using internet in libraries in small towns..
So when thinking about when we go full time in 4-6 yrs, i know things will be different, but how you go about doing stuff on internet like up and downloading large files. My wife has been subcontr...
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OH48Lt wrote:
The technology 5 years down the road will be much better than what is available now, as almost everybody else above has said. Also, some library systems require the user to have a local library card, which is restricted to people living in the area the library services. The local taxpayers paid for the equipment and bandwidth, not some stranger walking in and sending 10 gigs of data.
Libraries are public entities - supported thru tax monies, both state and federal. Before we had Hotspot we often used internet at local libraries all over the country, I can't ever remember any library denying me access to book (in house) or internet access.
Most generally, folks cannot check out books unless you have a local library card. That makes sense, but using the services in-house - that's for everyone.
No one is a "stranger" in a library.
