Wireless upgrade project

[Isabel Danforth]

Have you looked at http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/
When I was in Connecticut I used various planning tools that could be 
found there.

Just a thought.

Isabel

On 12/12/2014 1:27 PM, Cab Vinton wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Cary Gordon<listuser at chillco.com>  wrote:
>    
>> You might want to share some info on your library, as the specifics of an
>> RFP will differ depending on size, layout, audience and number of locations
>> among other factors.
>>      
> Thank you, Cary. We're a single-building, one-story library, about
> 15,000 sq. ft. Our patrons for the most part are online to check
> email, surf da web, etc. To date, I don't think we've had problems
> with major bandwidth hogs -- but I think we should be prepared for
> this, so I appreciate the suggestion to consider data limits.
>
>    
>> Logging is something that you want to consider carefully. You should specify
>> (and do) as little as possible.
>>      
> Our logging goals are to have the ability to track the number&
> duration of sessions for a given time-frame. Information about device
> types&  bandwidth use would be nice, but is not essential.
>
>    
>> There are several questions surrounding portals that you and/or your town’s
>> legal department need to address. Will you want users to:
>>
>> Log in? Using their barcodes and a password?
>> Sign off on terms&  conditions?
>> Have a time limit?
>> Have a bandwidth or data transfer limit?
>>
>> These all involve hardware and/or software infrastructure, and could be
>> expensive to change once the system is installed.
>>      
> All great suggestions -- thank you again!
>
> Best,
>
> Cab Vinton
> Plaistow PL
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