Servicing the Community with Libraries
As a community library, your mission is to provide materials and services to residents of all ages for personal enrichment, enjoyment and educational needs. The library is dedicated to:
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Meeting the educational needs of elementary and secondary students.
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Developing programs to stimulate children’s interests and appreciation for reading and learning.
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Finding innovative ways to securely and economically expand the reach of services to the library community.
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Providing pathways for training/supporting your staff and volunteers.
BASCOM’s Solution is Developed Specifically for Libraries
BASCOM’s
Patronus™ delivers CIPA-compliant filtering developed by working closely with members of a local cooperative system. This library web filter includes many features that make it both easy for librarians and technology directors to use by:
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Giving librarians an Instant Override to open access as needed for a specific period of time.
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Providing the ability to easily customize access for children, teens, adults, and staff.
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Offering an Acceptable Use Policy screen to instantly create a WiFi hotspot for patrons without any additional hardware purchases.
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Securing staff computers by creating a separate patron network without any additional purchases.
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Easily creating a “guest network” for patron WiFi access.
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Delivering the Kids Zone Web Library to provide a safe environment for young patrons to explore and learn.
