Costs savings will be quite significant. Shelf List cards were mailed to SIRS on January 8th. A partial shipment of shelf list cards was received at the Canadian site on the 20th of January. A receipt printer has also been ordered. The entire system should be shipped to Dixon Library sometime in February.
Staff hopes to being inputting patron records when the software is installed.
Diane Schroeder from SIRS was at the library on January 14th. Diane did a more in-depth staff demonstration of various software programs and answered staff questions regarding program specifics. Public reaction to the library's new hours has been positive. Science, parenting and travel sections are being updated. Numerous new books have been purchased in these areas.