This document summarizes a project to set up computer labs at two sites - Second Chance Shelter in East St. Louis and Restoration Urban Ministries in Champaign-Urbana. Both sites provide transitional housing and services for families. The project team set up computer labs with 6 computers each running Linux or Edubuntu. They encountered issues like inappropriate web content, computer crashing, and saving documents. Solutions included installing content filters, cleaning up systems daily, and using Google Docs. Sustainability of the labs and consistent administrative support remained problems.

1. LIS 451Introduction to Network Systems Team Members: Paula Adams, Fiona Griswold, Emilyn Larsen-Ferree, Joe Lenkart, Carolyn Maille-Petersen, Mary Ann Ribelin

2. One Group, Two Sites Second Chance Shelter East St. Louis Restoration Urban Ministries Champaign-Urbana

4. Family shelter

5. 90-day program

6. Goal: provide self-sufficiency through computer training, parenting skills, counseling, financial management

8. Provides transitional housing for families

9. Requires residents to attend 6-8 wk. classes on self-sufficiency, etc.

11. Job training

12. Word processing

14. Linux Mint vs. Edubuntu

15. Firefox web browser

16. community resource, career & educational websites bookmarked

18. RUM Installation The space Cleaning Old equipment Wiring

20. Solution: installed OpenDNS

21. Problem: computers crashing

22. Solution: Walker wrote program to clean up desktop/hard drive daily & created three accounts with different privilege levels

23. Problem: saving user documents to hard drive

24. Solution: use Google Docs and provide tutorial

25. Problem: having someone consistently available to do administrative tasks

26. Solution: remains a problem

27. Problem: unable to acquire Internet access

28. Solution:

29. SC: ran wiring from admin office to computer lab

31. Lessons Learned, cont. Necessity of leaning on team members Prioritizing “To Do” list , e.g. timeline differences Thinking on your feet Making use of resources (e.g. Ricky) Sustainability issues Learning to let go