Showing posts with label Technology Woes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology Woes. Show all posts

Saturday, June 15, 2013

I have observed many people today in the library. However, one in particular...

A gentleman came in, looked around, and then asked for books on internet and database security.
Me: I asked him if he had look up any in the catalog.
Him: "No, I do not know how to use it."
"ok sir, let me show you"
We walk over to the computer, the screen is blank.
He looks very confused "Is it broke?"
I said "No, just move the mouse"
Still looking confused, says oh.
 After working with him for only a few minutes I discovered this man only knew extreme basic of computers. He did not know he needed to click search for a search or even click enter.
As I find him a few books, he tells me he is going to take an exam for his database security and internet security certifications next week.

Run

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

People can't read

It takes a large number of computing components to run an efficient library system. From time to time those systems fail. As a "front line" person at the library, I often troubleshoot technology problems.  

After numerous failures of one machine in particular, our official IT support was called in. They had reported all was well, and "it's working now".  A few hours later another failure occurred, so I decided to investigate. After opening the cabinet and letting the plume of dust clear (cough),
I came across this note on the side of the CPU.


It is a bit fuzzy, but as you can read here, it says defective part. 

Librarian thought bubble - Even in a library, reading is optional.