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:

• Meeting the educational needs of elementary and secondary students.
• Developing programs to stimulate children’s interests and appreciation for reading and learning.
• Finding innovative ways to securely and economically expand the reach of services to the library community.
• 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:

• Giving librarians an Instant Override to open access as needed for a specific period of time.
• Providing the ability to easily customize access for children, teens, adults, and staff.
• Offering an Acceptable Use Policy screen to instantly create a WiFi hotspot for patrons without any additional hardware purchases.
• Securing staff computers by creating a separate patron network without any additional purchases.
• Easily creating a “guest network” for patron WiFi access.
• Delivering the Kids Zone Web Library to provide a safe environment for young patrons to explore and learn.