February 23rd, 2010
We loved this blog post:
http://aclayouthservices.blogspot.com/2010/02/mini-conversations-early-bird-src.html
It was written by the folks at the Allegheny County Library Association Youth Services Division and gives a roundup of ideas they have for promoting summer reading!
The ideas focus on this year’s Collaborative Summer Library Theme: “Make A Splash: Read!” But can be made to fit whatever your program theme may be.
We love the idea of placing a “secret clue” each week on your Summer Reader site, which encourages participants to keep coming back.
What fun ideas do you have for summer reading? We can’t wait to see!
February 23rd, 2010 evanced
Indianapolis, IN – February 23, 2010 – Evanced Solutions announced today that the newest
release of their popular Summer Reader product is now available. The 8.0 release brings new
features and functions to customers as they begin preparations for a new year of summer reading.
The release features many changes driven by the requests and needs of Evanced customers.
Over thirty changes, additions, and features can be found in the newest release including:
- Integration with Facebook
- Addition of “patron goal” and “program goal” progress bar graphics
- Improved advanced search features
- Ability to export all report types into Excel
A complete list can be found at http://storage.evanced.info/docs/SR_2010_Features_List.pdf.
For additional information about version 8 visit the Evanced Solutions blog at
evanced.blogspot.com and the Evanced website at www.evancedsolutions.com.
Evanced Solutions offers additional capabilities and flexibility with the newest release. “We’re
always striving to create software that improves the summer reading experience for library users
and streamlines work for library staff,” explains Rob Cullin, co-founder of Evanced Solutions. “The
new Facebook features and graphics are a part of the effort to continually make our products timely
and relevant.”
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Evanced Solutions offers software and dedicated service
for libraries of all types and budgets. Online tools include event calendaring, registration, meeting
room booking, summer reading management, and library materials vending all designed to better
attract and engage the communities libraries serve. For a free webinar and for more information on
Evanced Solutions and their products, visit www.evancedsolutions.com or call (888) 519-5770.
February 11th, 2010 evanced
Introducing: Frequently Asked Questions by Larry Woodhouse, Evanced Training Coordinator. Every few weeks, Larry will be responding to the most asked question or questions he is receiving in training webinars and will pass those answers on to you!
Q: How Do I Edit A Single Date in A Recurring Event?
A: There are actually about three different ways for doing this. One of the easiest is to go the event calendar from the staff side by clicking on “Calendar/Registration”. Locate and click on the event on the actual date. Then click “Edit Event” at the bottom of the page. This opens the event date in Edit Mode and you can change the Event Time, Location, Description, etc. But you are only affecting this one date in the event series; the other dates will remain as they are.
As an alternative, go to Add/Edit/Archive and locate the recurring event. It will show all the dates that the event takes place. Click on the date that you want to edit. Again, this opens that specific date in Edit Mode. The changes you make will affect that date only. The rest of the event series will not be touched.
Lastly, you can also uncheck “Combine Recurring Events” and click Search. This separates the event into its individual dates. You can now select the individual date and makes any changes this way, too.
Please note, however, that if you change certain information for an individual date, such as the date or the time, and then make a change to the entire recurring event, it may overwrite the change you made to the single date. Should you edit a single date in the series and then, sometime later, make a change to the entire recurring series, you will see a warning message when you click Save. The message will look like this:
“There are individual events within this recurring series which have different properties than the series. Click ‘Cancel’ to go back, or ‘OK’ to proceed with overwriting them.”
Most of the changes you make to the individual dates will not be overwritten, but the possibility exists and so the message is there as a warning that it might happen.
As always, please contact us at support@evancedsolutions.com if you have any questions.
Thanks,
Larry Woodhouse
Training Coordinator
Evanced Solutions
support@evancedsolutions.com