Public Computer & Print Management:
Automated Library Patron Services (ALPS)
One Product - A Complete Solution
ALPS is a feature-rich integrated public computer management system available for purchase or on a subscription basis. It automates the management of the computers and printers in your library, thus freeing staff to attend to more important issues. ALPS is powerful, easy-to-use, and tightly integrated with most ILS packages. There are no up-front costs with ALPS, and in many cases its annual subscription cost is lower than the support and maintenance fees other companies charge.
The product comes with standard features such as access and time control, patron authentication, print management, statistics collection, automatic reservations and waiting lists, and remote management. This combination of management features reduces the amount of time your staff spends on mundane tasks and enables them to get back to what they really need to be doing — providing service to patrons. And, unlike many other products, ALPS provides everything to completely manage your public computing environment in one total package.
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- Time Control
- Print Control
- PC Sign Up
- User Authentication
- Remote Manager
- Statistical Reports
- Technical Requirements
ALPS fully supports academic and public environments, including access and time control, reservations and waiting lists, even when each patron logs onto Windows with a unique user name. The system allows the library to set up any combination of reservation and waiting list groups within the system, even within the same branch.
ALPS also features an exclusive Remote Management function that allows staff and patrons to interact with the system through a standard graphical interface. Multiple staff members can perform staff functions simultaneously from the convenience of their own work areas. And through ALPS' multilingual user interface the library can add an unlimited number of additional languages to the system. ALPS fully supports thin clients through Windows Terminal Services.
ALPS is an integrated product; you are assured that all features work together seamlessly.
