TechSoup for Libraries: No Need to Reinvent the Wheel

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Presentation by Sarah Washburn (TechSoup) at the ARSL-ABOS conference in Denver, CO (Oct. 2010)

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No Need to Reinvent the WheelARSL and ABOS joint conference

Oct. 2010

Meet your neighbor.

Flickr user: Aidan Jones

What’s your challenge?

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Challenges from the audience

• Board created a policy to keep kids off PAC if they aren’t supervised by adult (KS)

• Updating PCs and keeping them consistent (Centurion Guard, SteadyState)

• Bookmobile: consistent connection (CO) [suggestions from group: Mi-Fi, Sprint hotspot]

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