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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Library Adaptive/Assisstive Technology

I visited my local library the Temecula Public Library. Its very big with two large community rooms that seat up to one hundred and can connect to seat up to two hundred, a kitchen, 4 study rooms with seating for 8, the Grace Mellman Heritage room with a conference table that seats twelve people. It also has more than 40 computers anyone can use and with the Technology Homework Center has 24 computers and the children's section has seven computers. The computers have an one hour time limit then it automatically logs you out but you can log in again and have another hour, however when that session ends you are done on the computers for the day. They do have free wifi for those who bring their own laptops with no time limit. The study rooms can be rented for a small party and whenever they are not in use the library users can use them free of charge and the same goes for the Grace Mellman Heritage room. The computers in the children's section are low to the ground for them with special keyboards for pre-school age children, the children need their parent/guardians permission to go on the computer and the code on the back of their parents library card. The computers have educational games on them for the children to play while their parent/guardian(s) watch them, help them, read, or go on one of the adult computers as there is always a librarian at the desk watching the children at the computers in the children's section. I think that they have a very nice set up but I do believe they could do with more computers in the children's section.

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