International Association for Great Lakes Research
Developing Solutions for a Professional Association
Since 1999 Loracs Creations has worked closely with IAGLR to develop and manage the association's web site as well as to provide related support services. In addition to the basic web site, projects include a fully integrated conference module, members-only area of the site, and a searchable archive covering more than 30 years of the Journal of Great Lakes Research. Each of these components has a set of related administrative pages. These web modules also meet many business functions and offline needs, such as membership renewal, conference registration, and generation of printed conference materials (program and abstract books, name tags, invoices, etc.)
Shown in these two images are the homepage for IAGLR's 2007 conference, as well as the gateway admin page for conference registration.
From the Client
“During my time as President of IAGLR, we decided to embark on a major overhaul of our web site. After a competitive search, we selected Loracs Creations Inc. as our web design and support team. It was probably the best decision I had a part in making during my time as an IAGLR officer. IAGLR now has a state-of-the-art web site for a professional society. I love the look and feel of the site – it's easy on your eyes and I never have any difficulty finding what I'm looking for, whether its contact information for committee members, the latest issue of the Journal, or up-to-date conference information. Loracs has been unfailingly helpful, providing timely support and a "can do" attitude. What I have especially liked about working with Loracs is that they are very careful to be sure that we are all on the same page – that they know what we want and that we know what we're going to get.”
- Michael Jones, IAGLR President,1999-2000; Past Membership Chair
“Hiring Loracs to design, implement and maintain the IAGLR website was one of the best decisions the Association has made. We were floundering to provide web services to our membership and to reach out to the greater Great Lakes community before we brought Loracs on board. After receiving the benefits of their expertise and experience in web site design, we now have one of the best web sites that I have seen for a professional society of our size. And I have always found them to be professional, very responsive, and always innovative. And they take special care to respectfully prevent us from making stupid mistakes in what we request for web site changes.”
- Joseph V. DePinto, Ph.D., Past Publications Committee Chair
“Loracs' work in developing our online process for abstract submission and conference registration has been outstanding. From a user perspective, submitting abstracts is now very easy and clear, and from a management perspective, reviewing abstracts and scheduling them into organized sessions is streamlined and very user friendly. Loracs also made printing the conference program book a painless experience; something that was truly labor intensive prior to Loracs' work. In interacting with Loracs for over 5 years, I am always impressed by their ability to help IAGLR think through the issues, and then work with us to develop the process that will make things function the way we envisioned them. And the result is clear; we frequently hear how great our online conference setup is!”
- Mary Ginnebaugh, Past Conference Committee Chair