I know that the Ohio team has done some work on getting Ubuntu into their local libraries. I'm not sure what exactly they have done. Vorian would be a good one to talk to in #ubuntu-ohio.
On 2/6/07, Dave Thacker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 06 February 2007 00:48, David Overcash wrote: > > Greetings from the Colorado community team! > > > > One of our team members recently suggested that we pursue local > > libraries as points of conversion, and the goal was confirmed by our > > team members in our most recent meeting. We realized that we would > > rather not re-invent the wheel and thought to ask you all first if any > > of you have pursued this avenue of contact. We are looking to convert > > both kiosk computers and entire computer labs to Ubuntu, and providing > > the necessary local support to get them on the right track. Would > > additional support be a good place to reference Canonical, or should > > that stay in our court? > > Hi neighbor to the west! > > I've done an assessment for the Nebraska Team. The Omaha (largest city in > state) Public Library runs it's own home grown applications on it's windows > based network. Tough nut to crack. Since I can't convert their labs right > now, I'm going to try and place some freedom toasters in the libraries, > Ubuntu books in the collections, and CD's in their CD collections. > > We have many small towns within a three hour drive of Omaha, and we're just > starting to contact them to determine their needs. I'd be happy to > collaborate on an assessment tool. > > Could you further explain your vision for the kiosk computer? Are you > thinking about something that fulfills a library function? Freedom Toaster? > > > > > I would greatly appreciate any ideas, comments, or links to > > presentations previously associated with converting libraries to > > Ubuntu for either kiosk computers or entire computer labs. Thanks for > > your help! > > I'll add a hearty "me too" here. > > > Good Luck David, we'd love to help. > > Dave Thacker > Admin, Ubuntu Nebraska Local Community Team > > > -- > loco-contacts mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts > -- Thanks Eric Lake -- loco-contacts mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/loco-contacts
