Enter Liberty Digital – the integrated library system built for complex, high-value collections and challenging user needs. But even in well-run libraries, some of its most useful features tend to fly under the radar.
Here are 5 features worth rediscovering – each one designed to make your day easier, your service more visible, and your value harder to ignore.
1. The Liberty Link Mobile App: For Knowledge on the Go
The Liberty Link mobile app puts the special library or archive directly into the users’ hands. They can search the catalogue, access digital content, place requests, and receive alerts no matter where they are.
But the mobile app is more than just convenient for users. Library teams can also take advantage by carrying out practical tasks like stocktakes or weeding while moving through collections, rather than circling back to a desk later.
Why it matters:
Users stay productive, and your library remains relevant and proactive – especially to hybrid, remote, and field-based teams who don’t have time to “check later.”
2. Subpages: More Than Just a Catalogue
If your library system is only being used as a catalogue, you’re underselling its role.
Subpages are custom pages you can build within your library system. In Liberty Digital, this includes building onboarding hubs for new staff, practice-area collections, project-specific resources, or curated digital archives that engage users and guide them directly to what they need.
And with this feature, physical and digital resources can live together as a hybrid collection that’s organized around real workflows, rather than standardized formats.
Why it matters:
You’re no longer just storing information – you’re driving real impact by actively supporting the organization’s work in ways stakeholders notice.
3. Reports: Your Data Has a Story to Tell
Your data already knows what’s working. You just have to ask it.
Reporting tools in Liberty Digital offer insights into how your system is used. You can track popular search terms, searches with no results, digital content usage, and manage loan activity.
These aren’t just operational stats; they’re actionable data that reveal collection gaps and training needs, guiding your special library on where to invest, what to promote, and how to clearly communicate its value to decision-makers.
Why it matters:
You stop guessing. You start backing decisions with evidence. And suddenly, conversations about budget and relevance get a lot easier.
4. Single Sign-On (SSO): One Less Reason Not to Use the Library
User authentication is crucial for any library system’s security, however, every extra login is a tiny barrier that builds up.
Single sign-on is a feature in Liberty Digital that eliminates this barrier by allowing users to securely access their existing organizational credentials. No new passwords. No forgotten logins. No friction.
For library teams, it also means fewer access issues to manage and fewer interruptions to your day.
Why it matters:
The easier your resources are to access, the more they’re used – and the easier it becomes to demonstrate your library or archive’s value to stakeholders.
5. AI Metadata Assistant: Help with the Work That Never Seems to End
When digital collections grow fast, so does metadata entry.
Liberty Digital’s AI Metadata Assistant supports cataloguing by suggesting relevant metadata for digital items. It helps maintain consistency, improves discoverability, and reduces the manual effort that slows teams down.
Your team stays in control, AI supports the work, and the time savings are evident.
Why it matters:
Your collections stay usable and searchable without metadata becoming a time burden.
The Bigger Picture: Why These Features Matter in Practice
These 5 features matter because they reflect how modern special libraries and archives actually operate – by helping them:
- Save time without cutting corners
- Make their expertise more visible across the organization
- Support growing digital collections without growing workload
- Avoid the quiet risk of being underused or undervalued
If you’re already using Liberty Digital, these tools are waiting for you. But if you’re exploring new options, seeing them in action is the fastest way to understand what’s possible. Contact us today to book a Liberty Digital demo and see how your library system can work as hard as you do.