Providing Technology to Patrons
From Library Success: A Best Practices Wiki
Contents
Success Stories
- Coquitlam Public Library: Drowning in PC Management: Could a Linux Solution Save Us? By Kathy Peters on-call technician in systems and circ departments at Coquitlam Public Library.
List of Ideas for Libraries To Try
Blogs/Websites to Watch
- Computers in Libraries Buyer's Guide
- Public Access Computing by WebJunction
- The MaintainIT Project
- This project is gathering stories about best practices of tech support for public access computing, and will distill the information into a series of free guides for public libraries.
Wi-Fi
- Here are resources that I maintain related to Wi-Fi:
- Wireless Libraries Blog
- Wireless Librarian
- Bill Drew 10:13, 7 Jul 2005 (EDT)
- Louise Alcorn's book is a great resource and theMaintainIT Cookbook: Recipes for a 5-Star Library provides a good overview of wireless issue including examples of best practices.
Security
- Security from WebJunction
iPods
- Libraries lending iPods
