#13 Blog about Technology
I have been investigating automated rostering software packages in the market place suitable for library rosters. It has been interesting to find out that not many large libraries in Australia use roster software products, preferring instead to use manual systems, like Excel spreadsheets, which they can customise to suit their own rostering requirements. The most common reason for using automated rostering software is that they create too many problems in having to "tweak" the roster and are too expensive. If they save time, which is a major benefit of anything automated, then I think it is worth having a go. I have found one rostering product called Aesop (Frontline Placement Technologies US) which has a fantastic user interface and uses the latest technologies, e.g SMS, mobile in creating and managing rosters. As the saying goes, You never never know, if you don't give it a go! Check it out!