Comments on: Still Selling Flash Drives http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/05/13/still-selling-flash-drives/ or, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Fear and Loathing at a Public Library Reference Desk Sat, 15 Jun 2013 17:29:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/05/13/still-selling-flash-drives/#comment-514 Brian Herzog Thu, 22 May 2008 23:43:30 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/05/13/still-selling-flash-drives#comment-514 @Melissa: The ones we sell are the Kingston DataTravelers, and we’re pretty happy with them. One we bought a long time ago as the desk’s flash drive (the one staff uses when necessary) is a SanDisk with the U3 software on it. I don’t think it has caused any problems on our network, but the U3 stuff is difficult to use – it seems to take forever (read: minutes) for the computer to recognize the drive, and sometimes has to reinstall itself a few times before it is accessible. It also installs itself as two drive letters – one for the U3 software and another for the actual data on the drive. The waiting is a pain, but the two drives is extremely confusing for patrons. I will make sure to steer clear of that in the future, just for ease of use.

]]> By: Melissa http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/05/13/still-selling-flash-drives/#comment-513 Melissa Tue, 20 May 2008 19:12:26 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/05/13/still-selling-flash-drives#comment-513 Brian,

I’m a new reader of your blog. It’s awesome. We just started selling flash drives at my library. Do your flash drives have U3 software? Does it cause any problems to your network? Or did you get the Kingston Travelers?

Thanks!

]]> By: Jamie http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/05/13/still-selling-flash-drives/#comment-512 Jamie Thu, 15 May 2008 20:53:13 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/05/13/still-selling-flash-drives#comment-512 Hi Brian!
It’s Jamie from good ol’ library school! I found your blog when I was exploring the blog world for a project at work called 23 things. Your blogs are great! I enjoy reading the reference questions of the week. Hope your drive to and from Ohio wasn’t too bad.

]]> By: Brian Herzog http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/05/13/still-selling-flash-drives/#comment-511 Brian Herzog Thu, 15 May 2008 20:26:52 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/05/13/still-selling-flash-drives#comment-511 @Stephanie: it is nice how easy they are to use (to the point where some patrons don’t believe me). The other handy thing is that lots of database vendors (and websites) are adding an “email this” link to their interface, to further save people from printing everything.

]]> By: Stephanie Willen Brown http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/05/13/still-selling-flash-drives/#comment-510 Stephanie Willen Brown Tue, 13 May 2008 17:30:07 +0000 http://www.swissarmylibrarian.net/2008/05/13/still-selling-flash-drives#comment-510 Two things:
- My husband, an IT director for a school system, got *2 gig* flash drives for $11.
- I *love* helping students at the reference desk who have flash drives. No worries about printing (“do you have any $$ on your copy card?” … “do you want me to email this to you?”) just a simple “let’s put this on your flash drive.”

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