”We migrated to OPALS this year, an open-source ILS which is a fraction of the cost of proprietary systems. The transition was incredibly painless and the customer support is prompt, empathetic and thorough.”Academic Librarian
Cattaraugus-Allegany BOCES School Library System
The CABOCES partners with its 22 component school districts to meet the educational needs of all students ages birth to adult in the region. Located in Cattaraugus, Allegany, Erie, and Wyoming counties in southwestern New York State, CABOCES encompasses 2,159 square miles. School districts vary in size from rural, single campus K-12 settings to small city school districts. In 2008, district K-12 enrollments ranged from 305 (Whitesville) to 2,606 (Pioneer). The combined public school enrollment in 2008 was approximately 20,000 students. BOCES exists to provide cost effective sharing of educational services among local school districts.
In keeping with this purpose, CABOCES offers a wide variety of programs including special education, career and technical education, adult and continuing education, and instructional support services. CABOCES also provides labor relations, business office support and safety/health issues, as well as assistance in implementing a variety of information technologies within the schools. Adding to its uniqueness, CABOCES maintains distance learning (RealNet) facilities at 21 sites within the BOCES area, as well as a connection to 80 additional sites Western New York.
Cattaraugus-Allegany-Erie-Wyoming BOCES
1825 Windfall Rd
Olean, NY 14760
Telephone: (716) 376-8200
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”MediaFlex, which offers and maintains OPALS for us, has been consistently the most responsive company in terms of customer support. Having worked with them since 2007, we continue to enjoy a close working relationship.”
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”Thanks to OPALS, 85-90% of our incoming back-office tasks are now smoothly handled automatically – against the former only 10%. We did not experience any troubling side-effects of any kind during/after implementation”
Bazh-GFx Academic Librarian”I can't believe that in an era like this I can still pick up the phone and get connected right away with people who are directly running the business and solve the problem right then and there. It is so rare and I deeply appreciate that! I will reach out to a few other small schools in my area and let them know about your company!”
School Librarian -
”We migrated to OPALS this year, an open-source ILS which is a fraction of the cost of proprietary systems. The transition was incredibly painless and the customer support is prompt, empathetic and thorough.”
Academic Librarian”MediaFlex, which offers and maintains OPALS for us, has been consistently the most responsive company in terms of customer support. Having worked with them since 2007, we continue to enjoy a close working relationship.”
School Librarian -
”Thanks to OPALS, 85-90% of our incoming back-office tasks are now smoothly handled automatically – against the former only 10%. We did not experience any troubling side-effects of any kind during/after implementation”
Bazh-GFx Academic Librarian”I can't believe that in an era like this I can still pick up the phone and get connected right away with people who are directly running the business and solve the problem right then and there. It is so rare and I deeply appreciate that! I will reach out to a few other small schools in my area and let them know about your company!”
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