TARGET/SEC: How many search stations?

[Roger Frick <rfrick@OMNIFEST.UWM.EDU>]

In a building with a WAN terminal in each classroom, how many search
stations should a library have?  How much access should a class
researching in the library have? Is there a rule-of-thumb for
how much WAN access per student population?

Besides providing internet access to SIRS, NewsBank NewsFile and a
periodical database, the WAN would eventually access a district union
catalog.  But for at least the next couple years, each of the three
high school and middle school libraries will continue with their own
Follett Unison or Circ Plus programs.

Our district wishes to put at least 1 terminal in every high school
classroom rather than provide "Computer Labs" for supervision.
(Ok, one classroom would _have_ to hold a class set of terminals to
accommodate classes like accounting, programming etc.)  Two or three
"lighthouse" classrooms per school would house five terminals:
shining beacons of applied technology.)  Small drop-in labs adjoining
each library will house 8 - 12 networked terminals.  Thus, any class
using the library _could_ also access the WAN (and library catalog)
from those machines.

So counting the terminals in mini-labs and the search stations on
the library floor, how many terminals should one shoot for in all?

Thanks.

Roger Frick, Librarian
Waukesha (WI) South High School
rogerfrick@juno.com

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