[WEB4LIB] Computer Sign-In

Gutmann tgutmann at suffolk.lib.ny.us
Fri Sep 10 08:57:31 EDT 1999


Take a look at CybraryN (http://www.cybraryn.com).  We're using it here to
do many of the things you've indicated.

Ted Gutmann
Computer Systems Administrator
Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
Setauket, New York
http://emma.suffolk.lib.ny.us

On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Marv Kaminsky wrote:

> Please forgive the cross-posting.
> 
> In the year I've been here, we've probably used the equivalent of several forests' worth of trees for computer sign-in sheets. 
> Every night, one gets taped down next to each of 21 computers.
> 
> While names really aren't important, we do need to know if the user is a student here, at other schools in town, a community 
> patron, etc., for stats the boss waves in front of someone.
> 
>      Is there a computer version of this? Something import-able to Excel??
>      Maybe something that also greets them with a screen showing rules,
>                   and lets the user know when 30 minutes have flown by?
> 
> Ideally, it *wouldn't* be something that prevents someone from using the computer ("You must be a student...or go ask the 
> small, busy staff for help to get on"), but simply makes them answer a few questions first, starts a timer, and records the stats.
> 
> Tnx for your help,
> -M!
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