Userful October 2006 Newsletter

Userful October 2006 Newsletter

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Featured DiscoverStation Deployments

Garfield County Public Library (CO) has rolled out 44 DiscoverStation seats in six branches.

Prince Memorial Library (ME) has added DiscoverStation. We're very pleased to welcome our first library in Maine.

Huron County (ON) has added more DiscoverStation seats and now use the system at six of their branches.

Welcome to better Public Computing!


New DiscoverStation Release

Userful and several customers bave been testing DiscoverStation 4.2-15 in October. The update adds several new features and addresses a number of issues reported by customers, including printing enhancements, numerous performance, an updated Flash plugin, and feature updates to DiscoverAssist

A complete list of changes can be found in the DiscoverStation changelog .

Customers will automatically receive updates throughout the next week.


Featured Feature: DiscoverStation's Multi-Lingual Features

DiscoverStation can configured to use many different keyboard layouts, in addition to the standard North American QWERTY keyboard layout (for example, the Brazillian ABNT2 layout, or even the DVORAK layout).

The applet for switching the keyboard layout is at the bottom-left of the screen next to the ?Start Here? button:

The keyboard layout can be changed by simply clicking on the applet. If the DiscoverStation was configured to offer more than one keyboard layout, the keyboard layout code should change (up to a maximum of four times depending on the variety of keyboard layouts configured to be offered). If the DiscoverStation was configured to only offer one keyboard layout, then clicking on the applet should produce no visible change. To Configure the Keyboard Layout Switcher: Up to four keyboard layouts can be offered at any one time on the DiscoverStation, and this can be configured through Network Personalizer:
Note that the offering of keyboard layouts is computer box specific. That is to say, the choice of keyboard layouts that are being offered will affect all stations that are connected to the same computer box; there is currently no way to specify certain keyboard layouts to certain stations only.


Library News From Around the Net:

Share your DiscoverStation experience - The MaintainIT Project collects stories on challenges and successes of working with PACs. Based on these stories, we will identify best practices for maintaining PACs, and create a series of guides tailored to specific libraries. Most reliable search tool could be your librarian - CNET examines the pros and pitfalls of Internet research vis-a-vis traditional reference librarians.

Contact Userful today to find out how DiscoverStation allows libraries to enhance patrons' access to your library's digital resources.


Single User DiscoverStation: Your Hardware, Our Software and Support

Userful's fastest growing product has nothing to do with turning one computer into ten. Single User DiscoverStation is the public computing package our customers love installed on their existing hardware. Our Complete software and support package can now easily be installed on your existing PC's. To learn more about DiscoverStation Single-User, visit our website .


Sign Up to Reserve Your Place in a Group Demo

Now you can experience DiscoverStation live over the Internet direct from any (Java enabled) Web browser
• Monday, November 6 @ 9:00 am MST (11:00 am EST, 8:00 am PST)
• Tuesday, November 21 @ 1:00 pm MST (3:00 pm EST, 12:00 PST)

To register, visit our demo page .


Come Meet the DiscoverStation Team at one of our Upcoming Events

See DiscoverStation in action at one of our many events this fall:
New York Library Association: Saratoga City Center, Saratoga Springs, NY, November 1-4, 2006. Come see DiscoverStation at the Internet Cafe

California Library Association: Sacramento Convention Center, Sacramento, CA, November 10-12, 2006. Come see DiscoverStation at the Internet Cafe

The DiscoverStation team will demonstrate DiscoverStation's latest features including DiscoverAssist. Also pick up your free DiscoverStation trial.

To view a list of all upcoming Userful events, please visit our events page .


Take a Quick Tour of DiscoverStation for Libraries

Any time, day or night, you can learn more about how DiscoverStation will improve your library's public computer program by watching one of our Flash demos. Join the hundreds of people who test drive DiscoverStation every month. Visit: http://userful.com/products/library-ds-demo

You can also download our latest documentation and product guides at http://userful.com/support/documentation


Download a Free DiscoverStation Trial Today

Turn any PC into a DiscoverStation. It's now even easier to take advantage of DiscoverStation's complete public access solution. Sign up today to download a trial version of DiscoverStation. Visit http://www.userful.com/download/

Your Userful representative will be glad to help you with downloading and installation.

 
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