[11754] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: Computers in Study Carrels
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Julie Castelluzzo)
Mon Oct 20 21:01:26 1997
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 1997 11:16:06 -0500
From: Julie Castelluzzo <juliec@cooper.edu>
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Hello Becky and everybody on PACS-L.
In our library we are in the process of renovating a room that used to be
a study area with carrels. We are bringing in new desks (Nova) designed
to accomodate a computer, with the monitor mounted underneath the work
surface. The desks come with a power strip built in and can be daisy
chained together. Our A/C is being upgraded to provide better air flow,
new outlets are being put into the walls for power and data (I think 10
BASE T). Most outlets will not be visible, since the desks will be flush
against the walls, and the desks have some kind of ducts built in to hide
the cabling for computer components, power, and data.
I hope this helps. We hope the process will be over in about a month, so I
should have some interesting comments after it's done.
Julie
Julie Castelluzzo juliec@cooper.edu
Electronic Services Librarian
The Cooper Union Library www.cooper.edu/facilities/library/library.html
On Fri, 17 Oct 1997, Becky Rohr wrote:
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> Hi all,
> Hope this question is not too far off the track for this list.
> Our library is in the midst of a renovation, and we are planning to place
> most of our computers in new study carrels. These carrels will be "wet",
> i.e. they will have a power column affixed to the carrels which will
> provide electric outlets for the computer, monitor, etc. We would also
> like the power column to provide a data connection for our local area
> network.
>
> What are libraries out there doing to bring power and data to study
> carrels or desks? Thanks in advance for any info.
>
>
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> Becky Rohr | Lucius Beebe Memorial Library
> Technical Services | Wakefield, Massachusetts
> rohr@noblenet.org | *North of Boston Library Exchange*
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