Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

2011-10-08 Thread rowan eisner
cheaper than an iPhone... -Ross. On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 5:36 PM, rowan eisner rowaneis...@gmail.com wrote: Well I thought that we could plug either an iphone or computer (eg netbook or your dev. board) into an UPS and extend the battery life that way. It would be on standby most of the time

Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

2011-10-08 Thread rowan eisner
. Nicole On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 3:12 PM, rowan eisner rowaneis...@gmail.com wrote: So it is! It needs an external monitor that also needs power, but definitely one to keep in mind. Thanks Ross. On 7 October 2011 20:43, Ross Singer rossfsin...@gmail.com wrote: By the time you're up

Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

2011-10-07 Thread rowan eisner
is the way to go, at the very least to set up the database. Is there a way you can use surge protectors and create a cage to go around the computer with it's scanner? Nicole MLS Student Southern Connecticut State University On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 11:50 AM, rowan eisner rowaneis...@gmail.com

Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

2011-10-07 Thread rowan eisner
size. Also, there's no way you're going to get a week's worth of service per charge out of it, while using it as a terminal. - Dave Mayo On Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 11:41 AM, rowan eisner rowaneis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Nicole, people here tell me that computers get zapped even with surge

Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

2011-09-27 Thread rowan eisner
that WSSL has a report generator that, while not necessarily better than the eight of you, will allow you to more easily get information about what your patrons are doing. Cary On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 11:33 AM, rowan eisner rowaneis...@gmail.com wrote: Wow, that's amazing. That certainly

Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

2011-09-26 Thread rowan eisner
intervention. Looking for the intersection of the basic need and most automatable (that probably is not a word). Roy On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 3:14 PM, rowan eisner rowaneis...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I tried to sign up for WSSL and you have to be in US. Also, if it will cost 'a cup

Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

2011-09-26 Thread rowan eisner
are very frustrated at the lack of progress. I suppose even if I look into it and we make an informed decision against it, that's progress of a kind! Cheers Rowan On 26 September 2011 09:50, Kyle Banerjee baner...@uoregon.edu wrote: On Sun, Sep 25, 2011 at 3:14 PM, rowan eisner rowaneis

Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

2011-09-26 Thread rowan eisner
Thanks Thomas. I had a look through what they are suggesting last night. It looks like you would have to run the software on a system in the library. I find it amazing that it's cheaper for 1000s of libraries to all run their own computers and software than for us to have accounts on a central

Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

2011-09-26 Thread rowan eisner
, 2011 at 3:14 PM, rowan eisner rowaneis...@gmail.com wrote: Ok, I tried to sign up for WSSL and you have to be in US. Also, if it will cost 'a cup of coffee a day' am I right that would be at least $700 a year? That's our entire annual budget. So probably only for first world countries

Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

2011-09-25 Thread rowan eisner
jonat...@temple.edu - Original Message - From: rowan eisner [mailto:rowaneis...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, September 23, 2011 11:51 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet? Hi Dave

[CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

2011-09-23 Thread rowan eisner
Apologies if this is the wrong forum, but if anyone can point me in the right direction... We have an unstaffed library and can't leave a computer in it. Is there a way to automate 1) with no computer - do circulation and catalog in the cloud. Volunteers bring in laptops to do circulation and

Re: [CODE4LIB] Can a library automate without a computer yet?

2011-09-23 Thread rowan eisner
Cowles escow...@ucsd.edu I don't need to be forgiven. -- The Who, Baba O'Reilly On Sep 23, 2011, at 3:27 PM, rowan eisner wrote: Apologies if this is the wrong forum, but if anyone can point me in the right direction... We have an unstaffed library and can't leave a computer