Colorado Team: Library Outreach

[Eric Lake]

I know that the Ohio team has done some work on getting Ubuntu into
their local libraries. I'm not sure what exactly they have done.
Vorian would be a good one to talk to in #ubuntu-ohio.

On 2/6/07, Dave Thacker <dthacker9 at cox.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 February 2007 00:48, David Overcash wrote:
> > Greetings from the Colorado community team!
> >
> > One of our team members recently suggested that we pursue local
> > libraries as points of conversion, and the goal was confirmed by our
> > team members in our most recent meeting.  We realized that we would
> > rather not re-invent the wheel and thought to ask you all first if any
> > of you have pursued this avenue of contact.  We are looking to convert
> > both kiosk computers and entire computer labs to Ubuntu, and providing
> > the necessary local support to get them on the right track.  Would
> > additional support be a good place to reference Canonical, or should
> > that stay in our court?
>
> Hi neighbor to the west!
>
> I've done an assessment for the Nebraska Team.  The Omaha (largest city in
> state) Public Library runs it's own home grown applications on it's windows
> based network.  Tough nut to crack.  Since I can't convert their labs right
> now, I'm going to try and place some freedom toasters in the libraries,
> Ubuntu books in the collections, and CD's in their CD collections.
>
> We have many small towns within a three hour drive of Omaha, and we're just
> starting to contact them to determine their needs.  I'd be happy to
> collaborate on an assessment tool.
>
> Could you further explain your vision for the kiosk computer?  Are you
> thinking about something that fulfills a library function?  Freedom Toaster?
>
> >
> > I would greatly appreciate any ideas, comments, or links to
> > presentations previously associated with converting libraries to
> > Ubuntu for either kiosk computers or entire computer labs.  Thanks for
> > your help!
>
> I'll add a hearty "me too" here.
>
>
> Good Luck David, we'd love to help.
>
> Dave Thacker
> Admin, Ubuntu Nebraska Local Community Team
>
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Thanks

Eric Lake