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Boost the student experience
- Solutions for Universities and Colleges

Powerful integrated booking solutions affirm your status as a well-resourced, professional institution, enhancing resource discoverability and maximising return on investment. Not least, it pays huge dividends in student satisfaction. Find out what our solutions can do for you…

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Online booking software – benefits to your institution

  Improved resource access and tracking

  Asset usage and reporting

  Better room management

  PC access control

  Consultancy and support

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Improved resource access and tracking

Connect2 is the market leader for online equipment booking, checkin/out workflows and inventory tracking. It is highly developed to bring clarity, order and access to resources, no matter how numerous or dispersed they may be throughout your institution.

The system ensures that each user accesses only those items that they are authorised to borrow. Meanwhile the self-service functionality vastly alleviates the admin burden on staff for managing bookings and loans. Inventory management and tracking is automated, and equipment availability is improved. Not least, missing equipment is more quickly recovered and late returns are greatly reduced through automated communications and optional penalties.

Find out more about connect2 online resource booking software for equipment and media stores.



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Asset usage and reporting

You’ll find that usage of equipment and other resources starts to optimise as access and availability improves. Useful usage reporting is available by resource type or site, to help track progress. It also provides supporting data to making inventory decisions such as new purchases of items in heavy demand.

The system also gives useful overviews to managers for day-to-day staffing decisions, and for knowing which resources can be freed up for other uses.



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Better room management

The ability to improve room access – and occupancy rates - comes with connect2 room booking functionality. Rooms can be reserved using the self-service online interface, with booking rules applied to ensure fair access.

Students and staff are supported in booking the right room for their needs due to the highly visual booking experience and availability of relevant search criteria and resource information. Room bookings and meeting information can be displayed on digital signage.

Usage reporting will enable you to track improved occupancy of rooms, while flexibility in cancellation workflows ensures that rooms are freed up for others wherever possible.

Go to the Room booking solution page for further information.



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PC access control

Our leading PC reservation software, netloan, enables easy access to computers in your labs or libraries by 24/7 online booking. Sessions are controllable by length and frequency ensuring fair access to resources. With authentication via Active Directory or the LMS, all usage is trackable for identification of users when needed, application of booking rules, communication and reporting.

Netloan has a wealth of session management features– click to find out more.



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Consultancy and support

Choosing Lorensbergs software ensures you get the support you require, when you need it. Our consultants and engineers have long experience in supporting our customers as they transition to smarter ways of managing resources and engaging with students.

Find out more from our Customers page.



Case Studies and Research

Imperial College London - Central Library Case Study

Lorensbergs talks to the Central Library staff at Imperial College London to find out how they manage both study room bookings and workshop registrations and attendance using the connect2 solution.

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Case Study: Coventry University - A Day in the Life of a media store with connect2

Coventry University kindly invited the connect2 team to spend time with them to get invaluable feedback.

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Testimonials for connect2

Edge Hill University

The advance booking time has been reduced from three days to half an hour because bookings are so much easier to manage - this has gone down really well with students and they are enjoying using the self-service advance booking facility in connect2

Penny Gilchrist

Co-ordinator at Centre for Academic Writing,
Coventry University

Students have welcomed the opportunity to book online, and the admin team find connect2 very intuitive.

State University of New York (SUNY) Fredonia

The reporting functionality is very good. You can really segment down to the item level and see usage for a specific timeframe.

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Latest buzz

Connect2 Guide to Live Streaming Kit for Pros

Live streaming has never been an industry for the faint of heart. Recent strides in technology, however, have revolutionized the business. Over the course of the pandemic, it’s become much easier to pull off. Let’s take a look at some production tips and gear recommendations that will help you execute your next live stream...

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Equipment lending services – strengths and shortfalls

Equipment lending schemes are highly valued by students and staff alike. Every day, they provide much-needed resources and advice. However, as they’re working under constraints, it isn’t possible to satisfy everyone all the time. Taking the findings from our research at BVE, we look at what’s valued most from these operations. We also look at areas needing further support or ideas...

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Higher Education Review Infographic: Student equipment lending services

In a recent Lorensbergs' survey, we sounded out why equipment lending schemes in Higher Education are so important and what supports their success. Nearly 80 higher education representatives from over 60 institutions gave us their views. The key findings are now available in a new infographic...

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With connect2 in place, the following time-savings become a reality - as reported by universities and colleges already using the system (over 100 institutions):

• Student enquiries on equipment availability reduce by up to 50% - as real-time availability is visible online

• This saves you up to 5 hours per week, as no need to manually check resource availability or respond to so many queries

• Students' self-service advance bookings online can save you a further 8 hours per week

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