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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 [log in to unmask] On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 12:23 PM Mike Paulmeno < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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 > [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> > He/Him/His