Resource Library
Resource Library is a social media file sharing solution that allows customers, members, committees or chapters to share documents, videos, podcasts, photos, presentations and more with their colleagues and constituents.
The Resource Library allows authorised members to share files through online libraries that can be arranged according to the needs of the organisation and its members. One key advantage of the Resource Library is once the files are published they then become indexed for search on the website or optionally the public search engines. The searchable content is available to a broader audience thereby increasing traffic and exposure for your organisation.
Integration with your Association Management System (AMS) allows for security to be set up per library according to member type, chapter or committee membership, subscriptions, demographic information, etc.
Specifically, the organisation's members can share any type of file, including:
- Microsoft Office Suite documents (Word, Excel, andPowerPoint)
- Apple iWork Suite documents (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote)
- Adobe .pdf documents
- Images (.bmp, .gif, .jpg, .png, etc.)
- Videos (.mpg, .avi, flv, .wmv, etc.)
- The Higher Logic Resource Library allows organisations to convert popular video formats into a simple flash streaming media format.The streaming files enable associations to provide a broad range of services from member based education to training sessions and conference/event recordings.The dynamic .flv format is a proven choice and allows for many users to view a shared video, similar to the functionality of the popular YouTube website.
- Any other file type an organisation specifies
Advatages of the Resource Library
- File sharing
- File categorization and sorting
- AMS integration for security and profile
- Multiple files per entry, downloadable as a package
- Personalized RSS feeds of library updates
- Auto conversion of videos to .flv files for video streaming
- Slide Show Functionality
- Advertising opportunities to generate non-dues revenue
- Notify Me agent via email or RSS
- Collaborative Tagging
- Tag Group Management
- 5 star ratings
- File moderation and approval
- Member viewable document statistics
- Contributor profile
- My Favorites
- Related Documents
- Related URLs
- User Comments
Users love:
- Ability to post documents and retrieve them when needed with zero reliance on organisational staff
- Can subscribe to RSS feed to receive automated updates of new postings
- Can rate content and tag it so that the most valuable content is easy to find
Organisations love:
- Auto-converts videos to .flv files for streaming (add-on module allows you to directly stream video)
- Gets documents out of email, local file drives and FTP sites and into an easily accessible area with search capabilities
- Takes the burden off of staff to upload documents to the website and allows users to generate and manage content
