[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen on a Bookmobile

[Elisabeth Keppler]

At Forsyth (NC), our three outreach departments use hot spots and laptops
to checkout in real time.  No reported problems that I'm aware of.

Thanks,
Lise


On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 8:17 AM, Joan Kranich <jkranich at cwmars.org> wrote:

> Hi,
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> I checked with our bookmobile libraries and one uses Sprint devices and
> has good coverage and good response time as well.  We are in Massachusetts.
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> I’ll email again if I hear from the other bookmobiles.  I believe they are
> all using the client on the bookmobile and not offline circulation.
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> Joan
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> Joan Kranich
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> C/W MARS Member Services
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> jkranich at cwmars.org
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> 508-755-3323 ext. 21
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> *From:* Open-ils-general [mailto:
> open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] *On Behalf Of *Scott
> Thomas
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 1, 2015 7:53 AM
> *To:* open-ils-general at list.georgialibraries.org
> *Subject:* [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Evergreen on a Bookmobile
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> Hi,
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>    We run Evergreen live on our Bookmobile. Our county has fairly good
> cell coverage and the laptops get 3G or LTE at most stops. Despite this,
> the staff client runs poorly on the Bookmobile (slowness, error messages
> etc.). Equinox provided us with a  technical explanation of why this is so
> which is reasonable. Are any other libraries out there running Evergreen on
> a Bookmobile using a cell connection? If so, are you experiencing latency?
> If yes, how do you work around it?
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> Thank you,
> Scott
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> Scott  Thomas, MLS
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> Head of Information Technologies and Technical Services
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> Scranton Public Library
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> Lackawanna County Library System
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> 2006 N. Main Ave.
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> Scranton, PA 18508
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> Ph: 570-207-2379
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> Fx: 570-348-3020
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> Email: scott at albright.org
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-- 
Lise Keppler, Technical Services
Forsyth County Public Library
2851 Fairlawn Dr
Winston Salem NC  27106
336-703-3048
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