[Web4lib] Re: [lita-l] Equipment Checkout Software that Handles Pools

[brazic at myuw.net]

We are a public library system and are just in the process of deciding to purchase the evanced solutions software http://www.e-vancedsolutions.com/ that will allow us to reserve and check out equipment. There is a lot of nice functionality including the ability to add images to the records. We'll be using this internally on our Intranet. It comes with a meeting room booking function that can be used independant of the equipment booking.

We looked at another product eventkeeper http://www.eventkeeper.com/ that has a lot of the same functionality as evanced. It may or may not handle equipment booking well. We didn't look into it closely.

Colleen Brazil
Content Access Manager
Sno-Isle Libraries
www.sno-isle.org

On Tue, 27 Nov 2007, Andrew K. Pace wrote:

> Chris,
> Why not use your integrated library system?  It circs, it holds, it 
> notifies....why reinvent the wheel? That's what we do at NCSU.  We simply 
> create a bibliographic record for each model device and then an item/barcode 
> record for each item.  In the case of laptops, we have an added entry field 
> which ties the item back to our IT inventory barcode as well so we can keep 
> things in synch.
> More details on our lending service are here:
> http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/learningcommons/devices.html
>
> -Andrew
>
>
> Cox, Christopher N. wrote:
>> 
>> Has anyone purchased a software package or written something to handle their 
>> equipment checkout?  At UW-Eau Claire we circulate laptops, digital cameras, 
>> and video cameras as well as rooms,  and need a product which can handle 
>> varying borrowing periods and online reservations as well as handle pools of 
>> items (we have 100 laptops for rent and want students to be able to reserve 
>> one, but not necessarily reserve a particular one).  We currently have a 
>> homegrown system which has failed twice in the last month and is no longer 
>> being maintained by the author.  Any ideas would be appreciated.
>> 
>>  Thanks,
>> 
>> Chris.
>> 
>>  Christopher Cox
>> 
>> Assistant Director of Libraries
>> 
>> Editor, Internet Reference Services Quarterly
>> 
>> University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire
>> 
>> 105 Garfield Avenue
>> 
>> Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004
>> 
>> Phone:  (715) 836-4454
>> 
>> Fax:  (715) 836-2949
>> 
>> Email:  coxcn at uwec.edu
>> 
>>  
>
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