Online Northwest 2003:
The Laptop Experience at OSU's Valley Library
Valery King and Jeanne Davidson, Oregon State University
In 1999, OSU's Valley Library began making laptop computers available to students. The presenters discuss the many issues encountered in circulating laptops including startup costs, lending policies, security issues, maintenance, promotion, and ways of keeping up with new technologies (and what to do with the old). Arranging for people to use their own laptops in the library brought other concerns: registration, configuration, and a push for new technologies. We will discuss our solutions as well as our processes for finding them, especially relating to the impact of new wireless technologies.
Presentation for Online Northwest February 28, 2003
Related Links & Forms
- Laptop Computers in The Valley Library http://osulibrary.orst.edu/computing/laptops/ links to all policies, registration forms and other information. [NOTE: personal laptop registration form is unavailable off campus]
- Annual Library laptop user registration form: http://osulibrary.orst.edu/computing/laptops/annual.pdf
- Computer Use Guidelines: http://osulibrary.orst.edu/computing/comppol.htm
