Another free webinar from the MaintainIT Project.

How much help should you provide patrons with laptops?

How much troubleshooting assistance do you provide to patrons using their own laptops and the library’s wireless connection? Do you require users to obtain and enter a “key” before they can use the wireless connection? Do you allow people to sit in your parking lot after hours and surf the Web? What sort of furniture do you provide for laptop users?

Please join us to discuss “Meal Plan3 - How Much Help Should You Provide Laptop Patrons?” from the MaintainIT Cookbook Recipes for a 5-Star Library.

Read the chapter, register for the webinar, and join the conversation on Tuesday, September 30th, at 12 PM (Noon) Eastern Time.

When: Tuesday, September 30, 2008  12-1 PM EST

Who: Library staff who work with the public

Where: Register HERE.

*Note: Please make sure you perform the system test in advance. You will need to disable pop-up blockers to access the webinar. A computer, Internet, and telephone are required to participate.

Tags: laptops, MaintainIT Project, webinar, wireless

Maintaining Public Computers: A Free Webinar

1. Are you tired of spending time figuring out how to maintain or support your public computers?
2. Do you wish you could ask someone how they manage public computers at their library? (For example, how do they manage printing? Reservations? Questions from laptop users? And more…)
3. Are you interested in sharing how your library gets things done?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, you’re in luck: the MaintainIT Project is here to help!

The MaintainIT Project, interviews hundreds of librarians about how they maintain, support, and sustain their public computers. They then publish all of their experiences, successes, and challenges in free guides called Cookbooks, so librarians can learn from the experiences of others who’ve done it before them.

The best part? Everything the MaintainIT Project does is free. They also produce free webinars, and would like to invite you to a free webinar on how you can use MaintainIT resources to make a difference in your library.

To participate in this webinar, you will need to be at a computer and on the phone. Connection specifics will be included in an email sent to you after you register.

DATE: Thursday, September 25, 2008

AUDIENCE: Library staff

TIME: 3-4 PM Eastern Time Zone

Click HERE to register.

*Note: Please make sure you perform the system test in advance. You will need to disable pop-up blockers to access the webinar. A computer, Internet, and telephone are required to participate.

Tags: computers, MaintainIT Project, Technology, webinar