Libraries with WiFi Hot Spots

Wireless Librarian is the name of a website that provides a listing of libraries, public and private, that maintain their own wireless networks. A "wireless network" generally means free Internet access to those with laptops and handheld computers capable of accessing the Internet without the use of cables and plugs.

If you bought a laptop computer in the last year or two, chances are your laptop is capable of connecting to a wireless network. Being able to connect to a wireless network means you can use the Internet on your own computer with no cables to trip over.

Perhaps someday all libraries and archives will have free wireless Internet access. Then we can all bring our laptops and handheld computers and be able to access websites and online databases as we conduct our research.

Imagine being able to go to a library, pull out a book of marriage records, and transcribe the records into your laptop, and upload the information to an Internet database?