| Unreserved, walk up and use | If a PC is available the borrower can just login with their library card and pin and use |
| Future Bookings | Advanced booking your next session for a future date |
| Next available PC | No waiting in a queue. Book the next available PC, guaranteed for your use |
| Staff Managed Bookings | Staff have full control over all PCs. Staff can book next available, book a specific PC, block book PCs or areas of PCs |
| Self Service Bookings | Web Based self service, book a PC in any library branch now or in the future |
| Block Bookings | Book all PCs for use for a training course or school visit. Book a PC Area. Book a recurring reservation e.g. All Adult PCs, every Monday, for 2 hours at 10:00am. |
| Book Specific PCs | Book a specific PC, maybe for disbility access, or a PC with special hardware/software |
| Simple Interface | |
| Session Length | Clear timer countdown with customised warnings of end of session |
| Integrated Print Management | Single login to both PC session and print management. Clear popup dialogue of print costs per print job |
| Lock my PC | Users can lock their PC session if they need to step away for a period. The session time continues to countdown while PC is locked |
| User Messages | Staff can send messages to all users or individual PCs |
| Multi-lingual | The PC Reservation client is delivered with English, French and Spanish as standard with tools to implement other languages as needed. |
| Settings | |
| Define library areas | Different session length by area, Express PCs, Long/Short Sessions, very flexible |
| Fair usage | Maximum availability of all PCs, users may use PCs for short sessions between bookings |
| Holidays, Closed days | Define holidays and closed days, library hours, session limits, power off PCs after library closing, allow short sessions, define grace period |
| Terms & Conditions | Users must accept library rules to start session. |
| Charge for PC use | Charge for PC use by the minute. Allow refunds or not. Deduct payment automatically from deposit account. |
| Out of service | Mark PCs as out of service to prevent bookings. |
| Authentication | Live SIP authentication against LMS. LDAP and borrower import facilities. |
| Reporting | |
| Standard reports | Full reporting suite, activity by PC, by Area, by day-of-week. Summary statistics, central statistics. |
| View History | Staff can view history of all sessions filtered by user-id, very useful for disputes |
| No shows | Report on no shows, sessions ended early, ended normally, ended by staff etc |
| Customised reports | Full access to SQL tables for specific customised reports |
| Advanced | |
| Ban users | Deny users access to sessions by user-id or by library blocks |
| Customise | Customise interface with local branding |
| Areas | Define different session per area: Reference 1 hour, Express 15 minutes, Standard 1 hour, parameter driven by library |
| Recurring reservation | e.g. Book all PCs or an area for a training class every Monday at 10:00am |
| Auto power on/off | Save staff time by auto power on and auto power off 5 minutes after library closed. |
| Force log off | Staff can end sessions from staff interface on individual PC or all PCs |
| Self Service | Self service bookings, web bookings, book for today or book future session |
