Comments on: Library Events Calendar Roundup

By: Cindy Hart

Cindy Hart — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:42:07 +0000

Trumba is another really great option! The Seattle Public Library has been using it successfully for some time now.

In Virginia Beach, the Library department provides more than 3,000 unique programs annually for Virginia Beach citizens. We need an online event calendar to both market to and register Virginia Beach citizens for library programs. In addition, an online event calendar allows the library to streamline internal processes, improve program registration and communication with citizens.

Unfortunately, budget cuts prevented us from subscribing to an online event calendar. Check out Trumba! The URL is http://www.trumba.com/connect/default.aspx

By: liberrian

liberrian — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:43:15 +0000

For another library events calendar, you might also be interested in engaged patrons. http://engagedpatrons.org/
it is free or very reasonably priced depending on the size of your library

By: Brian Herzog

Brian Herzog — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:10:48 +0000

@Jake: Thanks for the real link - updated.

By: Jake Paris

Jake Paris — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:04:52 +0000

Just fyi, the page you listed at Lewiston Public Library is used for staff (those w/o access to gCalendar) to check room availability. Not that it’s private, just that we’ve never offered it to the public. We do, however, have another public-use google calendar that we use for events: http://www.lplonline.org/kids/?page_id=6

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Calendar Evals from Libraries- Elizabethtown College Web Council — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 14:40:13 +0000

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By: Christine Ayar

Christine Ayar — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:19:27 +0000

Thanks for including Evanced in your Calendar assessment! We wanted to mention that our pricing starts at $450 annually and is based the size of a library service population. Evanced offers unlimited, free training to all customers for the life of their Evanced contract. We provide ILS authentication, including SIP2 at no additional cost and we have no additional fees for installation of our products. Many customers mention that we offer far more robust reporting and waiting list management features than other products.

In the last year we have introduced online payment for room reservations and the ability to translate our software interface into both Spanish and French with the click of button. We are continually adding new features requested by our customers.

We serve over 1000 libraries and over 4500 individual locations. Should any of your readers want to ask those libraries about their experiences, I encourage them to email me for a list of references at cayar at evancedsolutions dot com.

Great article – a very fair assessment of the products available – keep up the good work!
Christine Ayar, Coordinator of Customer Experience, Evanced Solutions