Evanced http://evancedsolutions.com Solutions for 21st century libraries Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:55:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Peek-A-Book Total Access http://evancedsolutions.com/peek-a-book-total-access/ http://evancedsolutions.com/peek-a-book-total-access/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:55:08 +0000 Christine http://evancedsolutions.com/?p=3063 Have you heard about our newest product, Peek-A-Book Total Access?

Peek-A-Book Total Access is a web-based product that allows your library to select children’s book trailers and share them with your library patrons.  Your staff can select from hundreds of titles and then share them through the Peek-A-Book Total Access website or through your library website.  It’s a great way to empower your youngest readers to make their own reading decisions while also improving collection circulation rates.

Check out the Peek-A-Book Total Access Product Page for more information.

]]> http://evancedsolutions.com/peek-a-book-total-access/feed/ 0 Important Announcement for our Events and Room Reserve Customers http://evancedsolutions.com/important-announcement-for-our-events-and-room-reserve-customers/ http://evancedsolutions.com/important-announcement-for-our-events-and-room-reserve-customers/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:46:28 +0000 Christine http://evancedsolutions.com/?p=2995 Dear Evanced Customers –

We recently discovered that the code for Events and Room Reserve has an error within in it that could allow for malicious access by hackers and/or impact software performance.

We’d like to make it clear that no customer or patron data has been compromised by this issue, however, we are taking measures to fix it immediately.

Due to the nature of this particular code issue and because of our strong commitment to both customer and patron privacy, we are requesting that ALL Evanced customers upgrade their Events and Room Reserve sites as soon as possible.

If your Events and/or Room Reserve sites are host on Evanced Servers and you were already on Version 7 or higher by January 1, 2012 then your site has been updated to the most current version (7.17) and that newest enhancement resolves the code issue.

If your sites are hosted by Evanced but are on a version older than 7 OR if your site is hosted by you on your own server, please contact us to arrange a specific upgrade day/time.

Your version information can be found by clicking on the “About” link located on the maintenance side of the products.

PLEASE NOTE: If an appointment for upgrade is not arranged by February 3rd, we will be automatically upgrading your site if it is hosted on our servers.

To view a full list of feature changes in Versions 7 and higher, please visit: http://kb.evanced.info/article.php?id=86

Contact us at support@evancedsolutions.com to arrange your upgrade day/time.  Please allow our support staff some time to respond to your inquiry. Your requests will be responded to in the order received. We appreciate your understanding and patience with us.

Thank you for being an Evanced customer -

The Evanced Solutions Team

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As BranchAnywhere was being set up, many students and parents came up asking when they could use the new location!  It was exciting to hear that so many community members were waiting for the set up to be complete!

We received this photo today – it was a busy grand opening!

For more information on BranchAnywhere, visit the product page or contact our sales team at sales@evancedsolutions.com .

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If you’re attending ALA Mid-Winter conference in Dallas, please stop by booth 904 and say hello.  We’re bringing our almost-famous librarian pins…so stop by and pick one up! Stop by and get a sneak preview of the newest version of Events before anyone else, sign up for our new newsletter “Program Pages” and check out Peek-A-Book Total Access.  Claudia, Sabrina, Rob and Christine will be there to answer your questions and tell you more about new products.

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The Facebook functionality must be turned on by the Evanced Support staff.  You can contact them at support@evancedsolutions.com to request Facebook functionality in Events.

Here’s a screen shot from the Auburn Hills Public Library (Michigan):

Facebook Like Viral Marketing with Facebook and Events

And here’s a sample from our test Facebook page that demonstrates what it looks like on your patron’s Facebook page:

Patron Page Facebook Viral Marketing with Facebook and Events

It’s a great way to build viral marketing for your library events and helps library users remember library events they are interested in!

Let us know if you have any questions.

Christine  Ayar Illichmann
Marketing / Customer Success Coordinator
Evanced Solutions
cayar@evancedsolutions.com
support@evancedsolutions.com

]]> http://evancedsolutions.com/viral-marketing-with-facebook-and-events/feed/ 5 Want to run a winter reading program? We can help! http://evancedsolutions.com/want-to-run-a-winter-reading-program-we-can-help/ http://evancedsolutions.com/want-to-run-a-winter-reading-program-we-can-help/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:09:20 +0000 Christine http://evancedsolutions.com/?p=2807 We can hear you now.  You had the best of intentions to host a winter reading program in 2011-2012.  But it’s been busy and you just haven’t had time to get things set up!

We can help!  We have two great winter themed templates for you that are easy to upload to Summer Reader.  Plus, Upstart has a selection of matching prices available at low prices so that you can offer great incentives.  We even built posters to help with promotion!

What are you waiting for?  Check out the Winter Reading Templates!

Happy New Year!

 

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Have more questions?  Contact Support at support@evancedsolutions.com.

 

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We wish you all a wonderful holiday!

~ The Evanced Solutions Team

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http://evanced.info

http://host.evanced.info

http://host2.evanced.info

http://host4.evanced.info

http://host5.evanced.info

This maintenance should only occur in the early morning or late evening this weekend and should only last for a few minutes.

Thank you for your patience with us,
Evanced Support Staff

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