Community connect walkthrough

Mary wants to reserve a space in the Jeremanna Public Library for her senior citizens’ gardening club, so she visits the library’s website and opens Community Connect.

Mary has never used this system before, so she quickly chats with a librarian for some pointers.

Mary learns that if she hovers the cursor over a room on the map, she can see some basic information about the room, as well as the room’s availability on the grid below.

Mary chooses a date from the calendar, which highlights the entire week.

Mary then chooses a room by clicking it on the map. The room’s availability for the chosen week is displayed on the grid below.

Mary highlights the times for her room reservation, then selects equipment she’d like in the room.

On the next page, Mary can enter more information about her event.

Mary can notify the system that she would like a librarian to pick out materials and place them in the room before her event.

After entering the event title, Mary sees that a keyword is automatically generated at the bottom of the page.

Mary then sees that an event displays in the “Community Connect” sidebar.

Mary continues entering event information, then notices that after a new keyword is generated, another event appears in the “Community Connect” sidebar.

Mary thinks that the people going to the new event in “Community Connect” might also enjoy her event, so she checks the box to notify attendees about her event.

On the next page, Mary sees that the system automatically generated a Facebook event that she could post. She also notices a deal from a local business in the “Community Connect” sidebar.

Mary notices that the local pizza place is offering a discount and suggesting an order size for her expected guests, so she decides to order food for her event.

Through this system, Mary is able to publicize her event, find out about similar events, and connect with various individuals, groups, and companies within her community.