Hello, I read with interest the groups of recent messages on this list about using Linux in government and schools. I have another opportunity along the same lines, and I wonder if anyone might be interested? I recently got a call from a person who works for the local public library. They have *very* limited funds-- essentially, none. But they want to have a good electronic library system. Can you guess where this is going? :-)
She has been donated a machine and is running Linux. As a non-Linux person, she is finding everything hard. One example is that the machine does not have a CD burner and she wants to backup the user name list. She asked if it is possible that someone may be interested/able to help. I said that I would be willing to have a look, but it would be uncandid of me to not admit that while I know things in my little corner I am not a pro in any sense and something like adding a CD burner would go outside my knowledge. I said that the public service sense on this list is strong and possibly there is someone not too far away who knows more than I do and who may be able to help out a bit. There is a VT librarian group that is working on this together and she has been recommended to work with a specific package, so I wonder if it may just be a question of establishing a running setup (although again, I am not a pro at this so others are quite likely to know more). If someone may conceivably be able to help I'd be glad to put you in touch. I read this list daily but it would be a help if you cc'd any replies to this to my personal address: jhefferon at smcvt.edu . Thanks, Jim
