[OPLINTECH] Patron computers?

[Morgan Paul]

Don't forget "good" headphones.......

as part of your killer sound system.



At 01:48 PM 1/6/2005, Mann, James H. wrote:
>
>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: <mailto:jmann at gcpl.lib.oh.us>jmann at gcpl.lib.oh.us
>

Morgan Marie Paul
Technology Coordinator
Council of Ashtabula County Libraries

Ashtabula, Ohio


Views expressed are my own.