Let me know more about the details. I am not aware of a Westchester
public library that is separately charged for Internet, unless the
library bought a private account. The WESTLYNX/WLS system bundles all of
the charges into a single maintenance and phone line charge--these
charges are library and use independent.
mitch freedman
westchester library system
On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, William Langham wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Dec 1995, (wls/westlynx) Mitch Freedman wrote:
>
> > Date: Mon, 4 Dec 1995 13:11:03 -0700 (MST)
> > From: (wls/westlynx) Mitch Freedman <freedman@wlsmail.wls.lib.ny.us>
> > To: watpa@westnet.com
> > Cc: WATPA <watpa@westnet.com>
> > Subject: Re: Universal E-Mail
> >
> > Hi, everyone,
> >
> > I can't respond in depth at this time. Let it suffice to say that the
> > American Library Association and the Urban Libraries Council and all
> > librarians I know all want the public library to be the site of the
> > information kiosks and information superhighway access, not the post
> > office. If we had the financing, we'd follow the lead of the Carnegie
> > Library of Pittsburgh and *give* free e-mail addresses to all who wanted
> > them and provide internet access from public library terminals. (We're
> > doing the latter already, i.e. internet and web access.)
> >
> > All the best,
> >
> > Mitch Freedman
> > Westchester Library System
>
>
> I had an interesting message the other day from the President of our
> lovcal library. They've had the internet at the library for some months
> now and the telco costs are beginning to have serious budget
> implications. I have to talk with her for clarification, but Mith's
> point about adequatelibrary funding is a very real concern at the enduser
> point. If access becomes restricted at the public (free :-) ) end what
> have we really accomplished?
>
> My 2 cents
>
> Bill
>