Just a week after I blogged about this exact issue, I find this in Iowa. If anyone from the Pella Public Librar attends my workshop tomorrow I do plan on asking them about it. Failing that, I might send an e-mail their direction to find out the story.
Michael Sauers is the 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.
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2 Replies to “No USB allowed”
That is super lame…
I wonder if they just don’t have anyone there knowledgable enough about technology to implement the necessary security (deepfreeze or whatever) to protect the computers. It’s usually more about fear and ignorance than anything.
You totally should bring it up and also let them know what they can do to protect their computers while still allowing folks to use their USB sticks.
No one from Pella was in my class today but people who know the director at Pella were very suprised by this. They’re assuming there’s more to the story and will be helping me to look into it. I’ll continue to post information as I receive it.
That is super lame…
I wonder if they just don’t have anyone there knowledgable enough about technology to implement the necessary security (deepfreeze or whatever) to protect the computers. It’s usually more about fear and ignorance than anything.
You totally should bring it up and also let them know what they can do to protect their computers while still allowing folks to use their USB sticks.
No one from Pella was in my class today but people who know the director at Pella were very suprised by this. They’re assuming there’s more to the story and will be helping me to look into it. I’ll continue to post information as I receive it.