L4U Enterprise Circulation gets a Facelift

The L4U Enterprise Circulation screen has undergone a major facelift, with a new layout and several new features like the New Freedom Dashboard. All information can easily be displayed on a 1024 x768 resolution monitor, and there is now much less clicking involved in circulating items to your Patrons.

Patron and Item information are now shown side by side removing the need for scrolling.

The Freedom Dashboard allows for one click switching between Circulation Modes; Auto, Incoming Only, Outgoing Only and Status Check.

Toggled Searching - The Search Button at the top of the screen toggles the viewing and searching for Patrons or Items so you can search easily without scrolling or jumping to results.

One Click Reserves - Simply search for the Item you wish to reserve and click its' corresponding Reserve button.

One Click Renewals - Within the Item Out information box there is a new "Renew Item" button allowing for easy renewals of individual items out to a particular Patron

 

 

Dymo Twin Turbo Label Printer Winner!

 

L4U Guru

Dear L4U Guru:
Is it possible to circulate items in and out during inventory?

Inventory Newby

Dear Inventory Newby:
Yes, it is possible to conduct Inventory without interrupting the daily activities of the library. Once Inventory has been activated in Preferences, the process can begin in the Circulation screen. It is important to remember that the user must still toggle between Inventory and regular Circulation while in the Circulation screen.

1. Functions > Circulation
2. Click Inventory - The Inventory Control screen will appear
3. Click Activate Inventory
4. An Alert screen appears, click OK

Inventory is now ready to proceed through Circulation. The lower left hand corner of the Circulation screen will display a message stating, You can now take Inventory. Turn this off when you're ready to restore normal circulation. The message Added to Inventory will appear in the Item Status box for each item entered.

Note: Items checked In during Inventory will be assigned a status of "In Inventory". This status change does not inhibit circulation and can be globally changed back to "In" after the Inventory process is complete.

Yours truly,
L4U Guru

 

 

Take your L4U Knowledge to the Next Level

L4U Headquarter Based Training
A great opportunity for the L4U trainees to meet our talented staff and see of our headquarters and the beautiful Okanagan Valley in Kelowna, BC. Classes include handouts, refreshments and lunch. The next scheduled classes will be held in July on the following dates.

July Training

• Facilitator Training - Tuesday, July 13, 2010
• Introduction to L4U Platinum - Wednesday, July 14, 2010
• L4U Platinum Intermediate Training - Thursday, July 15, 2010
• L4U Platinum Advanced Bookings Training - Thursday, July 15, 2010
• L4U Platinum Advanced Training - Friday, July 16, 2010

 

Online Training
Our online training classes are a big hit with L4U newcomers as well as experienced L4U veterans. Online training allows you to learn from the convenience of your own computer, without incurring any travel expenses. You do not need L4U open or even on the computer for the training session. We use our installation of L4U and present via the Internet. Cost effective, targeted training lets you choose what and when you learn. L4U offers the following options for Online training;

Premium Online Training - One and a half hour specialized sessions, with limited class sizes to allow for interaction with the trainer. Enrollment information and upcoming dates are available through Client Corner

Personal Online Training - One on one interaction with the trainer, on the topics that best suit your needs.

• More information is available here

 

 

Join L4U in your Area

L4U will be attending conferences across North America this summer. We would like to invite you to join us at one of the following locations to learn more about how L4U helps improve your library and how we strive to bring patrons and resources together.

• International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Conference
  Denver, CO, US, June 27-30, 2010
• British Columbia Teacher-Librarians' Association (BCTLA) Conference
  Kelowna, BC, CAN, Oct. 21-22, 2010

 

 

Announcing Al Christie,
L4U's new Business Development Manager

We are pleased to welcome Al Christie to the L4U family in the new position of Business Development Manager. In this role, Al is responsible for positioning L4U in the marketplace to maximize Sales and Service Revenue and for supporting the Sales process. Al brings over 20 years of experience in K-12 Education S/W development, sales and services.

Al's previous experience was entirely with IBM Canada. His first 10 years were spent in various Finance & Accounting positions. He claims he grew bored with debits and credits all day so he made a career switch to IBM's K-12 Education unit as a network support tech where he got to work with 0s and 1s all day instead.

Al held various roles in IBM's K-12 Education unit over his 20 years including Support & Services manager, S/W Development manager and Brand manager. A strong customer focus and a passion for K-12 Education enabled Al to build IBM's K-12 unit's Service business from $0 to $4M annually. As a Senior K-12 IT Architect, Al also consulted with school boards across the country and Caribbean assisting them in strategic IT Infrastructure design and minimizing the Total Cost of K-12 IT Ownership.

Al, with his wife, two teenage daughters, two cats and a dog came to the Okanagan a couple of years ago eventually settling in Summerland. Moving to the Okanagan with its healthy outdoor lifestyle had been a dream of the entire family for a decade. Al enjoys wine, tennis, hiking, fishing, investing and more wine!

 

 

Welcome to the L4U Family

Library 4 Universal would like to welcome the following sites into the L4U family: