[WEB4LIB] Self-serve prepaid printing for library guests?

[Steve Cramer]

No disrespect for UNLV, but their system sounds pretty complicated! Many 
academic libraries don't require quests to sign in and don't charge for 
printing. Visitors sit down in front of a pc, surf, print, and walk away when 
finished.

--Steve

On Mon, 20 May 2002 10:45:24 -0700 (PDT) Richard Wiggins 
<rich at richardwiggins.com> wrote:

> Greetings from Las Vegas, where my wife is attending an OCLC-sponsored
> training event.  Just now I discovered the airy and lovely Information
> Commons at UNLV, which it turns out is very guest-friendly:
> 
> -- Just sign up at the desk and they'll give you guest Internet access.
> 
> -- Just go to an automated machine and you can get a card that gives
> printing rights at 2 pennies a page.  Print at will, and go to a print
> station, plug your card in, click to print your jobs.  Works great.
> 
> -- And friendly folks are there to help in both processes.
> 
> Here's my question: how many university libraries make it so easy for random
> guests to do these things?  (A staff member told me that public access to
> surfing and printing is a commonly-used service.)
> 
> What tools do you use to make it happen?
> 
> /rich (off to the Star Trek Experience)
> 
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Steve Cramer
Business Librarian
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
smcramer at uncg.edu
336-256-0346