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W. Drew (2003)
Wireless Networks: New Meaning to Ubiquitous Computing.The Journal of Academic Librarianship, 29
Tony Lovgren (2002)
Wireless laptop check-out
J. Vaughan, B. Burnes (2002)
Bringing them in and checking them out: Laptop use in the modern academic libraryInformation Technology and Libraries, 21
Mounir Khalil (2004)
Vision to Reality: Applications of Wireless Laptops in Accessing Information from Digital Libraries: End‐Users’ ViewpointsLibrary Hi Tech News, 21
M. Hsieh, H. Holden (2008)
A university library laptop lending service: an analysis using two student surveysLibr. Hi Tech, 26
H. Holden, Margaret Deng (2005)
Taking pro-action: A survey of potential users before the availability of wireless access and the implementation of a wireless notebook computer lending program in an academic libraryLibr. Hi Tech, 23
W. Drew
Managing technology, wireless networks: new meaning to ubiquitous computing
L. Kwon, A. Soules
Publication of SPEC Kit 275: Laptop Computer Services
Paula Barnett-Ellis, Laurie Charnigo (2005)
Wireless Networks in Medium-sized Academic Libraries: A National SurveyInformation Technology and Libraries, 24
Joe Williams (2003)
Taming the wireless frontier: PDAs, tablets, and laptops at home on the rangeComputers in Libraries archive, 23
Purpose – This paper seeks to learn, by way of a survey, what librarians at US colleges and universities were doing and the issues they were encountering as they considered, developed, or maintained wireless laptop computer lending programs (WLLP). Design/methodology/approach – PHPSurveyor was used to construct a web‐based survey of librarians subscribed to any of 19 library‐related listservs. An invitation to participate in the survey was posted to each listserv on the same day. Findings – Student usage of WLLPs ranged from extremely heavy to very light. Difficulties with library WLLPs were variously characterized as minor to stifling. Nevertheless, patterns emerged in the statistics as well as the additional comments given by many librarians. For example, librarians are much more ambivalent than the “experts” on the supposed cost savings generated by “going wireless”. Practical implications – The results of this survey are useful to libraries planning their own WLLPs, providing insights into what to expect and what to account for, including (and beyond) equipment costs. Originality/value – By comparing what was found by the two most relevant earlier studies with these new findings, this study provides a more current picture of WLLPs in academic libraries.
Library Hi Tech – Emerald Publishing
Published: Jun 19, 2007
Keywords: Laptops; Wireless; Lending services; Academic libraries; Internet; United States of America
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