LibCal recently did an integration with Crestron room scheduling panels.
See
https://blog.springshare.com/2023/07/27/springshare-debuts-libcal-tablet-displays-fully-compatible-with-crestron-room-scheduling-panels/


Best,
-Wilhelmina


Wilhelmina Randtke
Head of Libraries Technologies and Systems
Zach S. Henderson Library
1400 Southern Dr.
Statesboro, GA, 30458
(912) 478-5035
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On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 12:23 PM Mike Paulmeno <
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> Hi Everyone:
>                 Currently my library has a set of iPads we use as digital
> door signs (in conjunction with an app called Kiosk Pro).   We manage
> reservations using LibCal and utilize the iPads to display the related web
> page for that room so patrons know when it is booked.  However in the four
> years since we put the devices in place, they have proven problematic to
> manage.  Although the iPads are in single app mode, which prevents patrons
> from breaking out of the kiosk app, configuration changes require us to
> take the devices down, hand them to IT for unlocking, receive them back to
> make the change, then hand them to IT again for re-locking into single app
> mode.   Also, since the only power option at the wall is power over
> ethernet, each device has a USB-PoE adapter behind the mounting brackets.
> However due to a miscommunication with our facilities folks, those adapters
> are also behind a piece of wood and so we would need to call them in order
> to change them.
>
> All of this is a roundabout way of saying we feel our lives would be
> easier if we replaced the iPads with purpose built devices.  These units
> from Visix are our leading candidate:
> https://www.visix.com/connect-conference-room-signs/ .  Does anyone have
> any experience using them, especially with LibCal?  I'm aware we will need
> to use Google Calendar as middleware as the Visix signs don't work with
> LibCal directly, but am interested in how people who have used these signs
> found them to work in practice.  We're also open to hearing what other
> digital room signs folks have used.
>
> Best,
> Mike
>
> Michael Paulmeno
> Systems Librarian
> Lucy Scribner Library, 210
> Skidmore College
> (518) 580-5505
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