[WEB4LIB] RE: Kiosks outside the library

[Peter Schlumpf]

We at the North Suburban Library System have a public information kiosk
project currently underway.  The goal of the project is to develop a kiosk
product that is simple, secure, inexpensive, flexible, and fairly easy to
deploy and install.  The kiosk device itself is a touchscreen unit running
Linux with a stripped down browser interface (offering only basic navigation
tools).  It can run off the network or can act as a standalone device
serving up pages with its own internal web server.  The kiosk can be managed
either locally or remotely though a simple web based administration tool.
It is reasonably "bulletproof" and should be deployable in a variety of
public settings.  Because it is based on standard commodity hardware and
open source software the cost savings of the kiosk is significant -- on an
order of magnitude -- compared to some of the commercially available systems
we were looking at.  The project is currently in a pilot phase with units
being being tested by a couple of our member libraries.

We plan to officially unveil the project within the next couple of months,
and at that time I can supply more information about our kiosk project and
the link to the project website, if anyone is interested.

--
Peter Schlumpf
Systems Administrator
North Suburban Library System
200 West Dundee Road
Wheeling, IL 60090
(847)459-1300 ext. 7155

-----Original Message-----
From: Helfrich, Gair [mailto:GHelfrich at acmail.aclink.org]
Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 11:45 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [WEB4LIB] RE: Kiosks outside the library


Please reply to the list as well.  The NJ State Library is providing a grant
for the kiosks and we are contemplating providing one.  We'd also like to
see what those who already providing them to say.  

Thanks,
Gair Helfrich

__________
Gair Helfrich
PC/Network Support
Atlantic County Library
40 Farragut Avenue
Mays Landing, NJ 08330
609-625-2776 ext. 6313  Fax: 609-625-8143

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Pardue [mailto:bpardue at ahml.lib.il.us]
> Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 12:32 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Kiosks outside the library
> 
> 
> The Arlington Heights (IL) Memorial Library is investigating 
> the possible value of providing access to library resources 
> and community information via kiosks located outside the 
> library (e.g., a train station, supermarket, community 
> center, etc.).  If your library is already doing this (and 
> whether you find it worth the effort, useless or  somewhere 
> in-between) , we'd like to have the chance to talk with you!  
> Please reply to me directly.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> --Bill Pardue
> 
> 
> =======================================
> Bill Pardue, Electronic Resources Specialist
> Arlington Heights Memorial Library
> 500 N Dunton Ave.,  Arlington Heights, IL  60004
> 847-506-2667
> 
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