Hi all, We are exploring options for self-service faxing here at Romulus. Does anyone have something like this? Do you have a public machine you let patrons use? Is it done through a scanning component? Online? What is the monthly charge, if there is one? Any patron feedback? Anything you can tell me will be a big help and I'll share the results with the group if requested. Thanks! Jessica Wilhoite Assistant Director/Youth Librarian Romulus Public Library 11121 Wayne Rd. Romulus, MI 48174 (734) 942-7589 Serving Romulus and Huron Township Residents “I see libraries and librarians as front-line soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination.” -Neil Gaiman
We bought an Envisionware Library Document System a couple of years ago. Not cheap but well worth. It is a self serve scan or fax machine, and can be set up to be free or coin op. The front end software is very intuitive, and while patrons do occasionally require help they have proven they can figure it out for themselves. Connie On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 4:11 PM Jessica Wilhoite via Michlib-l < michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:
Hi all,
We are exploring options for self-service faxing here at Romulus.
Does anyone have something like this? Do you have a public machine you let patrons use? Is it done through a scanning component? Online? What is the monthly charge, if there is one? Any patron feedback?
Anything you can tell me will be a big help and I'll share the results with the group if requested.
Thanks!
Jessica Wilhoite Assistant Director/Youth Librarian Romulus Public Library 11121 Wayne Rd. Romulus, MI 48174 (734) 942-7589
Serving Romulus and Huron Township Residents
*“I see libraries and librarians as front-line soldiers in the war against **illiteracy and the lack of imagination.” -Neil Gaiman*
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GDL also has an LDS from Envisionware at our largest branch. We do not charge for scanning or emailing from it (patrons login using their own email accounts). We do charge for printing. I think we’ve had it for about 3 years now. If I recall correctly it was about $8k. At our smaller branches we have a Xerox printer/scanner/fax that staff can use to scan to usb for patrons at no charge. Those machines run about $350-$550 depending on if it’s B&W or color. Dave David Conklin Director Genesee District Library (810) 230-3335 Office (810) 732-1161 Fax dconklin@thegdl.org<mailto:dconklin@thegdl.org> Genesee District Library Headquarters 4195 W. Pasadena Avenue Flint, MI 48504 From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> On Behalf Of ConnieJo Ozinga via Michlib-l Sent: Monday, January 14, 2019 8:10 AM To: Jessica Wilhoite <jwilhoite@romuluslibrary.org> Cc: michlib-l <michlib-l@mail.mcls.org> Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Self-Serve Fax We bought an Envisionware Library Document System a couple of years ago. Not cheap but well worth. It is a self serve scan or fax machine, and can be set up to be free or coin op. The front end software is very intuitive, and while patrons do occasionally require help they have proven they can figure it out for themselves. Connie On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 4:11 PM Jessica Wilhoite via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org>> wrote: Hi all, We are exploring options for self-service faxing here at Romulus. Does anyone have something like this? Do you have a public machine you let patrons use? Is it done through a scanning component? Online? What is the monthly charge, if there is one? Any patron feedback? Anything you can tell me will be a big help and I'll share the results with the group if requested. Thanks! Jessica Wilhoite Assistant Director/Youth Librarian Romulus Public Library 11121 Wayne Rd. Romulus, MI 48174 (734) 942-7589 Serving Romulus and Huron Township Residents [cid:image001.jpg@01D4ABEB.0ED102B0] “I see libraries and librarians as front-line soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination.” -Neil Gaiman _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@mcls.org<mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org> http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l -- Connie Jo Ozinga Library Director Commerce Township Community Library 180 E. Commerce Commerce, MI 48390 (248) 669-8108 x101 www.commercelibrary.info<http://www.commercelibrary.info> Raising a reader is: Talking * Singing * Reading * Writing * Playing The information contained in this electronic message is intended only for the use of the designated recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, use, dissemination, forwarding or copying of this message is strictly prohibited, and we request that you delete the original message and all attachments.
Here at CIDL we purchased a TBS SimpleScan Station, it is similar to the Envisionware product, and does scanning and faxing that are needed. Scanning we do not charge for, but faxing is $.50 / page. [Bill] From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org] On Behalf Of David Conklin via Michlib-l Sent: Monday, January 14, 2019 9:25 AM To: ConnieJo Ozinga <cjozinga@commercelibrary.info>; Jessica Wilhoite <jwilhoite@romuluslibrary.org> Cc: michlib-l <michlib-l@mail.mcls.org> Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Self-Serve Fax GDL also has an LDS from Envisionware at our largest branch. We do not charge for scanning or emailing from it (patrons login using their own email accounts). We do charge for printing. I think we’ve had it for about 3 years now. If I recall correctly it was about $8k. At our smaller branches we have a Xerox printer/scanner/fax that staff can use to scan to usb for patrons at no charge. Those machines run about $350-$550 depending on if it’s B&W or color. Dave David Conklin Director Genesee District Library (810) 230-3335 Office (810) 732-1161 Fax dconklin@thegdl.org<mailto:dconklin@thegdl.org> Genesee District Library Headquarters 4195 W. Pasadena Avenue Flint, MI 48504 From: michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org> <michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org>> On Behalf Of ConnieJo Ozinga via Michlib-l Sent: Monday, January 14, 2019 8:10 AM To: Jessica Wilhoite <jwilhoite@romuluslibrary.org<mailto:jwilhoite@romuluslibrary.org>> Cc: michlib-l <michlib-l@mail.mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l@mail.mcls.org>> Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Self-Serve Fax We bought an Envisionware Library Document System a couple of years ago. Not cheap but well worth. It is a self serve scan or fax machine, and can be set up to be free or coin op. The front end software is very intuitive, and while patrons do occasionally require help they have proven they can figure it out for themselves. Connie On Fri, Jan 11, 2019 at 4:11 PM Jessica Wilhoite via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org<mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org>> wrote: Hi all, We are exploring options for self-service faxing here at Romulus. Does anyone have something like this? Do you have a public machine you let patrons use? Is it done through a scanning component? Online? What is the monthly charge, if there is one? Any patron feedback? Anything you can tell me will be a big help and I'll share the results with the group if requested. Thanks! Jessica Wilhoite Assistant Director/Youth Librarian Romulus Public Library 11121 Wayne Rd. Romulus, MI 48174 (734) 942-7589 Serving Romulus and Huron Township Residents [cid:image003.jpg@01D4ABF1.6FDF24F0] “I see libraries and librarians as front-line soldiers in the war against illiteracy and the lack of imagination.” -Neil Gaiman _______________________________________________ Michlib-l mailing list Michlib-l@mcls.org<mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org> http://mail2.mcls.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l -- Connie Jo Ozinga Library Director Commerce Township Community Library 180 E. Commerce Commerce, MI 48390 (248) 669-8108 x101 www.commercelibrary.info<http://www.commercelibrary.info> Raising a reader is: Talking * Singing * Reading * Writing * Playing The information contained in this electronic message is intended only for the use of the designated recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, use, dissemination, forwarding or copying of this message is strictly prohibited, and we request that you delete the original message and all attachments.
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Jessica Wilhoite