Re: Mouse pads

Oops! I guess I need to clean out my Inbox when I'm
accidentally responding to messages from October! Sorry for
the late, late response!

Andrew Mutch
Library Systems Technician
Waterford Township Public Library
Waterford, MI


---- Original message ----
>Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:35:54 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Andrew Mutch  <amutchwaterford.lib.mi.us>  
>Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Mouse pads  
>To: Judy McBrian <jbrianboonvillelib.net>
>Cc: publibwebjunction.org, Weblib <web4libwebjunction.org>
>
>Judy,
>
>How about investing in optical mice? CDWG sells some
basic optical mice for under $15 and you can probably get
them even cheaper, especially if you buy them in bulk. It's
a small investment to save you the hassle of dealing with
cleaning the mice and finding long-lasting mouse pads. 
>
>An optical mouse doesn't eliminate gunk getting into the
scrollwheel but it does eliminate the problem with having to
clean out the mouse ball and related mechanism. Unless
you're using them on a glossy surface, you can almost always
eliminate the need to use a mouse pad with them. They still
collect dirt on the bottom but it's a lot easier to clean
the bottom of an optical mouse than cleaning the inside of a
standard mouse. When we went to optical mice, we ditched the
mouse pads and neither staff or patrons have missed them. 
>
>Good luck!
>
>Andrew Mutch
>Library Systems Technician
>Waterford Township Public Library
>Waterford, MI
>
>
>---- Original message ----
>>Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:42:49 -0500
>>From: Judy McBrian <jbrianboonvillelib.net>  
>>Subject: [Web4lib] Mouse pads  
>>To: "publibwebjunction.org"
<publibwebjunction.org>, Weblib <web4libwebjunction.org>
>>
>>Excuse the cross posting please
>>
>>I know, this is a really elementary question, but I
would like to save
>>myself a trip to the "mouse pad" store

>>
>>First of all we're a not too large library and my
job description is
>>cataloger, Systems Admin., and
whoever-answers-the-phone is reference desk.
>>
>>In the spring we bought some mouse pads with
mircroban (seemed like a
>>good idea) that had a surface that was not
particularly hard,
>>(sorta like flannel)
>>After a summer of teens on myspace , etc. ad
nausaum...I've found really
>>grungy mouse pads and totally crudded up mice
wheels.
>>
>>I mean, I  used to clean these things about once a
month with a little
>>dirt inside them.  Now I find that after only a week
the movable parts
>>inside
>>are really coated with bits and bots of dirt and
whatever, and the mouse
>>pads are filthy even with daily cleaning. because it
seems
>>the surface of the pad holds onto everything, and
then the mouse sucks
>>it up.
>>
>>What Id  LIKE to do is march the patrons to the
sink, hand them some
>>soap with the  command "WASH"
>>
>>Since that's hardly seems practical, I'm asking for
your wisdom in
>>finding an affordable hard surface mouse pad that
won't
>>pick up the dirt so easily and hence pass it into
the mouse workings.
>>
>>Web sites are not too helpful in describing the
surface on these pads
>>unless they are really, really nice...and expensive.
 (I've seen some made
>>of glass...gee, that'd be great for this particular
public setting...)
>>
>>Thanks
>>Judy McBrian
>>Boonville Warrick Co Public Library
>>
>>
>>
>>
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