Kiosk browsers

[Marcus W Davis]

We use Kioware Lite in a variety of kiosk applications:

- a "government documents" kiosk that allows access to .gov, .mil, .ia.us domains and a few other selected sites, includes the ability to view and print PDFs for the tax season
- a "heritage display" which is essentially our ContentDM collections as part of our special collections display area
- multiple "catalog kiosks" that allow access to the catalog, syndetics (book covers) and a few other selected pages.

It's around $70 seat + maintenance,  rock solid in performance (we've run catalog kiosks untouched for 3 years), excellently supported, and almost infinitely flexible. We've always used the "Lite" version.

Marc W. Davis   515-271-1934
Cowles Library, Drake University
Mailing:  2507 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 USA
Shipping: 2725 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311 USA
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From: Web technologies in libraries [WEB4LIB at LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Liebhardt, John T. [jtliebhardt at NSU.EDU]
Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 7:43 AM
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Subject: [WEB4LIB] Kiosk browsers

Hello all,

We are a medium-sized academic library looking for a kiosk browser that would allow patrons to do some quick searches on the catalog and databases, but keep them from loitering on these stand-up machines watching You Tube videos, checking Facebook, etc. (We have an information commons where they can research and study.)

We built an in-house version that does a pretty good job keeping people from leaving the Library website, but the browser is clunky and lacks usability.

For those using Kiosk browsers, what did you purchase? How is it working for you?

Thanks,

John


John Liebhardt
Systems Librarian
Lyman B. Brooks Library
Norfolk State University
700 Park Avenue
Norfolk, VA 23504
Office: 757-823-2334
Email: jtliebhardt at nsu.edu<mailto:jtliebhardt at nsu.edu>


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