[Web4lib] Dedicated OPAC stations

[Cindy Murdock Ames]

I use Linux for this, using squid to limit web access to our catalog, 
with the Blackbox desktop environment and Firefox.  Near the bottom of 
the page below in the OPAC are my notes on how I set up the desktop 
environment--the only application available is Firefox, and if it's 
closed it restarts.

http://meadvillelibrary.org/os/doku.php?id=customizing_ubuntu_lucid_for_public_computing

For libraries with just one OPAC, I install squid on the OPAC itself, 
listening transparently so that all traffic on the OPAC is forced 
through it.  For libraries that have several, I have a separate squid 
server on the network just for the OPACs.

Cheers,
Cindy

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Cindy Murdock Ames
IT Services Director
Meadville Public Library    | CCFLS
http://meadvillelibrary.org | http://ccfls.org



On 06/27/2011 06:48 AM, Bravismore mumanyi wrote:
> Dear All
>
> Please share technologies you have successfully used to implement dedicated Web OPAC stations in your libraries. We would like to have few stations distributed throughout the libraries for access to Web OPAC only.
>
> We have disabled all toolbars on firefox on a linux platform but this has not worked.
>
> Regards
> /Bravismore​
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