[OPLINTECH] Patron computers?

[Mann, James H.]

The Greene County Public Library is in the process of developing a
long-range plan and as part of the project did a snail mail survey to
local residents. A significant number of respondents said that the
library did not have "up to date" computer equipment. I took umbrage. We
are a Gates Grant library and provide patrons with fairly new Pentium IV
computers connected to the Internet via T1s. More horsepower and
connectivity than I have at home. So, I began to think about this and
decided that an up-to-date computer was:
*	Black
*	Had a black LCD display
*	Had a killer video card and a killer sound system
*	Had a wireless keyboard and mouse
*	Had front side USB or Firewire for cameras, cams or whatever.
*	Had a gig of memory, better than a 100mb hard drive and a
DVD/CDRW
 
But, if you were to provide new computers today for your patrons what
would you provide? Is it perception....could you get away with black LCD
monitors? Or do they need something I'm not seeing?
 
Let me know what you think.
 
 
Jim Mann
Technology Coordinator
Greene County Public Library
Xenia Ohio 45385
(937) 376-2996 x210
mailto: jmann at gcpl.lib.oh.us
 
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