Softlink proud to announce sponsorship of the 2010 SLA Weekend
25th May, 2010
Softlink is once again, proud to be the major sponsor for this year's SLA Weekend Course. The 2010 course, "The Magic Threshold: Step Into New Worlds", will be held from 25-27 June at the East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham. This yearly course has become an essential element of professional development for many school librarians.
Across the UK, thousands of schools use Softlink library software. An increasing number have switched to the web-based, versatile and technically advanced Oliver system. Oliver is easy to use, secure and kind to your network. Softlink can also host Oliver for you.
Oliver integrates with VLEs, including Frog, Moodle and Sharepoint, and with Admin systems. Oliver also now has the most intuitive OPAC on the market.
Softlink are hosting a morning session on Friday, June 26 from 10.30 - 12.30 in the Cavendish Hall showcasing how Oliver as a truly integrated library system can assist librarians, pupils and schools daily.
Topics on the day will include:
- Integrating library functions properly within a school-wide learning environment and across groups of schools - Real-time data exchange with VLEs – SSO & ID management across all applications - access to remote information sources - linking multiple libraries (clustering)
- Providing personalised learning for students - Control over personal accounts (from OPAC and from VLE) - saving searches – sharing resources with friends and colleagues - creating bibliographies - placing advance bookings - sending requests
- Creating state-of-the-art management and search facilities for hard-pressed library staff - The best looking new OPAC on the market - new circulation desk facilities - your choice of instant alerts - customisable screens – home page ‘widgets’ – new reports – easy creation of reading lists
We welcome you to this event at the SLA course weekend, our experience staff will be on hand to answer any questions you have. This session is open to everyone, whether you are a Softlink customer or currently use another library system and maybe looking to change. We will also be on hand at the exhibition on the Saturday, so if you are unable to make this morning event, please come along to our stand where we will be happy to show you Oliver and why we believe it is the best library system on the market.
