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If you will excuse me? My name is James. I am your butler for libraries of any size. Are you searching for a programme to manage library users and lending operations? Do you esteem excellent service at a fair price? If so, we should meet. Thanks to my assistance you will save a lot of time and be able to work even more efficiently and to your entire satisfaction. You will like it. Here is what I can do for you:
... I take off the load of routine work.
Example: A user has missed the deadline to return a book. I calculate
the fee for the overdraft and send a reminder to him. Three weeks after the
beginning of the overdraft period, I provide you with an already filled order
to pay. Print, sign and send it - that's all!
... I provide quick overviews.
Example 1: You need to know which of your books are ordered to
be able to prepare the stacks for the various lendings. You may also need an
overview to see which of the books are lent and up to when. Filter your
available stocks using criteria like „ordered“, „lent“, „due“or „overdraft“.
Example 2: You want to know who has done what? You will find the last
operations displayed under „Reports“. Your employees no longer
need to record every single workstep.
I assist you with lending operations.
Example: You are lending books using card boxes. The database is still
nearly empty. What now? Ask James if the shelfmark of the required book is
available. If yes, lend it without prior order from the customer. If not, enter
the book data and lend the book afterwards.
I take charge of security matters.
Example: As an administrator you need secure passwords. The passwords
used within James are sufficiently long an consist of random character strings.
They are encrypted and archived in the database and sent to the user only.
Provided the user keeps his password secret, nobody except him will be able
to access the account. Failure to enter the right password three times in succession,
James locks the access for 24 hours.
I allow quick search operations.
Give me a keyword and I will display all associated titles listed by relevance.
I remind users to timely return books.
One week prior to and (if necessary) on the due date of return, I send a reminder
to the user. They can easily prolong any lending from home using the internet.
I am easy to operate.
Your employees will soon get familiar with me. Also non-librarians can easily
use the programme.
Who is James?
James is a programme designed to manage library users and lending operations
through an online catalogue (WebOPAC, iOPAC). The software is suited for libraries
of any size.
How does James work?
This is special with James: There is no need to perform any installation. The
programme runs on a high-performance server located in a high-security center
within the subsidiary of our provider. Your employees and users have online
access to it using a browser.
This is the reason why James is for lease only and not for purchase. Your advantage
is the following:
You save a lot of money compared to locally installable programmes you need to
buy. James has only a few requirements: All you need for each of your employees
is a computer with an operating system of your choice and access to the internet.
There are no costs for expensive licences, servers, updates and backup software.
Entering books, ordering, lending, prolonging lendings, searching....all worksteps
are performed directly online. This is why all modifications become immediately
effective.
This is the advantage for the users: Not depending on opening hours, they can
perform online searches, order books or prolong lendings conveniently from home.
How much is James?
The unrecurring set-up fee is 99 EUR.
In addition, there is a leasing fee including support service via
phone and e-mail and updates.
What security measures are taken?
The costs for the security measures are included in the monthly fee and include
the following:
Our provider is responsible for server service and database security. The servers
are located in a high-security center within his subsidiary. The security center
is protected against unauthorized access, flood, gas and electricity-related
incidents. Our provider makes use of firewalls, virus scanning software and periodical
updates and can thus guarantee a protection against downtimes of almost 100%.
How secure is the programme itself?
Operating James is secure, because…
What kind of preperations are required prior to using James?
Do you already have a database or do you work with a card box system? No matter –you
can start right after the design and customer-specific properties are entered.
You can even lend books before having imported or entered your entire book data.
Importing existing book data does not override the lending data.
Full Versions
Presence Libraries
1. Standard (up to 300,000 records)
Nonrecurring set-up fee: 99 EUR
+ leasing fee: 38.67 EUR
The leasing fee includes the following: Programme maintenance and update
plus one database.
The size of the database is 100 MB. This corresponds to some 300,000 records.
Example: Assuming 50,000 books entered, 10,000 users and 20,000 lending operations
per year, your database will be full after 12 years. Unless you regularly delete
unnecessary data. (i.e. lendings older than five years).
You still need more database space? Simply lease one or two additional databases
with 100 MB each. This enables you to ensure a capacity of 1.2 million records.
This represents only 150 EUR in addition per database and year.
If you need more, choose Advanced or Enterprise.
2. Advanced (up to 3.6 million records)
Nonrecurring set-up fee: 99 EUR
+ leasing fee: 73.34 EUR
The leasing fee includes the following: Programme maintenance and update
plus a 3.6 million records database.
Example: Assuming 50,000 books entered, 50,000 users and 50,000 lending operations
per year, your database will be full after 70 years. Unless you regularly delete
unnecessary data.
Even more capacity is included in Advanced II or Enterprise.
3. Advanced II (up to 10.8 million
records)
Nonrecurring set-up fee: 99 EUR
+ leasing fee: 110 EUR
The leasing fee includes the following: Programme maintenance and update
plus a 10.8 million records database.
Example: Assuming 100,000 books entered, 100,000 users and 100,000 lending operations
per year, your database will be full after 79 years. Unless you regularly delete
unnecessary data.
Even more capacity is included in Enterprise.
4. Enterprise (up to 200 million records)
Nonrecurring set-up fee: 99 EUR
+ leasing fee: 164.17 EUR
The leasing fee includes the following: Programme maintenance and update
plus a 200 million records database.
Example: Assuming 20 million books entered, 500,000 users and 1 million lending
operations per year, your database will be full after 179 years. Unless you regularly
delete unnecessary data.
5. Enterprise II (up to 300 million records)
Nonrecurring set-up fee: 99 EUR
+ leasing fee: 241.67 EUR
The leasing fee includes the following: Programme maintenance and update
plus a 300 million records database.
Example: Assuming 50 million books entered, 1 million users and 2 million lending
operations per year, your database will be full after 149 years. Unless you regularly
delete unnecessary data.
6. Small (up to 30,000 records)
Nonrecurring set-up fee: 99 EUR
+ leasing fee: 27.84 EUR
Unlike the full versions, this version does not provide lending functionality.
However, using the user management tool you can create employees and administrate
their data.
The database may contain up to 30,000 records.
7. Mini (up to 15,000 records)
Nonrecurring set-up fee: 99 EUR
+ leasing fee: 18.34 EUR
Unlike the full versions, this version does not provide lending functionality.
However, using the user management tool you can create employees and administrate
their data.
The database may contain up to 15,000 records.
Satisfied Users
The programme has been designed in accordance with customer needs and is successfully
deployed within the following private or public educational institutions:
Test now!
Do you wonder if the programme actually meets your expectations? Give it a try.
Right now! Free of charge and without obligation.
It's so easy:
Fill in the form in
the test environment or here.
(Don't worry: your data will not be transmitted to any third parties!) You will
then receive your access data.
Test the programme using employee privileges. The only thing you will not be
able to do is create new users or assign passwords.
Please also refer to the documentation!
In case of any further question, please do not hesitate to send an email or to
call us.
At your request you will also be able to test James in a presence library version.
Just call us at ++49 (0) 228 / 620 46 01 or send an email to info @ diethelm-schneider . de.
General Terms and Conditions
Our general terms and conditions apply to the follwoing products and services:
Contact
Use the contact
form to register as a user or to send us an e-mail.
Of course you can also contact us via letter or phone.
DS-Software-Lösungen
Diethelm Schneider
Postfach 14 02 23
D-53057 Bonn
Phone: ++49 (0) 228-620 460 1
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Köslinstr. 66
D-53123 Bonn
Tel.: ++49(0)228-6204601
email: info @ ds-software-loesungen . de
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Privacy Information
User data is stored on specially protected servers in Germany. Data access is
restricted to persons who are in charge of technical or commercial server support
services (severe access logs and controls).
Personal data and user privilege modifications within a leased version of „James –der
Bibliotheks-Butler“are transmitted via secure SSL connections. Therefore,
data access and data manipulation is nearly excluded.
General Procedures
During your visit on the DS-Software-Lösungen websites, the following information
is collected: Our webservers store information as to what browser and operating
system you are using, the name of your internet service provider, your computer's
IP address as well as the date and time of your visit on the website. At any
time this data can be related to a specific person. This information cannot be
associated with your personal data.
We do not use any other techniques of data collection, such as cookies.
This does not apply to attempts to bypass security measures within „James –der
Bibliotheks-Butler“. In such a case information will be collected enabling
us to identify the computer hacker.
The same is true for hack attempts into customer-leased software versions. Our
customers are protected twice: We lock such user accounts and transmit the related
user data to the competent legal authorities.
Data Security
DS-Software-Lösungen uses technical and organisational security measures
in order to protect your data managed by us against incidental or intentional
manipulation, loss, destruction or unauthorized access. These security measures
are constantly optimized in accordance with technical progress.
DS-Software-Lösungen must disclaim any liability for the data transmission
process via the internet.
Right of Access to Personal Data
At your request, DS-Software-Lösungen will be glad to send you a written
information regarding if and what personal data is stored by us.
