laptop check out program

[Angela Boyd]

We currently have 80 laptops.  We have a student body of about 22,000
during the regular school year.  Summer sessions enroll about 8,000.  UCSB
employs about 1,052 faculty.

Our laptop policy is connected to our computing policy in general.  Laptops
receive their updates and other maintenance in the same time frame as our
desktops.  Anytime there is a security issue, we get updates.  All other
updates are on a semi regular schedule of about 4 times a year.

We have not gotten rid of any laptops yet.  We have not had any damaged and
we have not had them long enough to upgrade to newer machines.  But the
time frame will mirror what we do with desktops.

I don't know for 100% certainty but I believe that the desktops are
upgraded ever 3 years.  The old desktops go to Surplus, the department
responsible for the disposal of UCSB's excess and surplus property.

No security method.  Students "check out" the laptop the same way they
check out dvds or books or any other material.  They are allowed to keep
the laptop for 4 hours and can take it anywhere they want, including
outside the library.  Some students own desktops but need a laptop for
presentations or just want to study outside so this works perfectly for
them.

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Lixia Zhao <lxzhao at ualr.edu> wrote:

> Thank you all for responses. I got a lot of positive feedback and helpful
> tips on the laptop checkout program.
> I have more questions.
> 1. How many laptops do you have for this program? How often do you upgrade
> the hardware? Did you get ride of some old laptops?
>
> 2. What's security method you are using?
>
> Thank you very much.
>
> Lixia
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Lixia Zhao <lxzhao at ualr.edu> wrote:
>
>> We are investigating a *laptop* checkout program for the University of Arkansas at Little Rock's Ottenheimer Library.  Has anyone instituted such a program and subsequently stopped the program?
>>
>>
>>
>>  How did you assess the success or failure of the program?  Do you have a hints and/or pitfalls to watch our for in implementing this type of program?
>>
>> Any help you can give me would be appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you!
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Lixia Zhao
>> Electronic Resources Cataloging Librarian
>> Ottenheimer Library,
>> University of Arkansas at Little Rock
>> 501-569-3454
>> lxzhao at ualr.edu <lzhao at ualr.edu>
>> http://library.ualr.edu
>>
>>
>>
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