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Thank-you to everyone
who has contacted us and given us their feedback about ResourceMateŽ products
and services. Here are some comments from users in no particular order:
- "Your program stands
out as the best value for the features you provide and we are happy
to continue recommending it."
Susan Benish, National Church Library Association,
USA
- "ResourceMate® is an
excellent program...I really like it. It's easy to explain how to use
it to volunteers. I think it's wonderful and would think a lot of small
libraries could use it."
Michelle Wohlgemuth, 17 Wing Recreational Library,
Winnipeg, MB, Canada
- "simple inputting, easy
searching"
Arlene Maris, Wallaceburg Christian School, Wallaceburg,
ON, Canada
- "I'm enjoying using ResourceMateŽ
and finding it a real help in the library. We now have over 1,040 items
entered. We print out library labels and have printouts of the authors,
titles, and subject index available in the library in binder form."
Thea deGroot, Redeemer Christian Reformed Church,
Sarnia, ON, Canada
- "I have been extremely pleased
with ResourceMateŽ. I am tackling a huge project with many different
types of items, and I am excited about the quality of the database I
am setting up using your product."
Suzanne Gould, The National Health Museum, Alexandria,
VA, USA
- What we appreciate most
about ResourceMate®: "The ease of entering material as well
as the clear reports that can be generated."
Robin Bennett, Library Associate, UFO Museum
& Research Ctr., Roswell, NM
- "Thank you so much for the
instructions on running my reports. It was very helpful and I was thrilled
to get exactly what I wanted. It's nice to know that answers to my questions
are only an e-mail away!"
Marie DeGrosa, Martin Memorial Cancer Center,
Stuart, FL, USA
- "We appreciate the fact
that we get so much functionality for such a low price."
Sam Morgan, Presbyterian Church in Morristown,
NJ, USA
- " I just wanted to
let you know how pleased I am that we chose Resourcemate for our school
library. It is so easy to use and your customer service department is
wonderful to work with. Any question I might have has always been answered
promptly. Our library is about 99% converted to Resourcemate. We have
over 10,000 books and it is so much easier to track check-outs, fines
and inventory. Thanks for all you do."
Cheryl Brzezinski, St. Patrick School, Wadsworth,
IL
- "Our church library uses
a card system, and ResourceMateŽ saves typing cards. Also, the cards
come out neatly printed, and always perfectly typed..."
Ruth Fournie, Central Baptist, Brantford, ON, Canada
- "I love the program and
use it constantly in our little rural library"
Ruth Gilbert - Rosalind Kittay Public Library, West
Rupert, VT, USA
- What we appreciate most:
"ease of use, internet Library of Congress usage , customer support
(you folks are great)"
Michael Woodward, Evangel Pentecostal Church, Oakville,
ON, Canada
- "I appreciate your
company so much. We have just started lending and returning items with
the bar-coding system. It works wonderful and saves us a lot of time.
Thank you for an excellent program."
Cheryl Wimmers, Trinity Christian School, Burlington,
ON, Canada
- What we appreciate most:
"Ease of finding downloadable records on Library of Congress."
Bonnie Gelle, First Lutheran Church, Grand Rapids,
MN, USA
- "Thank you for your recent
help. Everything you suggested worked!!!! I am in full swing of getting
books into the computer. It is so easy!!!!"
Connie Dedon, United Methodist Church of Estes Park,
Estes Park, CO, USA
- "Victory is ours! The shelf
list card trial printed perfectly the first time. Tomorrow I hope to
run the cards but wanted to wait till the other volunteers who had invested
so much time were on hand. They'll be excited!"
Marilyn O'Connor, Rolling Hills Wildlife Refuge, Salina,
KS, USA
- "I'm very glad to be able
to import from the Internet (Library of Congress)."
Nienke Van Dyke, Fellowship Christian Ref. Church,
Hamilton, ON, Canada
- "...the Tech support people
at ResourceMate are better than any I have worked with at other software
firms. They actually answer the phone themselves, there are no long
waits or answering machines to deal with, and they are amazingly patient."
Joanne Kelly, Champaign IL USA
- "I wanted to let you know
how wonderful the program is. I use the LOC import feature like crazy.
It has made importing the books so much easier. The software is so user
friendly that it's easy to figure out, even for those volunteers that
we have who don't use computers."
Karen Charney, First Baptist Church, Jacksonville,
NC, USA
- "I must tell you that I
was not looking forward to starting a church library ...but I was joyfully
surprised at how easy it is to use the Library of Congress' site to
enter in all of our books. I have been able to enter in over 400 books
in less than a week...This program is amazing."
Judy Love, Temple Baptist Church, Kenosha, WI, USA
- "We previewed a couple of
programs including yours and, for our needs yours covered everything
just beautifully...[ResourceMateŽ] is ideal in our situation."
David Newman, Peerless School,
Northland School Division No 61, Peerless Lake, AB,
Canada
- "I think this is a great
program. I like being able to import from the Library of Congress...Congrats
on a great product."
Lazy B Pasos, Kelley L. Burks, Sylmar, CA, USA
- "Nice program to work with...
I quite like the product"
Rae Benson, Diocese of Saskatchewan, Prince Albert,
SK, Canada
- "You are one of the most
helpful software places I've found".
Sister Mary Jeremiah, Monastery of the Infant Jesus,
Lufkin,TX, USA
- "Actually we are finding
that our patrons just love the printed catalogue I produced [with ResourceMateŽ],
and may ultimately find that more convenient than trying to get on the
computer to search for an item."
Marilyn Ivey, Kamloops Family Historical Society,
Pritchard, BC, Canada
- "[ResourceMateŽ] saved me
from spending time writing my own package" "My wife and I have been
asked to take over the library at our church -- we will recommend use
of ResourceMateŽ as one of our conditions!" "My own copy [of ResourceMateŽ]
remains very firmly planted on my own PC - I wouldn't part with it for
worlds!"
Croombe
Pensom, Kanata, ON, Canada
- "More then fair price and
lots of choices."
Patrecia C. Glau, Newport, OR, USA
- "Easy to use"
Digna McLellan, Alliance Divinity School Library,
Anaheim, CA, USA
- "We're getting everything
done we set our minds to ... ResourceMateŽ is running great" "Superb
product and customer service" "We are having good success with ResourceMateŽ,
and in less than a year, cannot imagine how it would have ever been
possible to run a church library without it. We are looking forward
to exploiting it even more for greater value and effectiveness. THANKS!"
David & Heidi Ross, Moncton Wesleyan Church, Moncton,
NB, Canada
- "I was amazed when I saw
your product" "The program is easy enough to work with little by little
which is the way many volunteer librarians will use it" "I'm happy with
your program!"
Carl Bloss, Harrison Township Community Library, Harrison
Valley, PA, USA
- "Volunteers can work on
inputting data at home and then load the file into the main database
at the church library."
Carolynn Robertson, Metropolitan Bible Church Library,
Ottawa, ON, Canada
- "What we
appreciate most about ResourceMate is: The variety of reports we
can get and
also the ability of volunteers to enter at home* with
the help of the internet importing. I enjoy working with this program
and seem to discover something new each month that I wasn't aware of
before. I am recommending it to other church libraries." [*available
in the Plus version of ResourceMate®]
Dulcie Campana, Zion Lutheran Church,
Anoka, MN, USA
- "I
like the ease and user friendliness of ResourceMate. Data entry
is very straightforward, and the circulation system is very easy
to use. I also like the “Import from the Internet” feature.
The Plus feature of being able to do cataloguing at home*
is very good. I like being able to export files* to the MS Word Database
in
order
to do special reports." [*available in the
Plus version of ResourceMate®]
Joan Reid, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina,
WA, USA
- "Your newsletter has been
so very helpful."
Joann Borlee, Wydlewood Baptist Library, Oshkosh WI
USA
- "What we appreciate
most about ResourceMate®: is that it is appropriate for our small
library needs and also that help is always available and quick to respond
if needed."
Virginia Withington, Longboat Library Inc, Longboat
Key, FL
- "I just want to say
thank you so much for all the support/help you've given me, its been
a pleasure having your support and expertise on the subject and of course
when I see the smile back on the face of the users here especially the
Librarian and the Head of Development. Once again, many thanks."
Harry Ritarita, The Arts Educational School,
London,UK
- "What we appreciate most
about ResourceMate® is: It is so much
easier to have our books/users on the computer and to use the scanner
for the check out procedure [with ResourceMate® Plus]. We used the
library of congress to enter many books into our system
- what a timesaver!"
Valerie Wickard -York Home School Association
- "I still think that the
Resourcemate program was the best thing that happened to our library...",
Ruth Fournie, Central Baptist Church, Brantford, ON,
Canada
You can also read and view
some written endorsements from several organizations.
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