LEID Products will be participating in The Kentucky Library Association and Kentucky School Media Association joint conference entitled “In These Extraordinary Times… Libraries Now More Than Ever”. The Exhibition is September 16th and 17th at the Galt House Hotel & Suites, Louisville, Kentucky. Please visit us in booth#24 to see how LEID Products new “iLibrary” Computer Kiosk interfaces with our Electronic Modular Access Units to offer the “Library Express”, a cost effective solution to help Libraries increase circulation and make library materials more accessible to all patrons.
Click on the blue link below to see The Washington County Library Express and LEID Products Featured in a Television Story.
LEID Products iLibrary Kiosk
A story on the Washington County Library Express reported by Joe Cullen was recently aired on Minnesota’s Government Television Network, Channel 16. LEID Products new iLibrary Kiosk and Electronic Lockers (EMAU’s) are used to offer the “Library Express” and were featured in the story. Check out the link above to view the story.
Washington County (Minn.) Library has brought a new community asset to the City of Hugo, as well as all Washington County Library patrons, with the introduction of the Washington County Library Express - a high-tech kiosk called iLibrary (developed by LEID Products in Auburn Hills, Mich. www.leidproducts.com) where patrons can order, pick up and return library materials, using a self-service kiosk, locker system and book return.
Library Director Patricia Conley called the Library Express an innovative new way to deliver services to areas where a full-service library may not be close by and during a time when budgets are tight.
“Hugo is a community which is seeing substantial growth. We want to make sure access to library services is a cost-effective benefit which can contribute to that growth,” Conley said. “This is a new system for us, the first in the state, and we’re excited about the possibilities,” Conley said. “We’re cooperating with Carver County Library, and applied for a federal grant together and will share what we learn. Carver County is installing an Express Library in the City of Victoria. We hope this will be seen as a model for local governments working together to provide service more efficiently.
“Once customers have a chance to give it a try and see how easy it is, I think they’ll be impressed by it,” Conley said. “We envision people stopping by the Library Express to pick up their books in the midst of their other daily errands. It’s a fast process and only takes a few minutes to pick up the items they have put on hold. Because the Library Express is self-service and located outside Hugo City Hall, it will be open 24 hours a day. It can really be a convenient part of our customers’ daily lives,” Conley adds.
To request books, customers use their library card number and must have an e-mail address on file with Washington County Library. Library cards are available online or through any Washington County Library. Using either the Library Express kiosk or the Washington County website from their own computer, customers designate the Library Express (Hugo City Hall) as the pickup point. They will be informed via e-mail when their materials are available. The items will be available for 48 hours from the time of delivery to the library.
LEID Products, LLC was originally founded to assist police departments in securing their assets (guns, weapons and radios) through an electronic tracking and fingerprinting system. LEID’s products since have been utilized to track many other type of business assets such as radios at amusement parks; books, tapes and magazines within a library system; and even the securing of business documents to selected personnel. For more information and to see on-line demonstrations of our products, log on to www.leidproducts.com
The FBI Exhibition comes to Boston and LEID Products is proud to be participating with our New England Partner SYSTEMATICS.
This year’s Law Enforcement Exhibition is sure to please all attendees and provide an outstanding opportunity to experience up-close-and-personal hundreds of products and services valuable to law enforcement. LEID Products will be there demonstrating our Biometric Access Control System complete with our Wall Mount ID Station Kiosk, Electronic Access Lockers and Gun Rack. See our system in action and how it can provide full accountability and security for your departments critical assets!
The Exhibition is this weekend, Saturday and Sunday (July 24th and 25th) in the Hynes Convention Center, Hall C in the heart of Boston. Law enforcement officers from the Boston area not attending the conference may obtain a Law Enforcement Day Pass to tour the exposition Saturday or Sunday. Department-issued photo ID required.
Dates:
Saturday July 24, 2010 - 10:00am to 5:00pm EXHIBIT FLOOR OPEN
Sunday July 25, 2010 - 9:00am to 2:00pm EXHIBIT FLOOR OPEN
Washington County Library uses LEID Products” iLibrary” Kiosk and Electronic Cabinets to offer their “Library Express” at Hugo City Hall!
Project made possible by a Grant from the US Institute of Museum and Library Services.
‘Library Express’ brings library service to Hugo
Published: Monday, July 12, 2010 3:54 PM CDT
Washington County Library has brought a new community asset to Hugo, as well as all Washington Library patrons, with the introduction of the Washington County Library Express.
Hugo "iLibrary" Computer Kiosk
Library Director Patricia Conley called the Library Express an innovative new way to deliver services to areas where a full-service library may not be close by. She noted that this could also be an option for expanding library service in times of tight budgets and in diverse locations, such as transit centers.
“Hugo is a community which is seeing substantial growth. We want to make sure access to library services is a cost-effective benefit which can contribute to that growth,” Conley said.
Located at the Hugo City Hall, 14669 Fitzgerald Ave. N. in Hugo, just off State Highway 61, the Library Express offers a place where patrons can order, pick up and return library materials, using a self-service kiosk, locker system and book return.
“This is a new system for us, the first in the state, and we’re excited about the possibilities,” Conley said. “We’re cooperating with Carver County Library, and applied for a federal grant together and will share what we learn. Carver County is installing an Express Library in the City of Victoria. We hope this will be seen as a model for local governments working together to provide service more efficiently.
She said customers will be impressed how easy the system is to use.
“We can see people stopping by the Library Express to pick up their books right along with the rest of their daily errands. It’s a fast process and will only take a few minutes to pick up the items they have put on hold,” Conley said. “Because the Library Express is self-service and located outside Hugo City Hall, it will be open 24 hours a day. It can really be a convenient part of our customers’ daily lives,” Conley said.
The computer kiosk will be available during normal City Hall hours, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
To request books, customers use their library card number and must have an e-mail address on file with Washington County Library. Library cards are available online or through any Washington County Library. Using either the Library Express kiosk or the Washington County website from their own computer at http://www.co.washington.mn.us/info_for_residents/library/ customers designate the Library Express (Hugo City Hall) as the pickup point. They will be informed via e-mail when their materials are available.
The items will be available for 48 hours from the time of delivery to the library. Delivery schedules are currently being finalized. When they pick up the items, customers will enter the last four digits of their library card number onto a keypad. They will then be directed to the locker number where their checked out items are located.
The Washington County Library Express equipment was delivered and installed in early July. The equipment cost $44,000, plus installation costs. Service is now available. There will be a ribbon cutting at 1 p.m. Thursday, July 29, at Hugo City Hall.
This project is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services and administered by the Minnesota Department of Education, State Library Services.
Library will extend reach - Pickup/drop-off point serves isolated area
By Emily Hagedorn • ehagedorn@courier-journal.com • May 5, 2010
‘Easy Access Library’
A new resource in Nichols means local residents won’t have to travel 11 miles to the Ridgway Memorial Library in Shepherdsville to check out books.
The Bullitt County Public Library board unveiled the Nichols Easy Access Library April 27. The remote drop-off and pickup point, which is on the front porch of Nichols Elementary School, consists of a drop-off bin for books and 10 key-code controlled boxes.
“The Nichols area is fairly isolated,” said Randy Matlow, director of the Bullitt County Public Library. “You’re going up and over the hills to get to anywhere. So there was interest to get better library service out there.”
Local residents who have a Bullitt library card can reserve up to five books, CDs and DVDs from the library system at a time by calling 543-7675, Ext. 9 or by going to the library’s online catalog at pac.bcplib.org.
The items will be put in the boxes on Monday and Thursday evenings, and once the items are delivered, the patrons will receive phone calls or e-mails notifying them that the materials are ready for pickup, Matlow said.
Library patrons will have two days to pick up the items. They will use the last six digits of the barcode number on their library cards to open the appropriate box.
The usual due dates apply to the Nichols’ check-outs, he said. Books are lent for two weeks; DVDs and CDs for one week.
Matlow estimates the service could help 150 to 200 households in the western Bullitt area.
Nichols Elementary librarian Phyllis Breuer called the new service “marvelous.”
“We have a large segment of people who have a lot of transportation issues, so this is going to be a blessing for them,” she said. “I think they are going to find it a tremendous experience.”
Breuer is especially looking forward to students using the service during the summer, when the school library is closed.
Brochures will be distributed throughout the school and to area residents about the new service, Matlow said.
The library board considered renting a small Nichols home to house a library and partnering with the Nichols Elementary library, but those options didn’t seem practical, he said.
To his knowledge, only one other county in Kentucky — Jessamine County — has a similar “easy-access library.”
The Bullitt Public Library paid for the new service with $12,150 through the Library Services and Technology Act, which was administrated by the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives.
Reporter Emily Hagedorn can be reached at (502) 582-7086.
Vital Care of Meridian, Mississippi provides secure electronic dispense of the med supplies and home infusion kits to patients and home health care agencies after business hours.
After Hours Pharmacy Pickup
Logan Davis, PharmD of Vital Care Meridian gave LEID Products Senior Sales Manager John Kormanik a synopsis of how the investment in LEID Products web-enabled electronic modular access units (EMAU’s) has taken his service level to the next level, as he explained to John:
“Vital Care of Meridian is a home infusion pharmacy with additional business lines including specialty pharmacy, compounding pharmacy, and durable medical equipment. The nature of the home infusion business requires 24/7 access to pharmacists and nurses. The LEID EMAU eases the burden of the pharmacy staff by making compounded infusion drugs and supplies available to home health nurses as well as patients while the business is closed. The presence of the unit eliminates the countless trips to the pharmacy to deliver home health supplies to nurses or patients needing extra supplies. The admin reporting functionality is crucial for us as we need to know which person is frequently accessing home health supplies. Overall, we have been very pleased with the convenience and functionality of the unit.”
Contact: Julie Nemeth FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(248)459-1664 March 25, 2010
LEID Products Partners
With Advanced Kiosks
Auburn-Hills, Mich.-based LEID Products (leidproducts.com) has developed a partnership with New Hampshire-based Advanced Kiosks (advancedkiosks.com) to develop its wall-mounted kiosks for its law enforcement customers.
“We have been looking for a thin, wall-mounted kiosk that could integrate our software system that secures law enforcement departments’ armory,” says Sam Hoff, president of LEID Products. “We found exactly what we wanted in Advanced Kiosks and they have met our needs in both their products and customer service.”
LEID Products will install a software system (developed by LEID’s sister company Patti Engineering – pattieng.com) into the kiosk and law enforcement personnel can access their specific equipment from the armory via a biometric fingerprint reader, user password, biometric hand geometry reader, key fob or employee ID card.
“Our kiosk will meet the varying needs of law enforcement departments, “says Advanced Kiosk Owner Howard Horn. “The equipment controls its own environment with an internal cooling system no matter where the armory is located, is user-friendly with Windows XP operating software for the less-skilled software user and has a stainless-steel front for durability in a multi-shift environment.”
LEID Products, LLC was originally founded to assist police departments in securing their assets (guns, weapons and radios) through an electronic tracking and fingerprinting system. LEID’s products since have been utilized to track many other type of business assets such as radios at amusement parks; books, tapes and magazines within a library system; and even the securing of business documents to selected personnel. For more information and to see on-line demonstrations of our products, log on to www.leidproducts.com
Contact: Julie Nemeth FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(248)459-1664 March 25, 2010
Patti Engineering and LEID Products
Obtain Licensing On Biometrics
Patti Engineering, Inc. and Law Enforcement Intelligent Devices, LLC (known as LEID Products) both have come to an agreement with Typhoon Industries regarding the patent infringement lawsuit relating to U.S. Patent Nos. 6,806,807 and 7,113,071.
“With the agreement, Patti Engineering and LEID Products are licensing the patent technology from Typhoon Industries for use in its Biometric Access Control System (BACS™),” says Sam Hoff, owner and president, Patti Engineering and president, LEID Products. “It’s been a relief to settle and remove any possible negative connotations brought about by the lawsuit.”
Jordan Cayne, owner, Typhoon Industries says, “We are happy to license the patents and are pleased to have reached an amicable agreement with Patti Engineering and LEID Products.”
The agreement was finalized last month.
LEID Products, LLC was originally founded to assist police departments in securing their assets (guns, weapons and radios) through an electronic tracking and fingerprinting system. LEID’s products since have been utilized to track many other type of business assets such as radios at amusement parks; books, tapes and magazines within a library system; and even the securing of business documents to selected personnel. For more information and to see on-line demonstrations of our products, log on to www.leidproducts.com
Patti Engineering’s technical expertise in both electrical control and information systems allows customers a focused solution to their need for asset/energy management, distribution of various products, production information, and complex control applications. Founded in 1991, our solutions are used for retail distribution, manufacturing plants, water/theme parks, libraries, law enforcement, military, municipalities, food industry, ice arenas and college/universities. www.pattieng.com and find us on twitter.com/pattieng, Facebook and Linked In.
The Barrington Area Library has seen circulation numbers increase thanks in part to electronic lockers placed in four locations across the 72-square-mile library district.
For the first time, library officials expect to have more than 1 million items checked out within a fiscal year when the time period ends June 30, said library circulation department head Marie Thomas.
Library locale Vincent Bertolami, a library staff member, stocks the newly installed lockers at the South Barrington Club with library materials on March 13. (Rene Edde/for STM)
Kenny Guo, 4, of Barrington checks out books at the library activity center at the South Barrington Club on Saturday morning. (Rene Edde/For STM)
“We’ve never had this many books checked out before,” she said.
Library officials believe the electronic lockers have helped increase the circulation numbers because they allow residents to order books, DVDs and other materials through the library’s Web site, and the materials are delivered to a locker where residents can pick them up at their convenience without having to make a trip to the library.
The electronic lockers are manufactured by LEID Products, LLC, based in Auburn Hills, Mich.
Thomas said the lockers are especially useful in such a vast library district. The Barrington Area Library district is the largest geographic library district in Illinois.
“This is a way for people to get their stuff so they’re not spending 20 minutes to get to the library,” Thomas said.
There are six lockers at Barrington Hills Village Hall, 14 at the Metra Train Station in downtown Barrington, 37 lockers at Willow Recreation Center in Hoffman Estates and in January 40 lockers were installed at the South Barrington Club, 3 Tennis Club Lane.
If an item is in stock, it is usually delivered to the lockers one or two days after it is ordered, Thomas said.
“We deliver anything we have that will fit into the boxes,” she said.
For February there were 676 orders placed and 2,288 items delivered to the lockers. This was up from February 2009 when there were 537 orders and 1,768 items delivered.
Thomas said the library delivered items to the South Barrington Club prior to the installation of the lockers, but the items were kept in the offices of the South Barrington Park District until patrons picked them up.
The FBI Exhibition comes to Boston and LEID Products is proud to be participating with our New England Partner SYSTEMATICS.
