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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><font face="Times New Roman,sans-serif" color="#000000">Hi Jennifer! We have the same situation at the Reed City Area District Library as Kay indicated for the Almont District Library. We have WiFi 24/7 with a password that users must know. We have people that use from their cars, but have not had problems. We are Class 3 library in a smaller town.<br id="FontBreak"></font><br><br>
Heather Symon, Director<br>Reed City Area District Library<br>410 W. Upton Ave.<br>Reed City, MI 49677<br>(231) 832-2131<br><a href="mailto:rclib@hotmail.com">rclib@hotmail.com</a><div>www.reedcitylibrary.org<br> <br></div><br><br><div><hr id="stopSpelling">From: khurd@adlmi.org<br>Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2014 11:26:21 -0400<br>To: aitkinlibrary@sbcglobal.net<br>CC: Michlib-l@mcls.org<br>Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] Do you offer wifi outside library after hours?<br><br>Hello Jennifer,<div>Our wifi is on 24/7. It is password protected so only those patrons already knowing it can use it when we’re closed. We are a class II library in a small village. We have not had any problems.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="orphans:2;widows:2;">Kay Hurd</span><br style="orphans:2;widows:2;"><span style="orphans:2;widows:2;">Director</span><br style="orphans:2;widows:2;"><span style="orphans:2;widows:2;">Almont District Library</span><br style="orphans:2;widows:2;"><span style="orphans:2;widows:2;">213 W. St. Clair, PO Box 517</span><br style="orphans:2;widows:2;"><span style="orphans:2;widows:2;">Almont, MI 48003</span><br style="orphans:2;widows:2;"><span style="orphans:2;widows:2;">(810)798-3100 voice</span><br style="orphans:2;widows:2;"><span style="orphans:2;widows:2;">(810)798-2208 fax</span><br style="orphans:2;widows:2;"><span style="orphans:2;widows:2;"><a href="mailto:khurd@adlmi.org">khurd@adlmi.org</a></span><br><div><div>On Sep 10, 2014, at 2:23 PM, Jennifer Walters <<a href="mailto:aitkinlibrary@sbcglobal.net">aitkinlibrary@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="ecxApple-interchange-newline"><blockquote><div lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Helvetica;font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;"><div class="ecxWordSection1" style=""><div style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;">We need some quick arguments for why to or not to offer wifi 24 hours. Unfortunately, the city has had problems with teens congregating outside at night, using our wifi, and causing other mayhem, including vandalism. I hate to blame the teens, but unfortunately, in this case, that is who it is. The city and library board has asked me to investigate what other libraries, especially small libraries, do. Thank you.</div><div style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"> </div><div style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:'Times New Roman', serif;">Jennifer Walters<br>Library Director<br>Aitkin Memorial District Library<br>111 N. Howard Ave.<br>Croswell, MI 48422<span class="ecxApple-converted-space"> </span><br>810-679-3627</span></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>Michlib-l mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Michlib-l@mcls.org" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline;">Michlib-l@mcls.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.mlcnet.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l" style="color:purple;text-decoration:underline;" target="_blank">http://lists.mlcnet.org/mailman/listinfo/michlib-l</a></div></blockquote></div><br><div><span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0px;"><br><br><br></span>
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