RE: Programmable Keyboard Modules for less mouse clicks

[Alan Gray <akgray@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Before you get too far into that workaround, you might want to consider
testing touch screen monitors. Kevin Jewell, University of Ballart, made a
presentation at last year's IUG that was very persuasive. We bought one
monitor to try, and were convinced ourselves with 5 minutes of testing.

We use ELO monitors, but there are undoubtedly other brands to try -- Kevin
Jewell illustrated his talk with 3M monitors.

The need for taking hand to mouse, or keypad, is almost completely
eliminated.

After a few minutes, staff are much quicker at processing. I should note
we've combined the touch screen monitors with aggressive barcode scanners,
which are themselves a significant accelerant.

I'd be happy to pass along any other info if requested.

Alan Kirk Gray
Darien Library
Darien, CT 06820
(203) 655-1234

-----Original Message-----
From: John Kenny [mailto:jkenny@xxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 5:55 PM
To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Programmable Keyboard Modules for less mouse clicks

I am getting a lot of complaints from users that there are just too many
mouse clicks required at the circulation counter.  A vendor as loaned me
a USB 20 key programmable keypad.  I'm now looking for the most useful
key combinations to program into it.  Does anyone out there have a list
of keyboard shortcuts specifically designed for the circulation counter?
I'm especially looking for combinations for check out, check in and
borrower registration. 

 

 

 

John Kenny

Millennium Implementation Coordinator

Assistant Chief of the Main Library

San Francisco Public Library

100 Larkin Street, SF CA 94102

(415) 557-4210  fax (415) 557-4205

 



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