How do you maintain your public computers?
Librarians want to know.
Librarians want to know.
Here at MaintainIT, we're always looking for a good story to share, and we couldn't pass up the opportunity to tell you about the Geneva Public Library, serving a town of just over 4,000, and sitting squarely on the cutting edge. Read this feature on how Marian Wynn, the intrepid library director, gave new life to her older public computers by implementing Ubuntu, a free, open source operating system.
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MORE resources!
Does your library have old computers that aren't being used?
Rodney Greensage, the blogger at AALS Techie Corner AND a contributor to our latest Cookbook, has a lot to say about using Edubuntu on your children's computers. Check it out!
SEE a librarian installing Ubuntu!
Watch this video of Jessamyn West over at www.librarian.net as she installs Ubuntu at Calef Memorial Library in Vermont. Cool stuff!
Learn more about Edubuntu in libraries and watch more videos!
Jessamyn West shares positive reviews and practical information on Edubuntu.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.
Tell us about your daily routine maintaining public computers, or a moment when you were particularly proud. Don't forget that what might be "that's nothing" to you may be an "aha!" to someone else!
Visit TechSoup to find donated and discounted software and technology products for your library.
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