15 Apr
2011
15 Apr
'11
6:28 p.m.
> You are/were better off than some. I'm
faculty, currently assigned as
> a librarian (after they discontinued all of the good CS classes).
> One of our administrators (synonym for "needs to be defenestrated")
> decided that nobody should work on English assignments on the library
> computers, so they REMOVED Microsoft Office from them.
On Fri, 15 Apr 2011, Mr Ian Primus wrote:
OK, then it's a clear rule. "Thou shalt not
be productive in the library
- computers are for mindless web-surfing only". Put up a sign, there -
it's your library, you can make any rule you want. "Don't read the
books" could be another one.
I'm one of three, AND we have to answer to mindless micro-managing college
administrators.
Students who understand what they are doing use online editing tools,
and/or bring what they need on their flash drives.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com