RE: wifi and reference

Hi Thomas!

At York College of Pennsyvania we switched to an Cisco IP phone for our 
research services last fall after a library renovation.   We pass the 
phone to whomever is on call for a particular shift.  If a reference 
question comes up at our centralized Information Services desk, the 
staff call us and we come to the desk to assist the patron!   This is 
working out nicely for us.  We can be working anywhere in the building 
and field both phone and walk-in questions!

Before we started this, our Information Technology folks took the phone 
on an extensive tour of the building to check for signal.   The only 
problem we have is that the phone occasionally gets confused when we're 
moving too quickly from one access point to another.  It usually resets 
itself, but we can turn it off and on again if it doesn't.

Vickie

Thomas Edelblute wrote:

>We had lots of problems with loss of signal when taking a cordless phone
>into the book stacks leading us to abandon the idea of using cordless
>phones on the public floor.
>
>
>Thomas Edelblute
>Anaheim Public Library
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ellen Forsyth [mailto:eforsyth@...] 

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JiWire Spotlock

Hi.

Does anyone know anything about this company, JiWire, and its product
Spotlock?  The premise is that a Spotlock user can create a VPN for any
hotspot thus eliminating the worries of an unsecure wireless network.  

Here is the URL:  http://www.jiwire.com/spotlock.htm?cid=5737332.

It was referred to me by a colleague when I expressed concern about
using a coffee shop's unsecure network.  

If it lives up to its marketing buzz, it might be a nice addition for
libraries wireless networks.

TIA.  

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North Texas Regional Library System, Inc
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Number of Public Libraries with WiFi?

Does anyone have a fairly accurate statistic of the number of public
libraries that have wifi available to the public. I checked JiWire and
they list 678. I'm writing a proposal to city hall and I want to point
out how popular WiFi has become in the nation's public libraries.

Thank you.

Robert Coleburn
Reference/Systems Librarian
Fletcher Free Library
235 College St.
Burlington, VT 05401
802-865-7218(v), 802-865-7227(fax)
802-578-8130(cell)
rcoleburn@...

Securing a Remote Wireless Access Point (WAP)

I want to place a second WAP in a fairly remote section of my library.
I'm wondering what other libraries do to secure their WAPs to prevent
theft. I checked the Linksys site and they only sell brackets.

Thank you!

Robert Coleburn
Reference/Systems Librarian
Fletcher Free Library
235 College St.
Burlington, VT 05401
802-865-7218(v), 802-865-7227(fax)
802-578-8130(cell)
rcoleburn@...

Re: Number of Public Libraries with WiFi?

  From the ALA...

"Nearly 18 percent of public libraries have wireless Internet access, and 
21 percent are planning wireless access within the next year."

entire article

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Suzzallo Circulation
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On Thu, 14 Jul 2005, Robert Coleburn wrote:

> Does anyone have a fairly accurate statistic of the number of public
> libraries that have wifi available to the public. I checked JiWire and
> they list 678. I'm writing a proposal to city hall and I want to point
> out how popular WiFi has become in the nation's public libraries.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Robert Coleburn
> Reference/Systems Librarian
> Fletcher Free Library
> 235 College St.
> Burlington, VT 05401
> 802-865-7218(v), 802-865-7227(fax)
> 802-578-8130(cell)
> rcoleburn@...
>
> ---
> You are currently subscribed to libwireless as: rmccrory <at> u.washington.edu
> The purpose of this group is to discuss libraries and all types of wireless technologies.   This includes
but is not limited to wireless LANs in libraries, accessing library resources via wireless devices, and
> related issues such as WLANs, wireless bookmobiles, etc.
>
> PLEASE LIMIT DISCUSSION TO LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTER TOPICS.
>
>

Re: Securing a Remote Wireless Access Point (WAP)

Re: Securing a Remote Wireless Access Point (WAP)

I like it! We use a lot of duct tape for different applications here in
Vermont.

Robert

>>> tom@... 7/14/2005 4:30:28 PM >>>
We use duct tape and velcro.  Really we do.  It makes an awful noise
if
someone tries to un-stick it...  Looks kinda ugly,  but we have
learned
to embrace the ugliness and love it for what it is, not for what it
looks like.

Tom McBrien
Juneau Public Libraries

On Thu, 2005-07-14 at 16:26 -0400, Robert Coleburn wrote:

> I want to place a second WAP in a fairly remote section of my
library.
> I'm wondering what other libraries do to secure their WAPs to
prevent
> theft. I checked the Linksys site and they only sell brackets.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Robert Coleburn
> Reference/Systems Librarian
> Fletcher Free Library
> 235 College St.
> Burlington, VT 05401
> 802-865-7218(v), 802-865-7227(fax)
> 802-578-8130(cell)
> rcoleburn@... 
> 
> ---
> You are currently subscribed to libwireless as: tom@... 
> The purpose of this group is to discuss libraries and all types of
wireless technologies.   This includes but is not limited to wireless
LANs in libraries, accessing library resources via wireless devices,
and
> related issues such as WLANs, wireless bookmobiles, etc.   
> 
> PLEASE LIMIT DISCUSSION TO LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTER TOPICS. 

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wireless technologies.   This includes but is not limited to wireless
LANs in libraries, accessing library resources via wireless devices,
and
related issues such as WLANs, wireless bookmobiles, etc.   

PLEASE LIMIT DISCUSSION TO LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTER TOPICS. 

RE: Securing a Remote Wireless Access Point (WAP)

After seeing the other posts I've got to admit that I'm a Velcro/duct
tape/hot glue kinda guy at heart but if looks, and  not blocking the
device cooling vents, matters you could use one of the desktop computer
security cables. The kind that uses some super industrial glue to anchor
an attachment point to the case of the device. I think our local office
supply store sells them for around under $30.  Here's a link to one  I
found on the web: http://www.secure-it.com/products/desktop/kablit3.htm

The matter has become a bit more relevant since last night as someone
walked out the front door of one of the libraries I support with a
computer which being used as a PAC - CPU, keyboard, and mouse just gone!
They did leave us the monitor. We had secured the keyboard and mouse to
the CPU but we had not locked down the CPU itself thinking a big old PII
wasn't going to be worth the effort to steal.

(sigh)

Phillip B. Whitford
Manager Information Technology
Braswell Memorial Library
Rocky Mount, NC 27804
Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of my organization. 
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Coleburn [mailto:rcoleburn@...] 
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 4:27 PM
To: LibWireless Discussion Group
Subject: [libwireless] Securing a Remote Wireless Access Point (WAP)

I want to place a second WAP in a fairly remote section of my library.
I'm wondering what other libraries do to secure their WAPs to prevent
theft. I checked the Linksys site and they only sell brackets.

Thank you!

Robert Coleburn
Reference/Systems Librarian
Fletcher Free Library
235 College St.
Burlington, VT 05401
802-865-7218(v), 802-865-7227(fax)
802-578-8130(cell)
rcoleburn@...

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wireless technologies.   This includes but is not limited to wireless
LANs in libraries, accessing library resources via wireless devices, and
related issues such as WLANs, wireless bookmobiles, etc.   

PLEASE LIMIT DISCUSSION TO LIBRARY AND INFORMATION CENTER TOPICS.