Docking Ports: Was Abandon Library Computer Labs

[Donald Barclay]

In the discussion about checking out laptops, Darryl Friesen mentioned
"'docking stations' where students could plug in their own laptops." Does
anyone have experience with docking stations in a library? Are the docking
stations just ordinary network drops? If so, what software, cards, etc.
would users have to have on their laptops to access a docking station? Does
the Library have to spend a lot of time and/or money helping users set up
their laptops so they can dock? Thanks for any  information on this one.


Donald A. Barclay
Houston Academy of Medicine-       always the beautiful answer
Texas Medical Center Library           who asks the more beautiful question
donaldb at library.tmc.edu                                   -- e. e. cummings