LEID has secured new military orders! US Military uses LEID Products to Secure Pelican cases containing controlled medications needed on the battlefield. Supply discipline and inventory control of pharmacy supplies, particularly controlled meds, is paramount for the all branches of the military.
LEID Products technology meets the high standards demanded by the military for error free management of controlled substances. LEID’s ‘BACS’ Biometric Access Control System uses fingerprint identification to authenticate access of controlled medications secured in LEID’s electronic lockers. The ‘BACS’ System secures, tracks, and provides full accountability; ensuring the safeguard of military issued controlled substances.
Southeast Michigan Startup, a website devoted to aggressive and innovative companies in the Metro Detroit-Ann Arbor region, has published an article on LEID Products titled ‘LEID Products turns Pre-Seed Capital Fund investment into jobs’ Written by Jon Zemke. In this excerpt from the article President of LEID Products, Sam Hoff briefly describes our law enforcement application and also notes how the pre-seed funding will be used to grow our business:
The Auburn Hills-based company manufactures electronic locker and information management systems for every industry from military to medical to law enforcement facilities. “It eliminates the old paper-and-pen method,” says Sam Hoff, president of LEID Products. “It frees up department personnel to do more police work and less administrative work.”
“We’re going to be bringing some more sales and marketing resources in, starting with one new sales rep,” Hoff says.
Farmington Hills Police Department in Michigan uses LEID Products 'BACS' secure amory storage system with fingerprint identification for access and tracking software for full accountability.
Article Excerpt on LEID Products customer: Carver County earns national honor for their express library. See link at the end of the excerpt to read the entire Chaska Herald article.
The National Association of Counties (NACo), a national organization representing county governments across America, has awarded two Carver County programs with its 2011 Achievement Award.
Carver County’s “Victoria Express Library” and the Oak Grove City Center, a joint project with the City of Norwood Young America and the Carver County Community Development Agency (CDA), each earned recognition as effective and creative programs that demonstrate Carver County’s work to provide quality and efficient government, according to a Carver County press release.
NACo recognized the “Victoria Express Library” as an innovative pilot project that extends useful and cost-effective library services to the residents of Carver County. This project, the first of its kind in Minnesota, was funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) in cooperation with State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, and was awarded to Carver and Washington County Libraries in 2009. The “Victoria Express Library” is located within the City of Victoria Recreation Center and provides citizens the ability to pick up and return library materials they have reserved using the library website: www.carverlib.org. Over 115 citizens utilized this express service between July and December 2010, prompting the Library to install a second “Express Library” location within the City of Cologne’s City Hall.
“Our communities are seeing substantial growth and we need to find solutions to meeting the demands of such growth. The Victoria Express Library provides increased access to services in a cost efficient manner and has been a tremendous success,” stated Carver County Board Chair Randy Maluchnik.
What a great show this is for the Library industry! If you are in New Orleans for the ALA Annual Conference and Exhibit, please visit John or Georgia at our booth #416 for a demonstration of our Self-Service Library Express System. Our iLibrary Kiosk and Access.it Electronic Locker System has been a huge success!
Jacksonville Public Library has been add to our growing list of happy LEID Products customers. Jacksonville is using our Access.it Electronic Lockers to offer their new ’Oceanway Express”, a self-service library express branch patrons can access 24/7!
Visit us at the American Libraries Association’s (ALA) Annual Conference and Exhibit, Booth #416 to see a demonstration of our new self-service ‘Library Express’.
LEID Products sent three representatives to participate in the ALA’s National Library Legislative Day on Capitol Hill in Washington D.C. last week to encourage lawmakers to pass federal legislation crucial to the country’s libraries. LEID Products is the manufacturing leader of electronic modular access units for libraries across the country. Taking a 21st century approach, the iLibrary system improves accessibility to patrons, increases circulation and streamlines operations with a cost effective “Express Library” solution. Libraries are essential to communities, providing a vital link to resources that help America’s families, students and professionals access information they need today to ensure a successful tomorrow.
Our next event with the American Library Association is their annual Conference & Exhibition held in New Orleans, June 23-28, 2011. LEID Products will be demonstrating our ‘Express Library’ solution including our iLibrary Kiosk and Electronic Locker System. We invite all attendees to stop by our booth #416. Our recent Carver County Express Library Project Experience Study details the success of the Carver County ‘Express Library’ Pilot Program.
We are always interested in feedback. Please Call or email us with your comments, suggestions or questions on our products or new Library Project Experience Study. Hope to see you in New Orleans!
Cologne Express Library - Click on Picture for Guide
Check out the New Guide to the Cologne Express Library Services. Carver County Library and the City of Cologne utilized LEID Products Electronic Lockers with Keypad access to offer this new convenient service, a welcome asset to the community!
Library patrons order materials on line or through LEID Products high-tech self-service computer kiosk called the ‘iLibrary’, then pick up reserved library materials 24/7 through the LEID’s electronic locker system. Patrons use their library card number to reserve materials to be picked up at the Library Express location. The patron receives an email with access code when their materials are available for pick up.
The new guide gives a great overview of how the system works, click on the picture to access the PDF.
Electronic Evidence Locker with Chain of Custody Tracking
Temporary evidence storage goes hi-tech! Chain of Custody is critical for putting criminals behind bars and our new system ensures the chain will not be broken! Property and Evidence control and tracking is a huge concern, especially for Law Enforcement Departments seeking to establish standards required by CALEA®, the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement, as outlined in Chapter 84 “Property and Evidence Control”. Our Evidence Lockers are electronic with custom software tracking and reporting capabilities. Officers can both drop off and pick up evidence, no need to track down the evidence officer for court. Reports by case number, officer, and date ensure solid Chain of Custody reports to use in court. We offer systems accessed through Biometrics (fingerprint), LCD-keypad and/or optional card reader. If you barcode or RFID your evidence, we have an option to add a barcode or RFID reader.
BEREA - The Madison County Public Library is everywhere.
Ruthie Maslin, director of the Madison County Public Library, explains the lockers and drop-off system of Library-On-The-Go to Earl G. Estes of Waco during its grand opening Friday outside the Cole’s Moberly Shell Station at 3306 Irvine Road. Library-On-The-Go will allow Waco and Moberly residents better library access by allowing them to reserve materials by phone and pick them up and drop them off at the satellite location.
In addition to its locations in Richmond and Berea and the Bookmobile that travels around the county, the newest edition is the Library-On-the-Go.
Library-On-the-Go has been in place for some time in the Kingston area in front of the Dollar Value Plus at 2750 Battlefield Memorial Hwy. in Berea.
A second location conducted its grand opening Friday at the Cole’s Moberly Shell Station at 3306 Irvine Road.
Located outside the gas station, Library-On-the-Go consists of a series of lockers and a drop box where material can be picked up or dropped off 24 hours a day.
“We’re hoping to cater to Waco and Moberly and the rest of the area,” said Ruthie Maslin, director of the Madison County Public Library. “Theoretically, you don’t have to go into Richmond or Berea to pick up or return your books.”
To use Library-On-the-Go, patrons are required to get a code sticker from the Madison County Public Library.
Once they have a code sticker, they can reserve items by phone. After the library notifies them that their holds are in, they have three days to collect the items from the locker.
To use the locker, patrons enter the last seven digits of their library card to open the door and remove their items and receipt.
A third Library-On-the GO is being planned at a yet to be determined location, Maslin said.
Along for the ride at Friday’s grand opening was the Bookmobile.
Drivers Beth Madden and Marcia Noe travel Monday to Thursday to 52 locations throughout the county, including daycares, schools, nursing homes, businesses and residential areas.
Patrons can check out a variety of books, movies, magazines, video games and compact discs.
Internet access also is available.
“We travel to any of the areas where it’s hard for people to get into town to one of the library buildings,” Madden said.
During a typical day, Madden and Noe drive the Bookmobile to designated spots between 9 a.m. to 5 or 5:15 p.m., remaining at each stop anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour.
Clay Berryman, outreach coordinator for the library, said Library-On-the-Go and the Bookmobile are designed to reach everyone in the county.
“We want to offer every service that is available at the library out in the community,” he said. “It’s a very convenient option.”
For more information about the programs, call the library at 986-7112 or 623-6704 or go online to www.madisonlibrary.org.
Tim Mandell can be reached at tmandell@richmondregister.com or 623-1669 ext. 6696.
Our team here at LEID Products was initially excited to see that the Wall Street Journal did an article that featured our iLibrary Kiosk and electronic book lockers used for the Victoria Station and Hugo Library Express systems in Minnesota. The article uses a photo of our product installed at the Hugo, MN facility and mentions our installation in its second paragraph.
However, we were very disappointed to see that not only was our company not mentioned in the article, but that the article directly mentions our competitors. We contacted the WSJ reporter who had no interest in correcting this omission. We were very disappointed in the Wall Street Journal. Not only did this reporter serve to discredit the successful work of the dedicated employees of LEID, but confuse the very market base we sell to.
LEID Products is very pleased to share this rebuttal article from a local paper in Minnesota that criticizes the Wall Street Journal for publishing an article that highlighted a successful installation of our iLibrary kiosk and electronic lockers - but called out “only” our competitor in the article. When our customer learned that the WSJ told us they had no interest in correcting this omission, our customer had this article published in their local paper instead. What a GREAT customer we have in the Victoria Library!
