Yes, it is 2008. And we are just now rolling out MS Office 2007. However, a majority of our patrons haven’t had any training with the new office suite. Since the interface is dramatically different, I have been waiting to install it on our patron computers. Right now, I am in the process of loading the software on our staff machines. Once our staff is comfortable with the new software, I will install it on the patron computers.

The time frame for MS Office 2007 to be installed on the patron computers will be towards the end of the summer. The Library System will be involved in setting up a fiber optic infrastructure around that time as well, so that may change. I will keep the blog up to date on the status of the upgrade.

Have a great day!

The Rock Springs Library has replaced 4 of the circulation public computers with HP dc5700 series desktops. They also have 17″ LCD monitors as well. The computers are dual-core with 2GB of RAM with Windows XP Professional. They will be ready for the Vista upgrade to take place next year some time. As far as performance, these machines are about 4 times faster than the previous Dell Dimensions we had before.

The new computers also feature a built-in memory card reader for 5 different memory cards, 3 front USB ports, and front audio ports. They do not however, have floppy disk drives.

In case you haven’t been to the Rock Springs Library lately, here is a photo of two of them: