Userful September 2006 Newsletter

Userful September 2006 Newsletter

In this issue...

Featured DiscoverStation Deployments

Yakima Valley Regional Library (WA) has rolled out 60 seats of DiscoverStation including the Pre-Book PC booking & reservation system to its central library and six of its branches.

Sparwood Public Library (BC) Sparwood PL, a member of the Kootenay Library Federation has added DiscoverStation to their public services program.

Toole County Public Library (MT) has deployed DiscoverStation software on their existing PCs upgrading them from the Windows personal computer operating system to DiscoverStation: the worlds leading public computer management platform.

Welcome to better Public Computing!

Featured Feature: Promote Your Library With Network Personalizer

The Network Personalizer portal allows you to easily and non-disruptively promote resources and activities at your library in at least two different ways. First, you can update the Welcome Screen to show notices of upcoming events or new services by changing the background image or by adding a Welcome Screen message. Second, Session Profiles can be configured to automatically launch a web browser that opens with a new on-line resource, instructions for using a new service, a web-based interactive tour, or a library or community blog.

To leverage Network Personalizer to promote your library's services, simply log in at http://np.userful.com , click the Welcome Screen or Session Profiles icon, and supply an appropriate image or URL (remember to apply and update configurations for the changes to take effect).

And if you come up with any creative uses for branding that you'd like to share in the next newsletter, please drop us a line. There just may be some prizes involved...

Library News From Around the Net: Digital Library Round-up

There's a lot to ponder this month about the dynamic interaction between libraries and digital information.

First, SirsiDynix takes a look at the role of the new librarian and the role of technology. Is this more "2.0" for now?
• Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and Librarian 2.0: Preparing for the 2.0 World

Meanwhile, the British Library is trying to figure out how to balance the rights of content producers, the needs of content consumers and the role of Digital Rights Management in the library.
• ZDNet UK (news): British Library calls for digital copyright action
• PublicTechnology.net (background): British Library national digital archive endorsed by MP committee

In related news, The National Library of New Zealand and The British Library have teamed up to create a new web crawler tool that archives and indexes the web. While similar functionality already exists through Google and its cache, and the WayBackMachine Internet archive , the new system will also have permission, workflow and quality management. The crawler is expected to be released as open source software at the end of this year. Read more:
• Image and Data Manager Online
• m-net

Contact Userful today to find out how DiscoverStation allows libraries to provide a single point of access for your patrons to your library's digital resources.

Single User DiscoverStation: Your Hardware, Our Software and Support

Userful's fastest growing product in 2006 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 Single user, see http://userful.com/products/discoverstation-single-user .

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, October 9 @ 9:00 am MST (11:00 am EST, 8:00 am PST)
• Tuesday, October 17 @ 1:00 pm MST (3:00 pm EST, 12:00 PST)

To register, visit http://userful.com/products/request-demo .

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 .

More Library Blogs to Share with your Colleagues

More library blogs by popular demand:

• Boise State University Campus' Albertsons Library offers news useful to patrons and about librarianship in general: @thelibrary .

• "Jessica" from Rhode Island provides an interesting and perhaps uncommon perspective to librarianship in Exploring what it means to be a "cool librarian."

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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/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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