Probably about mid-week next week, Jaime will be replacing the existing GPL CD-ROM terminals with a new configuration. This means: Fillmore & Mount Rushmore (Adams, Madison, Jefferson, Lincoln).
Please use the comments function here to let me know what works, what doesn't etc.
You can see the guides at http://govpubs.lib.umn.edu/cd/ - only the ones ending *.html are guides.
For details, see the extended version of this entry.
--Amy
This means we will gain:
-up to date installations of software, including all 4 Census Summary Files
-up to date guides, with pictures
-up to date links
-a looser block list: I've only excluded *.com sites, so you can search the catalog, use the databases, etc. from those computers.
-An FAQ for the computers right on the desktop. (see FAQ).
-a simpler interface: titles loaded on the computers will have their own folders inside of which will be an icon for the title and a link to the guide.
-a folder for previously-well-known CDs that we're not installing b/c the web is as good or better; in that folder will be shortcuts to guides to the web sites that include the loc/call no. for the disks should a patron want them.
-an easier way to tell what's on each computer: if there's no folder/shortcut for it, it's not on that machine; we'll maintain the monitor signs also.
-USA Trade and Stat-USA will be shortcuts that are on the desktop next to or near the folders. They'll only appear on the machines that are dedicated to them.
We will lose (until I return 3/22):
-the ADAMS link on Fillmore; not a big deal: see ADAMS.
-Proquest Tax software
-Patent Software; you can use the web though: USPTO.gov
We will lose for an indefinite period:
-use of Eurocat - it's just not compatible w/Windows 2000; I'm working w/Proquest on this...