[OPLINLIST] Circulating MiFi devices

[Jessica D. Dooley]

John and Peter,

 

FWIW, while we don’t circulate MiFi devices at this time, we explored some information from vendors. T-Mobile offers that if you purchase static IPs for your MiFis (a small monthly fee), they will allow you to configure the MiFis to point to OpenDNS, or even place the MiFis behind your internal network filtering solution, if desired. I believe Verizon offers the same configuration options. Other libraries who have used this service could share more – I’d love to hear, also.

 

Jessica D. Dooley

IT Specialist

Adams County Public Library

937-587-2085

dooleyje at adamscolibrary.org

 

From: peter at mrcpl.org [mailto:peter at mrcpl.org] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 6:52 PM
To: John Springer
Cc: oplinlist at lists.oplin.org
Subject: Re: [OPLINLIST] Circulating MiFi devices

 

John,

 

This is not for the faint of heart. You will need to get all the departments involved on the same page. Here's how we do it.

 

http://www.mrcpl.org/whats-new/wifi-hotspots

 

There is not really an option for filtering these devices. If you think there is one we would be interested in hearing about it. 

 

Peter Moore

Information Technology Coordinator

Mansfield/Richland County Public Library

43 W.3rd St.

Mansfield, OH 44902

419-521-3105

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-----Original Message-----
From: "John Springer" <john.springer at geaugalibrary.info>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2016 9:24am
To: oplinlist at lists.oplin.org
Subject: [OPLINLIST] Circulating MiFi devices

Hi Folks-- 

We're thinking about circulating MiFi devices to our patrons, and I have a question for those of you who already circulate them. Do you filter these devices for pornography? If so, are you using OpenDNS or some other method? 

TIA

 

John Springer, MLS
Information Technology Manager
Geauga County Public Library
www.geaugalibrary.net
(440) 286-6811 x124



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