Afternoon all, I promised a number of you that I would feed back to the list but unfortunately my search for the perfect people counter is ongoing. In fact, among a large number of replies from people in the same predicament I only had one positive response (thanks John!). So, just one person's opinion but we were recommended this: We've trialled the 'Enterprise' thermal imaging overhead counter from D-Tech http://www.d-techdirect.com/people-counters-enterprise.asp Good in counting accuracy (as far as we can tell), but not yet advanced enough on the software and networking to meet our needs, but they are working on an advanced version, and we'll look at it again when due for release later in the year. We will probably trial one of these as our results with the beam type counters are so inaccurate. Rebecca Williams Principal Librarian - Performance, Development and Training Swansea Library and Information Service Civic Centre Oystermouth Road Swansea SA1 3SN Tel: 01792 637132 Fax: 01792 636235 Web: www.swansea.gov.uk/libraries <http://www.swansea.gov.uk/libraries> Blog: www.swansealibraries.blogspot.com <http://www.swansealibraries.blogspot.com> Twitter: http://twitter.com/PaigeLibrarian <http://twitter.com/PaigeLibrarian> ________________________________ From: lis-pub-libs: UK Public Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Williams, Rebecca Sent: 20 April 2009 13:14 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: People counters Hello, We are currently reassessing the people counters at our Central Library as we are not confident in the data they are providing. The library is very busy (around 3000 visits a day) with multiple entrances and we have a lot of group visits. A manual count recently suggested we have been undercounting visits by about 20% I am interested in anyone working in a similar environment who has a positive experience of people counters and would be willing to recommend a good one. Thanks Rebecca Williams Principal Librarian - Performance, Development and Training Swansea Library and Information Service Civic Centre Oystermouth Road Swansea SA1 3SN Tel: 01792 637132 Fax: 01792 636235 Web: www.swansea.gov.uk/libraries <http://www.swansea.gov.uk/libraries> Blog: www.swansealibraries.blogspot.com <http://www.swansealibraries.blogspot.com> Twitter: http://twitter.com/PaigeLibrarian <http://twitter.com/PaigeLibrarian> ****************************************************************** This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the administrator on the following address: [log in to unmask] Mae'r e-bost hwn ac unrhyw ffeiliau a drosglwyddir gydag ef yn gyfrinachol ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig. Os ydych wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn drwy gamgymeriad, dylech hysbysu'r gweinyddydd yn y cyfeiriad canlynol: [log in to unmask] *******************************************************************