[OPLINTECH] Lending/Circulating Laptops for Public Access

[Bob Neeper]

If you decide to lend, you might consider:

Install Faronics Deep Freeze to keep the laptops 'pure' on a reboot
Install virus protection software
Install s/w like Adobe Reader, Open Office, GIMP, Spybot, etc

Connect the wireless access point(s) only to ZoneCD for a acceptance page
Then connect ZoneCD direct to IPcop for a firewall.

We don't lend but have wireless available.
We also have 5 laptops for classes.

R. W. (Bob) Neeper     Cell: (740)-407-3572 
Community Library
44 Burrer Dr.
Sunbury, Oh 43074
Tel:  (740)-965-3901

-----Original Message-----
From: oplintech-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at oplin.org]On
Behalf Of Maria Wilburn
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2007 10:40 AM
To: oplintech at oplin.org
Subject: [OPLINTECH] Lending/Circulating Laptops for Public Access


We a mid-size rural public library in an old Carnegie Public Library
Building. We are about to start a remodeling project at our library and
our Architect in his original presentation mentioned that "a lot of
libraries are now lending laptops to patrons. These laptops can be used
anywhere and you don't have to allocate in library space for them." This
translated in to our board believing that lending laptops was a done
deal. And that was what we're going to do.

I now have several questions for all of those libraries in Ohio that are
circulating laptops or have considered doing so.


Let me know why decided to lend or decided not to lend laptops?

Can you tell me your success or failure stories? Need pros & cons for
this subject.

If you are lending: Who are you? Can we come and visit?

Thanks,

-- 
Maria Wilburn-Technology Coordinator
Carnegie Public Library
127 S North St.
Washington CH, OH 43160

(740) 335-2540 voice
(740) 335-8409 Fax
wilburma at oplin.org

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