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The Wireless StudentThe Wireless StudentIn or Out of the LibraryIn or Out of the Library

How the Morrisville College Library Adapted to Wireless and other Laptop

Users.Wilfred (Bill) Drew, Jr. / Associate Librarian/ SUNY Morrisville College Library

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OverviewOverview

• Who we are: the College• College Vision• Who We Are: The Students• The Laptop Program• How Wireless Works; Standards• Network and Computing Infrastructure• Who We Are: The Library• Library Services: old and new• Wireless at Other SUNY Campuses?• Conclusions & The Future

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Who We Are: the Who We Are: the CollegeCollege

• Residential college of agriculture and technology offering two- and four-year degrees in more than 70 academic programs and options.

• Founded 1908

• Approximately 2,900 full time students

• More than 102 full-time faculty

• Mission: provide access to quality Post-secondary education to all who can benefit.

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College VisionCollege Vision

“The State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Morrisville aspires to be an academically challenging , business-oriented, technology-focused entrepreneurial learning community.”

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Students: 3033 – Students: 3033 – Fall 2000Fall 2000

White 68.74%

Black 16.39%

Hispanic 4.65%

Asian 0.96%

Indian/ Alaskan

0.86%

International

1.55%

Unknown 6.86%

Male 53.81%

Female 46.19%

AGE Percentage

15-22

77.74%

23-29

9.60%

30-44

9.43%

45 + 9.76%

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Students: 3033 – Students: 3033 – Fall 2000Fall 2000

State Residents

92.32 %

Out of State 5.57 %

International 2.11 %

Upstate NY 70.42 %

NY Metro 21.90 %

Out of State/International

7.68 %

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The Laptop ProgramThe Laptop Program

• All in a laptop program get IBM laptop and Raytheon wireless card

• Over 27 curriculums

• Over 50% of the student body

• Can be covered by financial aid.

• ThinkPad A20M (2000)• 550 MHz• 128 MB memory • 6.0 GB hard drive• 24X CD-ROM• 1.44 Meg floppy drive• 56K modem card• Internal network card• Wireless network card• Carrying Case• Windows ’98SE• Microsoft Office Pro 2000• 2 year warranty

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How Wireless LANs How Wireless LANs WorkWork

Used with permission of ™ZDnet PC Magazine, March 28, 2000; ©2001http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2482910,00.html

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Wireless Wireless StandardsStandards

Used with permission of ™Zdnet PC Magazine, March 28, 2000; ©2001http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/stories/reviews/0,6755,2475113,00.html

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Network and Network and Computing Computing

InfrastructureInfrastructure

• Backbone : Gigabit Ethernet.• To the Desk Top: 10 base T

(100 Megabit capable).• All class rooms wired with at

least one port.• All Faculty and Staff Offices

wired.• Wireless – all academic

buildings and dorms plus all dining areas. More to follow.

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Network and Network and Computing Computing

Infrastructure - Infrastructure - WirelessWireless

• Raytheon Raylink Card• 2 Mb Shared• Covers entire college• 70 times faster than

phoneline

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The LibraryThe Library• more than 90,000 books; 12,000

microfilms; 400 serial titles; 1,500 audio and video cassettes.

• Open 82 hours per week.• OnLine Catalog: MultiLis and

Web2• 5 full time librarians• Online databases and full text

resources• Wireless and network

connections for users

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Library ServicesLibrary Services• Old

– ILL– Bibliographic

Instruction– Reference– Circulation

• New– Team Teaching with

Faculty.– Online ILL Forms.– Access to

databases anytime, anywhere.

– Live online reference – “Talk to a Librarian”.

– 1 Credit Research Course.

– More

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New Services – New Services – Talk to a LibrarianTalk to a Librarian

• Real time communication between the remote user and the reference desk.

• Uses AOL Instant Messenger.

• Survey showed 95% of laptop users use AOL IM already.

• Remote Users are:– Norwich campus

students & faculty

– Distance learning students

– Morrisville campus students & faculty on campus

– Students & faculty at home

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New Services – New Services – Remote AccessRemote Access

• Why?• To allow students,

faculty, and staff when off campus access equal to access on the campus network

• To allow distance learners taking our courses to use our databases and services.

• Fulfill licensing databases.

• How?

• Remote Authentication using Ezproxy.

• Authentication ensures all users are part of SUNY Morrisville Community.

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Remote Access -- Remote Access -- EZproxyEZproxy

• User must have:

• World Wide Web Browser.

• Internet Connection.

• “Cookies” must be turned on.

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Remote Access -- Remote Access -- EZproxyEZproxy

• Requirements to run EZproxy:

• Runs on Linux (Pentium 100 with 64 MB of RAM) or Windows NT (minimum -- Pentium 100 with 96 MB of RAM).

• Web Server to serve up your web pages.

• Internet Connection.

• Some time for testing

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WirelessWireless at Other at Other SUNYSUNY LibrariesLibraries??

Type No

Yes

Total

Community Colleges

24 6 30

Health Science

2 2 4

Special/ Statutory

4 5 9

Colleges of Technology

1 4 5

University Centers

3 1 4

Arts & Sciences

8 5 13

Total 42 23 65

• Based on survey of all SUNY libraries (100% response).

• 35% have wireless in libraries by Fall 2001.

• Another 29% planning for wireless in near future.

• 65% of all SUNY libraries will have wireless.

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Conclusions & the Conclusions & the FutureFuture

• Changed Library Instruction.

• Redesigned website to better fit laptop.

• Librarians using laptops and wireless.

• Proactive instead of reactive.

• Opportunities not problems.

• Participate in future trials of Pocket PCs

• Carry instruction to the faculty and students; not just in the library any more.

• Need to use the new technology ourselves.

• Look at Bluetooth and other new things on the horizon.

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Sources of InterestSources of Interest

• SUNY Morrisville – http://www.morrisville.edu

• Library – http://www.morrisville.edu/library/

• Raytheon – http://www.raytheon.com

• America’s Most Wired Colleges – http://www.zdnet.com/yil/content/college/college2000/rank_twoyears_1.html

• ThinkPad University -- http://www.morrisville.edu/thinkpad/index.htm

• The Wireless Librarian – http://people.morrisville.edu/~drewwe/wireless/