[WEB4LIB] RE: E-mail in libraries

[Floyd Ingram]

Thanks, Bill!  I am glad that the proponents of e-mail and chat access on
public PCs in the library do not work in my library.   Again, we have labs
to serve that PURPOSE!  For those who want to communicate with researchers
elsewhere or chat with classmates, we have places on campus for them.  As
for the faculty and staff, they have their own PCs.

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Floyd Ingram
Columbia, South Carolina
E-mail: <mailto:fingram at mindspring.com>
Homepage: <http://fingram.home.mindspring.com>
"'Tis better to be flamed and burn than to drown in the deep waters of
silence."
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: web4lib at webjunction.org
> [mailto:web4lib at webjunction.org]On Behalf Of Wilfred Drew
> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 1998 4:51 PM
>
> I must disagree with your assumptions about e-mail in libraries.
> We do not
> allow students or other patrons to use e-mail on our public
> machines.  It is
> a question of scarce resources not restricting a valuable use of a tool.
> All students have access to e-mail in our computer labs all over
> campus.  We
> have also just started being a ThinkPad University as a trial program.
> Currently over 100 students have thinkpads.  In the fall another 500 will
> have them.  Even after all students and faculty have laptops, we will
> continue to prohibit the use of e-mail on our public machines.
> This is the
> real world, not library school or an ALA conference.
>