your daily workflows, like creating videos for documentation, guides, tutorials, etc.
  • Works in the browser with no special downloads, plugins, or extensions.
searching FAQs

Search FAQs FAQ

  • A 24/7/365 self-help resource for guests and staff.
  • Search suggestions update instantly as you type.
  • Sort search results by views, last updated, votes, or alphabetically.
  • Browse questions by topic.
  • Hover over previews to see the full answer.
  • Vote answers as helpful or not helpful.
  • Integrated chat box and e-mail contact form.
  • Automatic mobile version for guests on smartphones.
  • Embed your entire FAQ or portions within any web page.
LibraryH3lp FAQ builder screenshot

Build FAQs FAQ

  • Choose from 18 preset themes to get started.
  • Customize to match your website. DIY or take advantage of our free, personalized design service.
  • Make your FAQ public or keep it private for internal use.
  • Use in-place editing to easily update content while you are searching and using the FAQ.
  • Free friendly URLs. Use your own domain.
  • Don't start over. Import any existing knowledge base.
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Email Email

  • One-click tagging for email follow up later after a chat.
  • Receive information gathered from web forms.
  • Shared mailboxes organized by department or group.
  • Unlimited email archive with powerful search features.
  • Categorize email with tags.
  • Use the snapshot editor to annotate screenshots you insert into email drafts.
  • Forward email from external accounts to consolidate.
  • Forward text messages sent when chat is offline to email. Replies from email go back as text messages to guests.
  • Flexible notifications of new, incoming emails.
  • Customizable vacation auto-replies and signatures.
  • Prefer to use your existing in-house email instead of ours? LibraryH3lp's email integration points work just fine with that too.

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