"We have no money", so lets spend $22,600 for a router

Would you spend $22,600 for a router??

This is exactly what happens when people allocate money for a "purpose" without understanding the true needs.  Here we are, delivering a truly needed value to libraries with the critical technology to keep the operations flowing, fighting to save every penny, while some bureaucrats decide where the real money flows.

Read on, how some libraries in Virginia spend over $22,600 for routers in this economy ??!!@@??## 

Hey, we at LAT don't MAKE the rules.......

.......we just help libraries adjust to them through better technology!

This from the land of mustard based barbeque and above average flour:
"Steve Moore spends his spare time skimming the stacks looking for a good read at the library. But books aren't the only thing he looks for, now its DVDs."

So, how best to serve patrons? One guess.

Wow. Wowewowwuwawa Wow.

Our 907D units at Pike's Peak Library District - Workhorses!

In 2007 1.8 million transactions went through our machines at the Pike's Peak Library District:
4932/day
411/hour
7/minute
~1 in 3 transactions went through a FlashScan unit.

That is not chopped liver, baby!

You think you're library is busy now?

A recent report by the Queens Public library had the following excerpt:

Public library usage is expected to rise dramatically in the coming months. Traditionally, people turn to public libraries during hard economic times for free entertainment, free after-school child care, to help with employment, for free access to the public use computers and to help them save money by doing things themselves, such as home and auto repairs. Queens Library saw a 16 percent jump in circulation and attendance immediately following Sept. 11, for instance.

Considering the price of food, gas, electricity and most everything else on the rise, get ready for some very, very busy times.

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