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Surrey Public Library in BC recently purchased Room Booking software. The Library is glad to take this online approach to managing their bookable public spaces. Patrons will be able to look up room availability and place their requests from an Internet browser. Designated staff can mediate the requests. This approach…

In addition to being impressed with the high hit rate and display options for searches, staff at Culpeper County Public Library were impressed with the editing interface: cut-and-paste ability for an entire field from one record to another, and the easy-to-create and quick-to-run macros that let them edit batches of…

Salt Spring Island Public Library in BC has selected Convergent’s time and print solution to manage their public computers and printing. Convergent will be assisting with the installation and providing implementation assistance.

The library opened in 1960 and – after a 1964 expansion – was temporarily the only library in…

Library staff at St. Clair County Library System are looking forward to having online access to their schedules. Managers also appreciate the easy shift-replacement features and absence reporting.

Headquartered in Port Huron, Michigan, the St. Clair County Library System has 10 branch libraries and serves a population of about 160,000.…

The cataloguer at New Tecumseth Public Library in Ontario loves her new copy cataloguing helper, BookWhere Suite. After trying to find records for three boxes’ worth of graphic novels for a long time, she was very pleased to find high-quality cataloguing copy with BookWhere and to move them out of…

The Library looks forward to making their most popular titles available faster now that they have BookWhere to help them locate high-quality MARC records. They will also use BookWhere for original cataloging.

Boasting the world’s longest freshwater beach, Wasaga Beach has a population of fewer than 20,000 people but plays…

The Coldwater Memorial Public Library has selected BookWhere Suite for its copy cataloguing needs. The Library’s history dates back to the 1800’s when the settlement was an Indian Village called Gissinausebing (cold river) and books that had been brought from Scotland were kept in the Indian Agent’s home for people…

The City of Barrie is growing fast with more than 140,000 residents.   Up to now the City has relied on the large downtown Library to meet the needs of its residents.  But with large housing developments in the southeast and southwest, the City has been under pressure to respond to…

Thompson Nicola Regional Library has purchased more licenses for their PC Time Management system to serve their patrons’ growing needs.  The Library serves the Thompson Nicola Regional District in the British Columbia Interior, which is known for its spectacular and diverse scenery.  The District includes eleven municipalities including Kamloops and…

Georgian Bay Public Library has selected Convergent’s time and print solution to meet the needs of two of their locations in Honey Harbour and MacTier.  Convergent will be assisting with the installation and providing onsite implementation assistance.  This library system serves a small population in the winter and then experiences…