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Polaris Case Study

Orion Township Public Library

Introduction

This case study of Orion Township Public Library is based on a January 2019 survey of Polaris customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

After looking at competitors, including Horizon, the Orion Township Public Library team decided to go with Polaris.

The key challenges they chose Polaris to solve included:

  • Reducing time spent supporting discovery and circulation
  • Improving the patron experience
  • Reducing time spent integrating with, and maintaining, third-party applications

Use Case

Aside from price, the standout features that were a factor in going with Polaris included:

  • Web-based mobility for public services and reference staff
  • Flexible mobile access to better connect with their community
  • Ease of training staff in using it
  • Breadth and depth of ILS functionality
  • Streamlined workflow and overall system efficiency
  • Responsive discovery and design

Results

The library team would rate Polaris as better than the competition when it comes to overall functionality, performance, customization, APIs and integrations, reporting and statistics, web-based mobility for staff, and responsive discovery.





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