Santa Fe PL computers

[jd153]

Miriam Bobkoff wrote:

>>The City of Santa Fe's MIS department has proudly arranged for us to have
>>29 brand new, count 'em, 29, 4MB machines for our soon-to-arrive (and no,
>>up to now we haven't had one) online public access catalog.
>
Karen Schneider replied:

>Hmmm... I wonder how much these folks are getting paid to make THESE
>decisions... it's really  dangerous to backseat-drive, and I've made my
>share of bad decisions, but 4mb?  In late 1995?

Are these 486 PC's?  Do you have 4Mb of RAM? If so, perhaps in the future
you can upgrade to 8Mb (or so) of RAM, get Internet connections in the
library, and use Netscape or Lynx.  Off hand, it seems that 29 workstations is
pretty good for Santa Fe.  Can some of these be turned into Internet
workstations (taken off OPAC duty), or are staff workstations included in the
total?

Judy Din

>As for relations being "excellent," I'm glad to hear you aren't having
>budget cuts or anything like that, and congrats on an online catalog, but
>it's not clear that your automation needs are being met--or are
>well-understood. Stress isn't always bad; it often indicates that people
>are attempting to communicate.