Transcript Lewis & Clark Library System “CLeO”: Continuous Learning Opportunities What is “CLeO”? • CLeO: Continuous Learning Opportunities • CLeO is the Lewis & Clark.

Lewis & Clark Library System
“CLeO”: Continuous Learning
Opportunities
What is “CLeO”?
• CLeO: Continuous Learning Opportunities
• CLeO is the Lewis & Clark Library
System’s solution for continuing education
registration and tracking.
• CLeO was designed to meet LCLS’ needs
for our CE program.
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What technology is behind
CLeO?
• CLeO is powered by Microsoft Active Server
pages and a Microsoft Access or mySQL database.
• CLeO was designed using these off-the-shelf and
available technologies.
• CLeO also has a flexible template system (custom
written in ASP) that allows other libraries to
customize the look.
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Ok, so why Microsoft??
• Libraries have to work with what is
available.
• Traditionally LCLS has used MS products
on servers and workstations
• Time to “market” required the fastest
solution possible which meant less choice
and less time available to learn different
systems.
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So what is the big deal with
CLeO?
• CLeO changed the way LCLS conducted it’s CE
“business”.
• CLeO gained statewide attention as a uniform way
to handle CE registration and gather statistics.
• CLeO was the product of a “cross-functional”
work team that produced a product that has helped
LCLS think outside the box about online services.
• CLeO brought online services closer to our
members and taught a few “old dogs new tricks”.
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What’s the big deal (continued)?
• CLeO brought to life a vision that several past CE
coordinators had for the future of CE services at
LCLS.
• CLeO reduced the work load and time spent
manually tracking registrations via e-mail, fax,
telephone, and snail mail.
• CLeO standardized the entry of events into the CE
catalog.
• CLeO electronically tracks room usage to prevent
double-bookings.
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Who is using CLeO?
• LCLS has shared CLeO with several of our
“sister” library systems in IL.
– Prairie Area Library System (Formerly NILS,
HTLS, and RBLS)
– Rolling Prairie Library System
– Shawnee Library System
– Alliance Library System
– The Illinois State Library
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So is CLeO “open source”?
• CLeO is “sort of” open source.
• Originally CLeO was designed to meet the needs of LCLS,
but other Illinois library systems expressed great interest in
our solution to CE registration.
• CLeO is given freely to libraries and library systems with
similar CE needs.
• Libraries / Systems using CLeO receive limited support in
configuring and maintaining CLeO.
• Suggestions are taken and enhancements are added and
distributed as time allows and as need requires.
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It’s free right?
• Yes. CLeO is given freely to any library/system
that has a need for it.
• Libraries/Systems using CLeO are required to
leave the LCLS copyright visible on their CLeO
installation and to give due credit for the system.
• CLeO is not to be repackaged or sold in any way
to a commercial entity or other library / system.
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What does CLeO see for the
future?
• Migration to the Microsoft .NET platform
• A truer “N-Tier” application
• Full mySQL and SQL support (made easier
thru “N-Tier” design)
• More user requested features (From both
end users and CLeO administrators)
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