Well, here’s a bit of proof that patrons are coming in with USB flash drives (a.k.a. jump drives,) a patron left one behind in one of the public computers today. A patron found it not 15 minutes after my mentioning to my coworker that I had to make sure not to leave mine behind when I left the desk at five. (While at the ref desk today I’m doing some blog & RSS research (when not helping patrons,) dropping shortcuts to the resources I’ve found to my jump drive for easy portability back to home and the office.)
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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