TFML Staff Exchange

This weekend the reference computer has been very slow and prone to freezing.

The Reading Room is closed until further notice because the ceiling is falling down. The magazines have been moved to the Reference area, on top of the reference bookshelves; newspapers are on the tables with the phone books; and current tax forms are along the windows, where the old tax forms are kept.

To access mystery or large type books for patrons, you will need to get a key to the room and take your chances.

SWAN will be down from about noon on Tuesday, February 26 until about 8 a.m. on Wednesday, February 27, according to an MLS announcement.

The Reference Computer is very slow - prone to freezing.

I replaced the SWAN computer at the staircase with one of the old computer room computers. I took off all the icons except for the Mozilla Firefox, which now opens up to SWAN. It still has Deep Freeze, so no one can mess it up but the Internet is not locked down. I am looking at software for doing that.

One of the other catalogs is also a computer room recycle and not locked down.