Consulting Services
Dreama K. Deskins will work with clients to help them in evaluating, planning, and implementing change. Consulting services are available in the following areas:
Automation of Circulation and Cataloging
Whether you’re planning to automate for the first time or upgrading to a new system, Dreama can help you:
- decide which software to purchase
- develop an automation plan, including a budget
- install the software
- create the bibliographic and patron databases
- learn how to use the software more effectively
Supported automation software includes:
- Follett Circulation/Cataloging
- Follett Destiny
- Innovative Interfaces Millennium
- Polaris
- SirsiDynix Horizon
- SirsiDynix Symphony
Cataloging
Dreama will:
- evaluate your cataloging workflow
- develop a plan for revising your cataloging workflow
- recommend sources for MARC records
- recommend cataloging and label software
- install cataloging and label software
- create a procedures manual
- teach staff how to use new cataloging software and techniques
- recommend options for authority (names, subjects, series) control
- help staff implement authority control
- help staff eliminate cataloging backlogs
- catalog specific formats (e.g., videos, compact discs, computer resources) or archival material
- provide original cataloging records
Local Area Networks Planning
A local area network allows you to share Internet access, printers, and files more effectively. Dreama will help you write a plan, including a budget, for linking your computers together.
Technology
Not sure where to go from here in your use of technology? Dreama will:
- evaluate your current hardware and software
- evaluate the type and speed of Internet access
- recommend sources for computer hardware and software
- install computer hardware and software
- recommend security software for public PCs
- install and maintain security software for public PCs
- create a workstation configuration and teach staff how to set up PCs for staff or public use
- create a maintenance schedule for PCs
- perform maintenance on PCs on a one-time or ongoing basis
- teach staff how to maintain PCs
Productivity
Do you think you could be working more effectively? Are you feeling overwhelmed by the amount of work you have to do and the time in which you have to do it? Dreama can work with you to:
- evaluate how you spend your time
- make recommendations for improving your productivity
- clean up staff work spaces and storage areas
- set up a file retention schedule
- organize paper files
- organize electronic files
- set up shared file spaces on networks for staff access
- create an internal web site for staff access to procedures, calendars, etc.
- write staff procedures
- evaluate and revise job descriptions
Software Effectiveness
Do you make the most effective use of the software you’ve purchased? Dreama can help you get more out of software programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Learn more about Windows techniques for managing documents and folders. Find out how to print a wide variety of labels, including spines, bookplates, and address labels. Use financial management software such as Quicken or Microsoft Money to keep accounting records.
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