[WEB4LIB] Wireless Ethernet

[Blake]

There is a wireless group at Yahoo!:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LibWireless

We also ran a story awhile back on the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas
Medical Center Library which added some wireless, though it doesn't seem to
have alot more details.

It's here:
http://lisnews.com/article.php3?sid=20010116102227

-- 
Blake Carver
LISNews.com
Library and Information Science News
http://www.lisnews.com

> From: Michael Dargan <darganm at maple.iren.net>
> Reply-To: darganm at maple.iren.net
> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 19:08:01 -0700 (PDT)
> To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Wireless Ethernet
> 
> Our library is contemplating a new building with construction starting in
> the Fall of 2002 with completion probably in early 2004.  We're looking at
> about 48,000 square feet and about 50 network nodes for webopacs, public,
> and staff Internet stations and printers.   (I predict this won't
> be enough).
> 
> We're in the midst of a heated debate.  I think that wireless
> ethernet might well be the way to go within two years or so.  Others tell
> me that wireless ethernet is "pie in the sky" and that to be on the safe
> side we should run miles of Cat 5.
> 
> Are there any libraries on this list who have gone wireless?  If so, are
> you glad you did?  Or not?
> 
> If you reply to me off list with Yes, No, or maybe I'll compile the
> answers and will publish.  Amusing anecdotes and horror stories
> are welcome.
> 
> I'm especially interested in knowing of anyone who lost his or her job
> because of choosing wireless.
> 
> ---
> Michael J. Dargan                               office: 319 291 4496
> Technical Systems Administrator                    fax: 319 291 6736
> Waterloo and Cedar Falls Public Libraries         Waterloo, IA 50701
> 
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