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e-Branch Library (PIKiosk)
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The e-Branch Library is a public information kiosk that helps the under-served access electronic library services.

Let the e-Branch Library Help you Narrow the Digital Divide!

The e-Branch Library provides immediate library access wherever library customers need it. Installed at convenient locations throughout the community, it provides a direct link to the library's databse as well as Internet access 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can connect your customers to the information they want. Information they deserve. Information they'll have instant access to.

The e-Branch Library provides Internet access to sites that the library specifies, such as:

  • Library system database/information online catalog
  • Community information
  • Local, state and federal government information
  • Employment opportunities
  • Schools and education
  • Health information
  • Tourism
  • Other customized information
Quick, easy, cost-effective and convenient

  • Can be conveniently located in malls, supermarkets, retail stores and community centers
  • Perfect for "on-the-go" customers
  • Hotline to library services - 24 hours a day, every day
  • Information can be printed in seconds
  • Expand services without expanding staff
  • Narrow the "digital divide"
  • LSTA grant opportunities


Components

  • 24" wide x 15" high rear lite signage with front and two side silk-screened custom library panels
Computer

  • Intel Pentium II 600 MHz computer with 128 RAM and a 13.4 GB hard drive
  • SVGA 17" touch-screen monitor
  • Fully functioning keyboard with buit-in mouse
  • TCP/IP Ethernet and Token Ring Support
Features

  • ADA-compliant design
  • 500-sheet laser copier
  • Telephone and fax machine
  • Magnetic stripe card reader
  • Coin acceptor
  • AT&T payphone with volume control
Options

  • 40" x 40" x 84" steel panels and steel cabinet
  • Additional 500-sheet copier capacity (total 1,000 sheets)
  • Dollar bill acceptor
  • Book drop
  • High-impact security touch screen
  • Flatbed scanner with tempered safety glass
  • High-impact security touch screen
Energy Profile

  • Standard 110v with a duplex fixture (15 amps max)
Software

  • PIKup operating system
  • Microsoft Windows NT®, License
System Integration

  • Local integrated library system (OPAC) via Telenet or Web
  • Local online county or statewide information systems via Web
  • Internet access
Certifications

  • FCC Part 15 and Part 68
  • UL/ETL CSA (Canada)
Support and Maintenance

  • 90-day warranty on parts and labor
  • Full service maintenance agreement
Note: These specifications are subject to changes which reflect the current technology improvements at time of order.


Additional Information

Learn More . . .

  e-Branch Library Public Info Kiosk - Brochure (PDF 277.0 K)

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