--- Forwarded Message from "Norval Bard" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 12:28:05 -0500 >From: "Norval Bard" <[log in to unmask]> >User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 (CK-NCC) >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #7142 Tracking software >References: <[log in to unmask]> Naming equipment after graduated lab assistants?? That's great! Wow, the things I learn on this listserv... Norval Bard LLTI-Editor wrote: >--- Forwarded Message from Barbara Sawhill <[log in to unmask]> --- > > > >>Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 15:09:09 -0400 >>From: Barbara Sawhill <[log in to unmask]> >>Sender: [log in to unmask] >>To: LLTI-Editor <[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: Tracking software >>Originator-Info: login-id=psawhill; server=mail.oberlin.edu >> >> > >I agree 100% with Read's comments about a good tracking system being good >"ammunition" in these times of budget cuts and space disputes. The need >for documentation of what we do and whom we help is critical to the >survival of the language lab. > >Along the lines of tracking software: can anyone suggest a tool to help >keep track of the equipment and to make sure we do not double book items? >Currently we use our scheduling software (Meeting maker) for reserving >equipment, and we have gone the extra step of naming all of the pieces of >equipment after graduated lab assistants so as not to have confusion, but >what we need is something built in to the scheduling software that would >tell us say, you only have three VCRS left or there are no more tripods >available for checkout... Does such a thing exist? > >Any suggestions would be welcome. > >Barbara Sawhill >Director >Cooper International Learning Center (The Language Lab) >Oberlin College > >phone: 440-775-8595 fax: 440-775-6888 > >The Language Lab website: http://www.oberlin.edu/ilc > >"The nice part about living in a small town is that when you don't know what >you're doing, someone else does." > > -- ********************************** Norval Bard, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of French Director, Roberta I. Myers Language Resource Center North Central College 30, N. Brainard St. Naperville, IL 60566 ph. 630-637-5125 fax: 630-637-5295