[12526] in Public-Access_Computer_Systems_Forum
Re: No PACS-L Mail
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stacy Pober)
Tue Oct 27 20:01:32 1998
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 13:40:24 -0500
From: Stacy Pober <Spober@manhattan.edu>
In-Reply-To: <0F1B000VFKLNAZ@Post-Office.UH.EDU>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: spober@manhattan.edu
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I don't know what caused the problem, but not only is the traffic low, it is not
very
useful to me at this point. My job includes more work with public computers, so
it's not
that my area of interest has changed.
Personally, I'd like more nuts-and-bolts discussions on what works well (not
necessarily
particular products, though that can be useful too) and what works poorly in
real life
settings.
For example, we're wrestling with the mundane issue of printer use in the public
area
since our addition of full-text databases. We can't afford to provide free
printing to
all on every computer and our printer/card reader solution has worked very
poorly, so
we're looking into alternatives to that. The printers we did use for free access
are beginning to die off all at once, and now I'm looking into what kind of
printers
have good longevity in public settings. These aren't particularly exciting
problems,
I'm sure, but I know that many libraries are or soon will be dealing with this
question.
It's the kind of thing that I would ask about on PACS-L in the past, but
nowadays
it wouldn't fit well with the other postings (and would probably not produce
much
response.)
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Stacy Pober Internet: spober@manhattan.edu
Information Alchemist http://www.manhattan.edu/library/mclmenu.html
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