Tracking Laptops

[Jacqueline Radebaugh]

Dear Colleagues,

Thank you all for your suggestions and help.  We are still looking into the
solutions that you suggested.   With your help, we now have a better idea
of the landscape.

Thank you again!  I sincerely appreciate it!

Best wishes,

Jackie Radebaugh


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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



On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 9:34 AM, Brunelle, Mary H. (Library) <
mbrunelle at assumption.edu> wrote:

>  Hi, Jackie:
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> We are looking into geolocation tracker software on our laptops and
> tablets.  I have asked around, and everyone seems to suggest Absolute
> Software: http://lojack.absolute.com/en .  We are just getting a price
> quote now, so I cannot say how well it works yet.
>
>
>
> Mary Brunelle
>
> Assumption College
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>
>
> *From:* Jacqueline Radebaugh [mailto:
> radebaugh_jacqueline at COLUMBUSSTATE.EDU]
> *Sent:* Monday, July 28, 2014 10:28 AM
> *Subject:* Tracking Laptops
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>
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> Dear Colleagues,
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> Do you have any ideas about what we should do?  Is there a lightweight
> solution to this problem?
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> Thank you in advance for your help.
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> Best wishes,
>
>
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> Jackie Radebaugh
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> --
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> 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
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