Need to count passengers, but are limited by the space available onboard for a system hookup?

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What is the CCAC?
The Colorectal Cancer Association of Canada (CCAC) is on a mission to “increase awareness of colorectal cancer, support patients, and advocate for population-based screening and timely access to effective treatments.” This non-profit organization holds events and conferences for education, fundraising and awareness throughout the year across Canada to support their mission.

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Enterprise Benchmarks: Expanding Your Market Reach

Part 3: Calculations

Based on application and facility, specific calculations can be performed to analyze data collected from your system. A common calculation for retailers and librarians is a conversion ratio comparing the total number of people entering the facility to the number of transactions performed…

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1.       Twitter

Manning our booth, we’re limited to how much of the conference we can see, but the ALA Twitter feed enables a real-time “bird’s eye view” of what’s going on down the hall and allows us to interact with other Tweeps.  

2.       Librarian Humor

From funny posts on blogs and Twitter to witty t-shirts at the show, one of the best parts of library conferences is librarian humor. Even seminar session titles are creatively entertaining. A few of our favorite:

•Purple Crayons, Random Dots, and Peanut Butter Sandwiches: Children’s Literature as Catalyst for Creativity and Change in the Workplace” 

•“Move Over Dick and Jane: Reconsidering Books for Beginning Readers”

•“Less Train, More Gain : Using Technology to Train, Maintain, and Retain Part-time and Student Employees”

3.       Restaurants

Uncovering local favorites and great new restaurants is the perfect end to a long day of exhibiting. We’re still open to suggestions but here are a couple establishments we’re looking forward to trying:

•Jaleo Tapas Bar – Downtown 480 7^th Street NW

Experience a variety with authentic Spanish small plate dining

•Pizzeria Paradiso – Dupont Circle

You can never go wrong with a pizzeria – especially one with rave reviews. 

•Starbucks – Inside the JW Marriott Hotel

Fuel up before heading to the Convention Center!

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Only two more weeks until we hit the road to our nation’s capital for the 2010 ALA Annual Conference and Exhibit. Librarians and workers, trustees and vendors from across America will attend the conference at the Washington D.C. Convention Center to experience exhibits and speaker sessions from library product, service, and technology providers.

Stop by booth #1109 to get clued in on the technology that enables librarians to know how many patrons are visiting their facility. We’ll be featuring our most popular patron counter, the Wi-Fi Enabled People Counter as well as our newest technology, the Thermal Imaging Counter with TCP/IP Connectivity.

As with the PLA Conference in the spring, we’ll stay connected with you throughout the show – whether you’re in attendance, at the office or at home – via the #ALA2010 Twitter feed. More information regarding the show can be found at the ALA Annual Conference website. We look forward to seeing you June 25-28^th!

Carrying a stronger radio transmission enables this sensor to be placed an average of 325 feet away from its receiver counterpart within the facility, as opposed to 75 feet with a 418MHz transmitter. Also, operating with battery-power, this sensor is ideal for a wide array of locations where line-power is unavailable including recreational facilities, parks and exterior entryways. To accommodate mounting options for the wide variety of entryway styles, this two-part break-beam system is both front and side-firing and covers openings up to 40 feet wide.

This sensor’s durable casing includes a 6-digit LCD that displays count data and set-up parameters. As a power-saving feature, the LCD display only flashes while counting or activated, increasing battery-life. The 900MHz system combined with a Sensor Server Data Receiver enables computer integration to view count data as it is automatically placed into time-bins. One step further, Vea Software is installed in the system for automatic report generation and other customizable data options.

Contact us to learn more about this people counting system and others that best fit your unique application or browse the website for further information on this system as well as all SenSource products.

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The following is part two of the three part series compiled from several of our manuals and guides to ensure our Thermal Imaging Counter with TCP/IP Connectivity provides the most accurate data.

Part 2: Validation

During initial installation and periodically after, you will want to verify the accuracy of your count data. The most reliable method to validate the accuracy of a system is to compare hand-counted customer traffic to data collected by the system over the same period of time. A second effective validation process is to calculate the variation rate of in-traffic counts to out-traffic counts using the following equation:

[( out-in ) ÷ out ] ÷ 2 = Variation Percent

The lower the percent, the more accurate your system is. A variation percent of less than 10% is preferable and a higher percentage indicates a necessary change to your system.

The third and final section of the series will premier next month, in the mean time, be sure to subscribe to our RSS blog feed to stay connected with all of our posts in between! Have a question or comment on validating your Thermal Imaging Counter? Tell us about it below!

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