[Students] Launch Party Today @ Gee Library

[TAMU-Commerce Students]

LaptopsAnytime(tm) Launch Party 

Today @ Gee Library

 

When: Today

 

Time:   2 pm

 

Where: 1st floor of Gee Library

 

Monterrio Jones, SGA president, will be joined by Lucky the Lion to be
the first person in Texas to check out a laptop from a
LaptopsAnytime(tm) kiosk. 

 

Refreshments will be served!

 

 

James G. Gee Library at Texas A&M University-Commerce is hosting a
LaptopsAnytime(tm) launch party November 13 at 2 pm. During the launch,
a student will be joined by Lucky the Lion to be the first to check out
a laptop from the kiosk. 

 

"We are excited to be the first library in Texas to offer this
innovative new service," said Greg Mitchell, Director of Libraries. "We
partnered with LaptopsAnytime(tm) to create a customized machine that
dispenses the standard university laptops. It offers our students the
convenience of computer technology any time of the day or night, with no
rental charge."

 

Students just have to bring their student ID card to swipe, and then
they will be able to check out a laptop. 

 

"The LaptopsAnytime(tm) kiosk will benefit the students by allowing them
to check out a laptop for one day," said Sean Anderson, Technology
Librarian/Web Master. "These laptops are able to leave the library and
can be used at their dorm, home, class or anywhere they choose. As with
the computers in the Nexus, the laptops will wipe out all stored
information when they are shutdown, thus keeping a student's work from
being hijacked. We may have started small, but I envision big things
coming from this."

 

LaptopsAnytime(tm) was founded in 2008 with the purpose of giving back
to the community through convenient, on-demand access to full-function
laptops. In 2011, they won the Dell Mobility Challenge sponsored by Dell
and Intel.

 

"Laptops are always extremely popular with our students," said Chuck
Brookshire, Nexus Specialist. "We now have a way to provide fast and
convenient check-out of these essential items with a minimum of manual
intervention. The ability to use these laptops for extended periods of
time, both in and outside of the library, will be a great feature of
this new service!" 

 

For more information on Gee library, go to www.tamuc.edu/library or go
to their Facebook page, www.facebook.com/TAMUCLibraries. 

 

Read more at the Pride Online News and Events page:
http://sites.tamuc.edu/news/archives/5411
<http://sites.tamuc.edu/news/archives/5411> 

 

 

 

 

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