Heritage for School Libraries
Hundreds of Schools in the UK use Heritage - some have been with us for nearly fifteen years! Listed below are a just a few of the reasons why.
- Simple, user-friendly system which requires no technical expertise to administer.
- FREE remote installation of Heritage (or can be installed by local staff in less than 15 minutes).
- Upgrades can be trialled by creating a copy of your copy of Heritage to a stand-alone to upgrade first.
- FREE upgrade to fully web-based version of Heritage when it is released (to all customers with a current support contract and running Heritage Online).
- A copy of your catalogue can be created in order to provide a training environment or practice global changes/deletions etc.
- Reader Import Module – imports student information from your school administration system.
- Quickcat Online – download catalogue records from the British National Bibliography or Library of Congress directly into the Heritage catalogue record.
- Heritage Online – completely customisable online version of OPAC and circulation facilities.
- FREE book covers facility, providing book cover images for your catalogue automatically.
- Catalogue lots of different media types, including websites.
- Student book reviews can be attached to catalogue records and indexed.
- FREE Weblinks import module.
- Event Scheduler – Schedule processes such as the creation of reports, sending of overdue notices etc so they are generated automatically.
- Biometrics – links to fingerprint recognition technology.
- Can provide all the reports that OFSTED require.
- Attention to Detail – provides helpful facilities such as URL checker, spellchecker and Dates facility (where reports can be produced outlining administration duties e.g. “all items expiring this week” etc).
- We have a proven history of supplying and supporting Heritage, particularly for school libraries (half of our customers are school libraries).
- The longevity of both the company and the product, and the excellent customer retention figures we enjoy, are evidence of our good reputation.
- Heritage is specifically designed to provide a clear, uncluttered and user-friendly layout, which we believe is incredibly important to those who use it on a day-to-day basis. We believe that design is often overlooked by our competitors, setting Heritage apart.
- We are committed to development for the future, and the provision of free upgrades to our customers as part of our standard support service.
- We are working on a fully web-based version of Heritage which will be offered as a free upgrade to customers running Heritage Online and with a valid support contract – we are not aware of any other supplier that has done this.
- We offer a portfolio of remote support services, which we can provide securely.
- We provide each customer with a Support Guide, a named support contact who will contact you proactively to ensure you are happy with Heritage and our services.
- We believe that our excellent reputation is proof of our commitment to both our product and our customers, as this can only be attained after many years of a consistently high quality product and service.
This page only outlines a few of benefits Heritage can bring to your library. Why not look closer at the rest of our website? We also recommend you look at our Schools case study. If you have any questions, or would like a full information pack (including price and site lists) or a free on-site demonstration please contact sales@isoxford.com or complete our online form.