Thank you for the quick responses. Am I free to create CDs for distribution to be public? Are there any existing marketing materials I should know about?
Thanks again, Anastasia On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 6:54 AM, Anastasia Diamond-Ortiz < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > My name is Anastasia Diamond-Ortiz (anastasia_diamond) and I'm a librarian > in Cleveland, Ohio, USA, where I run a computer training lab for the > public. Cleveland is a large urban area where many people don't have > computer skills or the money to buy expensive software but are now forced to > apply for even the most menial of jobs online and create professional > documents. We used to be able to lend software many years ago but since > that is no longer possible and we have limited resources at the library, > marketing Open Office by supplying it on a CD for patrons sounds like it > might be a great solution. Unfortunately our library is not interested in > using Open Office throughout the library but I may be able to convince them > to let me run it in the lab--maybe from a flash drive. If that is the case > I'd like to know if there are training materials for print I could use to > teach the public. It is intuitive to use for many people but our typical > patrons have no prior experience with computers, using a mouse or word > processing. > > Thank you for any help you can provide. I'm really excited about this > project. Keep up the good work. > > Sincerely, > > Anastasia Diamond-Ortiz > Cleveland Public Library > >
