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Google Drive
Posted on May 15, 2012 | No CommentsMore integration, multi platform, and still shared. The new cloud service: Google Drive, part of the Google Apps Suite, allows you to put any type of file into the cloud. This means you have backed it up, but additionally (if you choose) you can see it on your co-workers desktop, your portable device, and then my [...] -
Introducing: New eReader and eContent Resources
Posted on April 18, 2012 | No CommentsWhen you explain eReaders and eContent to others do you ever see in their eyes that it is clear as mud? How do we empower patrons to use our digital services and provide the technical support they are requesting? NEKLS eReader and eContent Resources This post coincides with the addition of several eReader and eContent resources now available [...] -
Reminder – TechSoup to the Rescue
Posted on February 14, 2011 | No CommentsOriginally posted November 2010. If you are considering an upgrade of your Patron computers from Microsoft XP, you will want to know about TechSoup for Libraries! Specifically, you may be eligible for donated technology: In these tough economic times, TechSoup’s product donation program can help stretch your library’s budget. Products are available to all public libraries that [...] -
TechSoup to the Rescue
Posted on November 3, 2010 | No CommentsIf you are considering an upgrade of your Patron computers from Microsoft XP, you will want to know about TechSoup for Libraries! Specifically, you may be eligible for donated technology: In these tough economic times, TechSoup’s product donation program can help stretch your library’s budget. Products are available to all public libraries that are listed in [...] -
Online Consultant is In
Posted on July 12, 2010 | No CommentsHave you tried the new NEKLS Online Help “Online Consultant” feature yet? If it’s glowing blue, we are logged in and ready to help! If it’s not glowing, leave a message for when we do log in. Of course, you are free to contact us by the traditional means of phone, fax and e-mail, as [...] -
Computer and Print Management
Posted on December 21, 2009 | No CommentsWe were recently researching PC and Print Management systems in hopes of finding that one, great low-cost, open-source solution. We didn’t find it, but remain optimistic that someone, somewhere is working on this for librarians everywhere! Until then, I thought I would share what we did discover and what some of the other libraries in NEKLS [...] -
Top 5 Tasks Patrons Use Library Computers for (work in progress)
Posted on April 21, 2009 | 2 CommentsLiz & I are investigating possibly using nettops/netbooks in our libraries. One of the things we’re looking into is trying to determine what patrons are actually using patron computers for, as nettops/netbooks aren’t as power-hungry or hardware-intensive as a regular desktop. We theorize, that in reality, 95% of what people are using library computers for [...] -
I used to (blank) but now I (blank) on the internet for free
Posted on April 9, 2009 | No CommentsInteresting thread over at Lifehacker about the things that we used to pay for or do in an analog fashion, but that we now do on the ‘net (or with Open Source software) for free. Examples: “I used to go to the library to get books… Now I just log into the library’s website and load them [...] -
Security Experts recommend avoiding Internet Explorer (for now)
Posted on December 16, 2008 | No CommentsFrom Lifehacker: A serious scripting hack that can grab passwords (or, potentially, do worse) from any version of Internet Explorer is leading security and malware experts to suggest switching from Internet Explorer to Firefox, Chrome, Opera, or any other browser, if only for the time being. Microsoft itself is, of course, asking users to just be [...] -
Technology product reviews
Posted on September 25, 2008 | No CommentsWhen many people ask what equipment I’d recommend purchasing, which brand is best, I typically depend on a combination of reviews from CNET Reviews, as well as performing Google searches for the specific product I’m looking at purchasing. CNET Reviews is a great starting place if you simply have no idea where to start when [...]