DLOS - Digital Library Operating System
- SAW - Simplified Access to the Web
-
Personal Documents Manager
(works seamlessly with KIC)
- My$ - Personal Finance/Budget Tool
- $5 Computer in the palm of your hand
Not everyone is comfortable using computers to find what they need. DLOS gives users
with
very little, or no experience using browsers a simplified view where they can touch
a
visual
representation of the information they seek. Each DLOS screen provides helpful
pointers
and
encouragement as the user views links to important information on a wide variety of
topics.
For example, patrons can touch the DLOS screen to see a local bus or rail schedule,
watch a
video to learn about community services available to them, apply for healthcare
insurance,
print tax forms, write local or state officials, safely store personal documents,
access
email and social media and much more!
The text under the friendly librarian icon is
fully customizable by you, the librarian,
providing you with an easy means of adding
encouraging and informative commentary
that is specifc to the URL the patron selected.
Veteran Support in the Los Angeles Area
DLOS SAW helped me learn more about PTSD and find a local couselor.
The text under the friendly librarian icon is
fully customizable by you, the librarian,
providing you with an easy means of adding
encouraging and informative commentary
that is specifc to the URL the patron selected.
I also found an LA Veteran Support Group that meets
within a mile of my home. These tools are right here in the
library, and it’s great to know that someone cares and that
these services are available to anyone in need. "
Employment Assistance in Hoboken, NJ
I am dissabled, and when I was laid off from my cashiers
job at a local supermarket last summer, I went to the library
to find out about government assistance for living expenses
while I looked for a new job. The librarian showed me to a
DLOS station, and I was surprised not only by how many
employment assistance and support programs where available
right here in Hoboken, but at how easy DLOS makes it
to learn about them. "
Medicare Application Assistance
My husband and I are both 64, so I did a little research
while I was at my local library. The DLOS application
there made it easy for me to find out how simple it is to
apply for Medicare Benefits. What I thought was going
to take days took just about 15 minutes. "
SAW Commons
A Colaborative Tool for Librarians Across the Nation
What is SAW Commons?
Your SAW librarian comments are included when you
elect to port your SAW listing to SAW Commons!
Sharing Your SAW Listings is Easy!
Here’s How SAW Commons Works
Select one or more listings and click on the
green right-arrow icon. This will move a copy
of your SAW listing to the SAW Commons
area on the right side of the screen.
SAW Commons is a powerful feature that leverages the collective
knowledge and insights of librarians all over the nation. It is a colaborative
space online where librarians post their SAW listings so that
they can be shared with other librarians nationwide. SAW Commons
is a feature that works with SAW, Simplified Access to the Web.
Both the SAW and SAW Commons screens are show below.
Anything listed in SAW (on the left side of the screen) can be copied
or shared with SAW Commons (on the right side of the screen).
Using this common space, librarians can work together to provide
better, simpler and faster access to various service and educational
information for their patrons and patrons for other libraries acrros
the nation.
Librarians can choose to share their SAW website collections
and commentary in part or completely by selecting some or all
of their SAW websites and porting a copy to SAW Commons
with a single touch. Share and unshare at will.
Librarians Across America Cooperating to Bring Better Service to Patrons
Librarians are frequently asked the same questions across
America. Common questions like “Where can I find support
services for veterans?”, “Is there anything on the Web to help
me file my taxes?” and “I’m retiring soon.
Can I learn about Medicare
on the Web?” are asked on
a regular basis. Questions
about federal services and
information are also common
to all American libraries.
The same applies to states,
counties, coastal areas,
areas suffering from the
same extreme weather,
etc.
DLOS Simplified Access to the Web can answer these questions,
and SAW Commons is an easy to use national database
of Web sites and helpful hints that librarians across America
can contribute to and draw from to create their own local SAW
system to best serve their own local patrons.
I Feel Good Knowing That My
Important Legal and Personal Documents
are Safe and Completely In My Control
I took my important family documents, medical records, financial paperwork, and
even my social security card and drivers license to my local library and used the
KIC station there to scan everything to my DLOS MyDocs USB. Now I know it’s
all safe and easy for me to find anytime I need it.
I use MyDocs at the library to manage all of our family photos and everything
that my son makes for me in preschool.
USB Flash Drive = MyPC
Our library’s DLOS stations are great, and with a USB flash
drive, any DLOS station becomes my own PC.
- Helps me find important information on the Web
- Helps me organize my documents, photos, and my budget
- Gives budget tips and actually helps me reach my spending and savings goals
- Remembers my browsing cookies
- Works great with KIC Scan/Print/Fax stations
I never really thought about
owning my own PC
because it was never in my budget, but
now I can’t see doing without one.
I didn’t know much about computers, but when my
local library let me know that all I needed was a
USB memory stick, that got me interested in finding
out what I could do with one. Now all my important
documents are on my keychain, and any time
I need them, I just go to the library.
With a USB Flash Drive to Hold All Personal Information, Including Web
Browser Cookies, Personal Documents & Photos, a Single DLOS Station
Can Serve as the Private PC for Hundreds of Library Patrons
