LibGuides How-To Guide

NOTE: If you create a friendly URL for your appointment calendar, you will need to add /online or /king to the end of your URL for Zoom or in-person appointments, respectively, e.g. booking.sjlibrary.org/appointments/YourName/online.

Set up your appointment calendar in LibCal

You can set up your availability for consultations in LibCal and then embed an appointment widget in your LibGuides profile so students can make appointments with you directly from your LibGuides.

Here is information from Springshare on setting up your appointment calendar and creating an appointment widget in LibCal:

1. Add availability times to your appointment schedule (Availability tab)
2. Customize your personal appointment settings (My Settings tab)
3. Customize your personal appointment booking form (Booking Forms tab)
4. Create and use an Appointments widget (Widget/Embed Code tab)

Note: You can restrict bookings by e-mail domain, so only those using an sjsu.edu address can book an appointment: 

IMPORTANT: When creating your widget, make sure you select "Only myself, but at a particular location/group" under Users to Show. The location will either be Online via Zoom (SJSU) or SJSU Library (In-Person). 

Add the appointment widget to your profile box

Once you've gone through the four steps above, go to your profile page in LibGuides, scroll down to Widgets, click on Empty, and paste the embed code into the box:

This is what the link in your profile box will look like: