Tracking Laptops

[Teresa Doherty]

Jackie,

Have you considered allowing your students to leave the library with the
laptop they have borrowed from you? We made that decision after several
years of "in library use only" and have had very few issues. Laptops can be
stolen or damaged inside our building as easily as outside of it, and the
patron who borrowed it is ultimately responsible for its care and return in
good condition.

Teresa


On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 10:27 AM, Jacqueline Radebaugh <
radebaugh_jacqueline at columbusstate.edu> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues,
>
> My institution is opening a new cafe in the library.  There will be two
> doors for the cafe that are open to the public:  one that provides access
> from the outside and one that provides access from the inside of the
> library.  Because of this, students will be able to take the library's
> laptops (we loan them out to students to use) outside of the cafe.
>
> We secure the laptops with magnetic strips.  Although this is a good
> solution, we do not think that we will be able to have someone in the cafe
> to monitor what comes and goes from it.
>
> We worry that once outside, we will not be able to manage access to the
> laptops.  We were thinking about using GPS Tracker devices to help us to
> track the laptops.  However, they are too large and expensive.
>
> Do you have any ideas about what we should do?  Is there a lightweight
> solution to this problem?
>
> Thank you in advance for your help.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Jackie Radebaugh
>
> --
> ----
> Associate Professor of Library Science
> Electronic Resources and Systems Librarian
> Simon Schwob Memorial Library
> Columbus State University
> Columbus, GA
>
> Phone:  706-507-8693
> E-Mail:  radebaugh_jacqueline at columbusstate.edu
>  ============================
>
> To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib
>
> Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/
>
> 2014-07-28
>



-- 
M. Teresa Doherty
Head, Information Services
VCU Libraries  804 828-8658

============================

To unsubscribe: http://bit.ly/web4lib

Web4Lib Web Site: http://web4lib.org/

2014-07-28
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://listserv.nd.edu/pipermail/web4lib/attachments/20140728/5670faba/attachment.htm>