virtualization

I gave a short presentation recently on the 5½ Big Lessons that I learned while assembling, writing and editing the MaintainIT Cookbooks. Needless to say, I borrowed these insights from the hundreds of knowledgeable, hard-working librarians we interviewed over the past three years. Each lesson deserves some eleboration, so I’m going to write about each as a separate post over the next few weeks.

Environmentally-friendly technology initiatives may be the only investments in the world right now guaranteed to show a return, and St. Patrick’s Day is almost upon us, so I thought I’d mention TechSoup’s GreenTech Initiative once again and recap some of our recent blog posts on this topic:

I interviewed Monique Sendze of Johnson County Library for our third Cookbook last year and this excerpt stood out for me because I agree so strongly with her argument (virtualization can save you time and money) and because she makes the case so enthusiastically.  

Here at TechSoup, we've been talking quite a bit about the benefits of using thin clients at libraries and public labs.