Results on Wireless Survey of SUNY libraries so far

[Drew, Bill]

The focus is if library will have by Fall 2001 a wireless network for patron
access.

Here are some results so far.  I have gotten 57 out a potential 65
responses.


C - community colleges; A - Arts & Sciences; H - Health Science Centers; S -
Specials/Statutory; 
T - Colleges of Technology; U - University Centers


					
Wireless				
Type	no	yes	# 	Pos.	Rate of Response
C	20	5	25	30	83.33%
F	8	5	13	13	100.00%
H	2		2	4	50.00%
S	4	5	9	9	100.00%
T	1	4	5	5	100.00%
U	2	1	3	4	75.00%
Total	37	20	57	65	87.69%
			35.09%	

The table above shows a response rate overall of 87.69%.  35.09% (20) of
units will have wireless by Fall 2001.

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No Wireless	(37 units)			
				
	Plans			
Type	no	yes	Total	%
C	13	7	20	35.0%
F	3	5	8	62.5%
H	1	1	2	50.0%
S	2	2	4	50.0%
T		1	1	100.0%
U	1	1	2	50.0%
Total	20	17	37	45.9%

	
Of those with no wireless by Fall 2001, 45.9% (17) have plans for wireless
in the future.  Combined with the number that have wireless by Fall 2001,
potentially 64.9% of SUNY units will wireless in their libraries.


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Lending of laptops
15 libraries with wireless by Fall 2001 lend laptops or will lend laptops.
2 libraries with no plans for wireless also lend laptops.


Here are several links to information about wireless on a few campuses:

http://www.sunyjcc.edu/jamestown/library/newsltr/83_news.html#d

http://library.geneseo.edu/info/laptops.shtml

http://people.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/cil2001/

http://www.cobleskill.edu/personnel/its/campustechnology/vanwagenen.htm

http://www.alfredstate.edu/welcome/press_releases/04060002.html


I will have the final results as part of my presentation at SUNYLA.

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Wilfred (Bill) Drew 
Associate Librarian, Systems and Reference 
SUNY Morrisville College Library 
E-mail: mailto:drewwe at morrisville.edu
BillDrew.Net: http://billdrew.net/ 
Not Just Cows: http://people.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/njc/ 
Library: http://www.morrisville.edu/library/ 
Wireless Librarian: http://people.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/wireless/ 
Have Laptop -- Will Travel.
"You teach a child to read, and he or her will be able to pass a literacy
test.''- George W. Bush; Townsend, Tenn., Feb. 21, 2001