online booking systems

[Rosemary.White]

Dear all,
We’ve been using a good online booking system for our instruments, but this is coming to an end, sadly, a proprietry system written, and owned by, a student who has now left.  We have about 12 instruments on this now, with different minimum/maximum timeslots, hours allowed per week, time allowed to book in advance, etc.  We can set different levels of user access, whether they need training or assistance, and can generate email lists for each instrument or for each research group.  Lots of options, simply laid out.

So we’ve been trialling Calcium – any other/better options out there?  The current system is much easier and simpler than Calcium, but we’re going to have to bite the bullet and use something else.  Our admin said we should use Outlook calendars, but I’m not very keen on that, it doesn’t seem as flexible and not everyone uses outlook.

thanks,
Rosemary

Rosemary White
CSIRO Plant Industry
GPO Box 1600
Canberra, ACT 2601
Australia

ph 61 2 6246 5475
fx 61 2 6246 5334

[Christian Müller-11]

We run MRBS, which lacks flexibility (e.g. I miss user levels, but solved this by running multiple instances of the program) but is easy to use and to administrate. If you don't need the 'extras', it may be a good choice.

http://mrbs.sourceforge.net/

Christian

Rosemary White schrieb:

Dear all,
We’ve been using a good online booking system for our instruments, but this is coming to an end, sadly, a proprietry system written, and owned by, a student who has now left.  We have about 12 instruments on this now, with different minimum/maximum timeslots, hours allowed per week, time allowed to book in advance, etc.  We can set different levels of user access, whether they need training or assistance, and can generate email lists for each instrument or for each research group.  Lots of options, simply laid out.

So we’ve been trialling Calcium – any other/better options out there?  The current system is much easier and simpler than Calcium, but we’re going to have to bite the bullet and use something else.  Our admin said we should use Outlook calendars, but I’m not very keen on that, it doesn’t seem as flexible and not everyone uses outlook.

thanks,
Rosemary

Rosemary White
CSIRO Plant Industry
GPO Box 1600
Canberra, ACT 2601
Australia

ph 61 2 6246 5475
fx 61 2 6246 5334

[Adrian Smith-6]

Rosemary,

That system you are currently/previously using sounds great!

I've seen similar functionality discussed in several places (eg on the Purdue Cytometry Mailing List, on a poster a flow conference and in my internal planning meetings with my IT staff!) but when I last look seriously I wasn't able to find all those features actually implemented in a sensible and workable fashion. However, it has been several years since I looked closely so something may have come up.

Is there absolutely no way you can continue using it or get the student to license it to you (or sell it in some other way so you pay for it)? I'm sure there would be others interested in it. If you do make any progress in that regard I would love to know. We've been talking about adding those sort of features on top of the basic open-source solution we are currently using but we've never got to the point of allocating the resources to make it happen.

Regards,

Adrian Smith

Centenary Institute, Sydney, Australia

On 19/11/2008, at 6:38 PM, Rosemary White wrote:

Dear all,
We’ve been using a good online booking system for our instruments, but this is coming to an end, sadly, a proprietry system written, and owned by, a student who has now left.  We have about 12 instruments on this now, with different minimum/maximum timeslots, hours allowed per week, time allowed to book in advance, etc.  We can set different levels of user access, whether they need training or assistance, and can generate email lists for each instrument or for each research group.  Lots of options, simply laid out.

So we’ve been trialling Calcium – any other/better options out there?  The current system is much easier and simpler than Calcium, but we’re going to have to bite the bullet and use something else.  Our admin said we should use Outlook calendars, but I’m not very keen on that, it doesn’t seem as flexible and not everyone uses outlook.

thanks,
Rosemary

Rosemary White
CSIRO Plant Industry
GPO Box 1600
Canberra, ACT 2601
Australia

ph 61 2 6246 5475
fx 61 2 6246 5334

[Cesare -ALEMBIC-]

Dear All,
just to point out about this topic,
this very beatiful web-based on-line reservation system specifically designed for facilities,
developped in collaboration between Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Rockefeller University in New York.

http://www.pfid.org/html/ppms_agree/?en

It's available free of charge for academics or non-profits institutions.

best whishes,

Cesare


_____________________________________________________________________
Dr. Cesare Covino
Biologist - Light Microscopy Coordinator
ALEMBIC
Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy BioImaging Center
San Raffaele Scientific Institute
DIBIT 1  S2A3
via Olgettina 58, 20132 - Milano - Italy
Tel [phone](others -4640, -4641)
Fax [phone]
e-mail: [hidden email]
ALEMBIC webpage: www.sanraffaele.org/research/alembic






Adrian Smith ha scritto:

Rosemary,

That system you are currently/previously using sounds great!

I've seen similar functionality discussed in several places (eg on the Purdue Cytometry Mailing List, on a poster a flow conference and in my internal planning meetings with my IT staff!) but when I last look seriously I wasn't able to find all those features actually implemented in a sensible and workable fashion. However, it has been several years since I looked closely so something may have come up.

Is there absolutely no way you can continue using it or get the student to license it to you (or sell it in some other way so you pay for it)? I'm sure there would be others interested in it. If you do make any progress in that regard I would love to know. We've been talking about adding those sort of features on top of the basic open-source solution we are currently using but we've never got to the point of allocating the resources to make it happen.

Regards,

Adrian Smith

Centenary Institute, Sydney, Australia

On 19/11/2008, at 6:38 PM, Rosemary White wrote:

Dear all,
We’ve been using a good online booking system for our instruments, but this is coming to an end, sadly, a proprietry system written, and owned by, a student who has now left.  We have about 12 instruments on this now, with different minimum/maximum timeslots, hours allowed per week, time allowed to book in advance, etc.  We can set different levels of user access, whether they need training or assistance, and can generate email lists for each instrument or for each research group.  Lots of options, simply laid out.

So we’ve been trialling Calcium – any other/better options out there?  The current system is much easier and simpler than Calcium, but we’re going to have to bite the bullet and use something else.  Our admin said we should use Outlook calendars, but I’m not very keen on that, it doesn’t seem as flexible and not everyone uses outlook.

thanks,
Rosemary

Rosemary White
CSIRO Plant Industry
GPO Box 1600
Canberra, ACT 2601
Australia

ph 61 2 6246 5475
fx 61 2 6246 5334

[cromey]

The OCF scheduling software was developed here at the University of Arizona.  It’s used extensively here and I understand it’s also used quite a bit elsewhere.  With MS Windows-controlled instruments you can have a piece of code load at login/logout that allows the OCF server to track usage, which is very handy.  Individual users have their own logins and can choose which account numbers to use.  Facility managers can restrict who can schedule on a piece of equipment through an approval process.  Managers can also control the hours of use, and things like how soon before a scheduled session are users allowed to cancel their session…   I also like the ability to send out an email specifically to the registered users of my instrument.

 

Examples: 

    My confocal facility:  http://schedule.arl.arizona.edu/month.php?user=zeiss&rid=18

    Other facilities:  http://schedule.arl.arizona.edu/select_resource.php?v=1                

 

More Info:  http://demo.arl.arizona.edu/

 

I believe the software is freely available for non-profits.  Contact Nirav Merchant [hidden email] or Terrill Youhas [hidden email] for specific details.

 

Regarding the commercial software Calcium, I have used iCal (also developed by Brownbear Software, www.brownbearsw.com) for several years.  We use it in my dept for room scheduling, lab calendars and low-volume shared-instrument scheduling.  In my experience the tech-support from this company has been excellent and the product we have works very well for our needs.  (No commercial interest)

 

Doug

 

 

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From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Rosemary White
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:39 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: online booking systems

 

Dear all,
We’ve been using a good online booking system for our instruments, but this is coming to an end, sadly, a proprietry system written, and owned by, a student who has now left.  We have about 12 instruments on this now, with different minimum/maximum timeslots, hours allowed per week, time allowed to book in advance, etc.  We can set different levels of user access, whether they need training or assistance, and can generate email lists for each instrument or for each research group.  Lots of options, simply laid out.

So we’ve been trialling Calcium – any other/better options out there?  The current system is much easier and simpler than Calcium, but we’re going to have to bite the bullet and use something else.  Our admin said we should use Outlook calendars, but I’m not very keen on that, it doesn’t seem as flexible and not everyone uses outlook.

thanks,
Rosemary

Rosemary White
CSIRO Plant Industry
GPO Box 1600
Canberra, ACT 2601
Australia

ph 61 2 6246 5475
fx 61 2 6246 5334

[Mathieu Marchand-2]

Rosemary,
The PPMS online management system has most of the capacities you are
looking for (and probably more):
All booking parameters can be different for each instrument and it has
3 levels of user access. You can review user experience and generate
mailing lists and detailed usage reports. Users can request an account
and a training online. Users can report incidents and administrators
can update incidents and organize/log maintenance operations. You can
also add price rules and generate invoices. Many functionalities can
be enabled/disabled in the online administration interface so the
pages are kept simple.
The software is a collaboration between Institut Pasteur and
Rockefeller University, and is available free of charge for academics
and non-profits (a license agreement is needed). More at
http://www.pfid.org/html/ppms_agree
Regards,
Mat


--
Mathieu Marchand
--
Bio-Imaging Resource Center, The Rockefeller University
1230 York Avenue, box 209, New York, NY 10021
http://www.rockefeller.edu/bioimaging .
[phone] (7489 for fax)


On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:38 AM, Rosemary White <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Dear all,
> We've been using a good online booking system for our instruments, but this
> is coming to an end, sadly, a proprietry system written, and owned by, a
> student who has now left.  We have about 12 instruments on this now, with
> different minimum/maximum timeslots, hours allowed per week, time allowed to
> book in advance, etc.  We can set different levels of user access, whether
> they need training or assistance, and can generate email lists for each
> instrument or for each research group.  Lots of options, simply laid out.
>
> So we've been trialling Calcium – any other/better options out there?  The
> current system is much easier and simpler than Calcium, but we're going to
> have to bite the bullet and use something else.  Our admin said we should
> use Outlook calendars, but I'm not very keen on that, it doesn't seem as
> flexible and not everyone uses outlook.
>
> thanks,
> Rosemary
>
> Rosemary White
> CSIRO Plant Industry
> GPO Box 1600
> Canberra, ACT 2601
> Australia
>
> ph 61 2 6246 5475
> fx 61 2 6246 5334
>

[B. Prabhakar Pandian]

Hello:
          Can someone advise me on the best substrates for growing Hela
cells on glass slides.

Thanks,

-Prabhakar

[Daniël]

Just put them on glass without coating, they will attach anyway.
If you want, you could use fibronectin


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On Behalf Of B. Prabhakar Pandian
Sent: woensdag 19 november 2008 16:46
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Substrate for growing Hela cells on glass slides


Hello:
          Can someone advise me on the best substrates for growing Hela
cells on glass slides.

Thanks,

-Prabhakar
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[Tamara Howard]

I'd add one caveat to the "just toss them onto the glass'
suggestion - make sure your glass slides are clean. The
oils or whatever is on slides out of the box can interfere
with cell growth, even for HeLa. They'll grow on dirty
glass, but they stay rounder (in Z) than if the glass is
clean.

Tamara

On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:45:51 -0600
  "B. Prabhakar Pandian" <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Hello:
>          Can someone advise me on the best substrates
>for growing Hela
> cells on glass slides.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Prabhakar

***************************
Tamara Howard
Cell Biology & Physiology
UNM-HSC
Albuquerque, NM
***************************

[Carol Heckman]

Prabhakar-
This only works if you have fetal bovine serum or something quite similar in the medium.  Otherwise, you get a very abnormal attachment.  That is to say, cells do not react very well to a naked glass surface.
Carol Heckman
Center for Microscopy & Microanalysis
Bowling Green State University
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From: Confocal Microscopy List [[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Lam, Daniel [[hidden email]]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:51 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Substrate  for growing Hela cells on glass slides

Just put them on glass without coating, they will attach anyway.
If you want, you could use fibronectin


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From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]]
On Behalf Of B. Prabhakar Pandian
Sent: woensdag 19 november 2008 16:46
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Substrate for growing Hela cells on glass slides


Hello:
          Can someone advise me on the best substrates for growing Hela
cells on glass slides.

Thanks,

-Prabhakar
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[Boswell, Carl A - (cboswell)]

A note of caution about the OCF scheduling calendar that Doug described:  It is no longer supported by our tech people, so all users are on their own.  This may not matter if you never have any questions about how to use it.  There is a certain level of tech savvy needed to install the code on each Windows machine also, so bumblers such as myself have to find knowledgable geeks who can set it up properly.  With a few tweaks this could be a much better program, but until someone with appropriate skills and time makes the effort, this is where it stands.

 

I still use the software for the 6 systems I manage, but am open to the possibility of using other programs that can do what this does and also has support.

 

Carl

 

Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
520-954-7053
FAX [phone]

----- Original Message -----

From: [hidden email]

To: [hidden email]

Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:06 AM

Subject: Re: online booking systems

Dear All,
just to point out about this topic,
this very beatiful web-based on-line reservation system specifically designed for facilities,
developped in collaboration between Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Rockefeller University in New York.

http://www.pfid.org/html/ppms_agree/?en

It's available free of charge for academics or non-profits institutions.

best whishes,

Cesare


_____________________________________________________________________
Dr. Cesare Covino
Biologist - Light Microscopy Coordinator
ALEMBIC
Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy BioImaging Center
San Raffaele Scientific Institute
DIBIT 1  S2A3
via Olgettina 58, 20132 - Milano - Italy
Tel [phone](others -4640, -4641)
Fax [phone]
e-mail: [hidden email]
ALEMBIC webpage: www.sanraffaele.org/research/alembic






Adrian Smith ha scritto:

Rosemary,

That system you are currently/previously using sounds great!

I've seen similar functionality discussed in several places (eg on the Purdue Cytometry Mailing List, on a poster a flow conference and in my internal planning meetings with my IT staff!) but when I last look seriously I wasn't able to find all those features actually implemented in a sensible and workable fashion. However, it has been several years since I looked closely so something may have come up.

Is there absolutely no way you can continue using it or get the student to license it to you (or sell it in some other way so you pay for it)? I'm sure there would be others interested in it. If you do make any progress in that regard I would love to know. We've been talking about adding those sort of features on top of the basic open-source solution we are currently using but we've never got to the point of allocating the resources to make it happen.

Regards,

Adrian Smith

Centenary Institute, Sydney, Australia

On 19/11/2008, at 6:38 PM, Rosemary White wrote:

Dear all,
We’ve been using a good online booking system for our instruments, but this is coming to an end, sadly, a proprietry system written, and owned by, a student who has now left.  We have about 12 instruments on this now, with different minimum/maximum timeslots, hours allowed per week, time allowed to book in advance, etc.  We can set different levels of user access, whether they need training or assistance, and can generate email lists for each instrument or for each research group.  Lots of options, simply laid out.

So we’ve been trialling Calcium – any other/better options out there?  The current system is much easier and simpler than Calcium, but we’re going to have to bite the bullet and use something else.  Our admin said we should use Outlook calendars, but I’m not very keen on that, it doesn’t seem as flexible and not everyone uses outlook.

thanks,
Rosemary

Rosemary White
CSIRO Plant Industry
GPO Box 1600
Canberra, ACT 2601
Australia

ph 61 2 6246 5475
fx 61 2 6246 5334

[Farid Jalali]

Hello Folks,
Just to add to Tamara's point, I have never plated onto glass slides, but with glass coverslips, I usually dip them in 70% ethanol to sterilize, and then rinse in sterile PBS before plating with cells. From primary human fibroblasts to Hela cells, this seems to work quite well, with the cells adhering firmly and suitable for most downstream application. Using poly-lysine is another option for coating slides/coverslips.
Best
Farid

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:29 AM, Tamara A Howard <[hidden email]> wrote:

I'd add one caveat to the "just toss them onto the glass' suggestion - make sure your glass slides are clean. The oils or whatever is on slides out of the box can interfere with cell growth, even for HeLa. They'll grow on dirty glass, but they stay rounder (in Z) than if the glass is clean.

Tamara

On Wed, 19 Nov 2008 09:45:51 -0600
 "B. Prabhakar Pandian" <[hidden email]> wrote:

Hello:
        Can someone advise me on the best substrates for growing Hela cells on glass slides.

Thanks,

-Prabhakar

***************************
Tamara Howard
Cell Biology & Physiology
UNM-HSC
Albuquerque, NM
***************************

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Program Leader- Cellular Imaging Core
Applied Molecular Oncology and Radiation Medicine Program
Princess Margaret Hospital (University  Health Network)
Toronto Medical Discovery Tower
Toronto, Canada
416-581-7754 STTARR at TMDT
416-581-7791 STTARR Microscopy Suite

[neeraj Gohad-3]

Rosemary,

 

We have been using the FACES scheduling system which is  hosted by University of Georgia for free  http://faces.ccrc.uga.edu/

 

We use FACES for our Imaging  facility. It’s quite easy to use, both for the user end and the admin end. For the Admin end there is a lot of flexibility. You can allot different time slots for different instruments in the facility, you can a enforce time restrictions for different instruments. Each user gets their own username and password, you can create groups and sub groups of users, these are some of the features.

 

Best,

 

Neeraj.

 

 

Neeraj V. Gohad, PhD

Postdoctoral Fellow,

Okeanos Research Group

Department of Biological Sciences

132 Long Hall,Clemson University

Clemson, SC-29634

864-656-3597

[hidden email]

 

 

 

 

 

From: Confocal Microscopy List [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Carl Boswell
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:12 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: online booking systems

 

A note of caution about the OCF scheduling calendar that Doug described:  It is no longer supported by our tech people, so all users are on their own.  This may not matter if you never have any questions about how to use it.  There is a certain level of tech savvy needed to install the code on each Windows machine also, so bumblers such as myself have to find knowledgable geeks who can set it up properly.  With a few tweaks this could be a much better program, but until someone with appropriate skills and time makes the effort, this is where it stands.

 

I still use the software for the 6 systems I manage, but am open to the possibility of using other programs that can do what this does and also has support.

 

Carl

 

Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
520-954-7053
FAX [phone]

----- Original Message -----

From: [hidden email]

To: [hidden email]

Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 7:06 AM

Subject: Re: online booking systems

 

Dear All,
just to point out about this topic,
this very beatiful web-based on-line reservation system specifically designed for facilities,
developped in collaboration between Institut Pasteur in Paris and the Rockefeller University in New York.

http://www.pfid.org/html/ppms_agree/?en

It's available free of charge for academics or non-profits institutions.

best whishes,

Cesare


_____________________________________________________________________
Dr. Cesare Covino
Biologist - Light Microscopy Coordinator
ALEMBIC
Advanced Light and Electron Microscopy BioImaging Center
San Raffaele Scientific Institute
DIBIT 1  S2A3
via Olgettina 58, 20132 - Milano - Italy
Tel [phone](others -4640, -4641)
Fax [phone]
e-mail: [hidden email]
ALEMBIC webpage: www.sanraffaele.org/research/alembic






Adrian Smith ha scritto:

Rosemary,

 

That system you are currently/previously using sounds great!

 

I've seen similar functionality discussed in several places (eg on the Purdue Cytometry Mailing List, on a poster a flow conference and in my internal planning meetings with my IT staff!) but when I last look seriously I wasn't able to find all those features actually implemented in a sensible and workable fashion. However, it has been several years since I looked closely so something may have come up.

 

Is there absolutely no way you can continue using it or get the student to license it to you (or sell it in some other way so you pay for it)? I'm sure there would be others interested in it. If you do make any progress in that regard I would love to know. We've been talking about adding those sort of features on top of the basic open-source solution we are currently using but we've never got to the point of allocating the resources to make it happen.

 

Regards,

 

Adrian Smith

Centenary Institute, Sydney, Australia

 

 

On 19/11/2008, at 6:38 PM, Rosemary White wrote:

Dear all,
We’ve been using a good online booking system for our instruments, but this is coming to an end, sadly, a proprietry system written, and owned by, a student who has now left.  We have about 12 instruments on this now, with different minimum/maximum timeslots, hours allowed per week, time allowed to book in advance, etc.  We can set different levels of user access, whether they need training or assistance, and can generate email lists for each instrument or for each research group.  Lots of options, simply laid out.

So we’ve been trialling Calcium – any other/better options out there?  The current system is much easier and simpler than Calcium, but we’re going to have to bite the bullet and use something else.  Our admin said we should use Outlook calendars, but I’m not very keen on that, it doesn’t seem as flexible and not everyone uses outlook.

thanks,
Rosemary

Rosemary White
CSIRO Plant Industry
GPO Box 1600
Canberra, ACT 2601
Australia

ph 61 2 6246 5475
fx 61 2 6246 5334

 

[Ed Monosov]

Hi Rosemary,
We are using "calendars for  Web"
(http://www.greathill.com/products_server.php) for about 7 years and
very happy with it.

Good Luck.

Ed

Rosemary White wrote:

> Dear all,
> We’ve been using a good online booking system for our instruments, but
> this is coming to an end, sadly, a proprietry system written, and
> owned by, a student who has now left.  We have about 12 instruments on
> this now, with different minimum/maximum timeslots, hours allowed per
> week, time allowed to book in advance, etc.  We can set different
> levels of user access, whether they need training or assistance, and
> can generate email lists for each instrument or for each research
> group.  Lots of options, simply laid out.
>
> So we’ve been trialling Calcium – any other/better options out there?
>  The current system is much easier and simpler than Calcium, but we’re
> going to have to bite the bullet and use something else.  Our admin
> said we should use Outlook calendars, but I’m not very keen on that,
> it doesn’t seem as flexible and not everyone uses outlook.
>
> thanks,
> Rosemary
>
> Rosemary White
> CSIRO Plant Industry
> GPO Box 1600
> Canberra, ACT 2601
> Australia
>
> ph 61 2 6246 5475
> fx 61 2 6246 5334

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        La Jolla, CA 92037
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[M. van de corput]

I always grow my cells staight on untreated clean coverslips and/or
slides. For live imaging that might not be enough. You could try poly
L-lysine coatings.

Mariette Kemner
Erasmus MC, NL


Op Wo, 19 november, 2008 4:45 pm, schreef B. Prabhakar Pandian:
> Hello:
>           Can someone advise me on the best substrates for growing Hela
> cells on glass slides.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Prabhakar
>

[Olivier Bardot]

Hello
We are using calendars.net. It is free et easy. It looks like iCal.
Users seems to be happy with that.
Cheers

[Louis Kerr]

Rosemary,

I began using the PPMS system this summer and so far it has worked well and has been well recieved by our users. It is web based so users can access it anywhere. It resides on one of our institutional servers and was installed by a talented summer student. We have gotten excellent support from the developers and they continue to provide additional functionality. It may not do everything you want but it seemed to be the best fit for us from the systems we investigated.

Louie

On Nov 19, 2008, at 10:30 AM, Mathieu Marchand wrote:

Rosemary,
The PPMS online management system has most of the capacities you are
looking for (and probably more):
All booking parameters can be different for each instrument and it has
3 levels of user access. You can review user experience and generate
mailing lists and detailed usage reports. Users can request an account
and a training online. Users can report incidents and administrators
can update incidents and organize/log maintenance operations. You can
also add price rules and generate invoices. Many functionalities can
be enabled/disabled in the online administration interface so the
pages are kept simple.
The software is a collaboration between Institut Pasteur and
Rockefeller University, and is available free of charge for academics
and non-profits (a license agreement is needed). More at
http://www.pfid.org/html/ppms_agree
Regards,
Mat


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1230 York Avenue, box 209, New York, NY 10021
http://www.rockefeller.edu/bioimaging .
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On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:38 AM, Rosemary White <[hidden email]> wrote:

Dear all,

We've been using a good online booking system for our instruments, but this

is coming to an end, sadly, a proprietry system written, and owned by, a

student who has now left.  We have about 12 instruments on this now, with

different minimum/maximum timeslots, hours allowed per week, time allowed to

book in advance, etc.  We can set different levels of user access, whether

they need training or assistance, and can generate email lists for each

instrument or for each research group.  Lots of options, simply laid out.

So we've been trialling Calcium – any other/better options out there?  The

current system is much easier and simpler than Calcium, but we're going to

have to bite the bullet and use something else.  Our admin said we should

use Outlook calendars, but I'm not very keen on that, it doesn't seem as

flexible and not everyone uses outlook.

thanks,

Rosemary

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