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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Ray,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I normally keep a handful of both on hand. I know budgets are often tight but new mice and keyboards are cheap and I can order replacements from CDWG and often have them the next day. The “extras” are usually
only pressed into service for a short-term need and since they’ve been through a normal cycle of wear and tear, no one really wants to be stuck with them long-term. Although you wouldn’t know it from the current state of my office and server room, I’ve been
purging most of the extra hardware sitting around because it’s rarely, if ever, needed. I think a lot of techies have a “just in case” mentality about equipment but if you actually tracked what you used, most would find that they don’t need most of what they
keep. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Andrew Mutch<br>
Library Systems Administrator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Waterford Township Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org [mailto:michlib-l-bounces@mcls.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ray Arnett<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 19, 2017 4:00 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Michlib-l] Keeping mice/keyboards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Calling on some collective wisdom here, we have an assortment of equipment in our computer room and I am attempting to clear some of it out. Our library has about 50 computers total – how many “extra” wired keyboards/mice do we really need
to have on hand? I think I currently have enough to refurbish most if not all of the computers in the building
<span style="font-family:Wingdings">J</span> So, for those techies out there, how many do I really need - 10, 15, etc. ?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ray<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ray Arnett, CFRE<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fremont Area District Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">104 East Main Street<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fremont MI 49412<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(231) 928-0243 (direct)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(231) 924-3480<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(231) 924-2355 (fax)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:rarnett@fremontlibrary.net">rarnett@fremontlibrary.net</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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