TARGET: laptops in public libraries

[steve geurds <stevegeurds@YAHOO.COM>]

Steve Geurds, Student
University at Albany
stevegeurds@yahoo.com

Laptop computers are being successfully integrated
into junior and senior high school curriculums.
Internet access is provided through wireless
networks(Barber Weathers, "Life Among the Laptops."
SLJ Online
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/articles/articles/20010301_9682.asp&amp.
Michelle Green, "the wireless revolution" NEA Today
March, 2001: 8).

could the same technology be brought into a local
public library?  What would the benefits be to the
patrons?  What are the advantages to the library?
What are some of the drawbacks?  Can these drawbacks
be managed?

Thank you for any responses.

Steve Geurds


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