About Slack

Slack is the Library's chat-style communication tool. The UCLA Library workspace is part of the campus-wide 'Enterprise Grid', and can be used to communicate with anyone on campus.

Slack can be accessed through a browser, or a desktop or mobile app. See slack.com/downloads for app downloads.

Join the Workspace 

Our Slack workspace is called UCLA Library, found at uclalibrary.slack.com 

Active students, staff, and faculty can request access by signing in at ucla.enterprise.slack.com and searching for "UCLA Library". Other departments and groups are listed, too.

Your UCLA Logon ID is required for login.

Add Display Name

By default, only your UCLA Logon ID will be searchable in Slack. To help people find you, edit your profile to include your display name.

Note that your profile is shared across all UCLA Slack workspaces

Help Using Slack

Slack has extensive support documentation for how to use their services. You can find their knowledge base here: get.slack.help

If you have a question or need assistance, please visit the Technology Service Portal or inquire in the #slack_talk channel.

There is also a channel in the main UCLA workspace called #slack-help

Slack FAQs

Can non-UCLA people join as guests?
Yes, they can join as a single-channel or multi-channel guest. Please submit a ticket with the person's name and email and Slack admins can extend an invitation.

How private are Slack messages?
Slack is a professional tool for work, and should be considered about as private as email. DMs and private channels are only readable by the people in them (short of a subpoena), but note that it is not difficult to create and share a screenshot of any content in Slack.
It is not a true end-to-end encrypted platform like Signal or iMessage.

My settings changed, what happened?
As part of the migration to the Enterprise Grid in July 2021, default settings from the grid may have overwritten settings you previously had, and there is not a way to switch back. Please review Slack's "Your profiles & preferences" page for help on changing settings, including notifications.