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Collective Wisdom, My library, Jackson County Library Services, checks out to our patrons approximately forty Samsung Android Tablets to our patrons and we currently utilize IBM' MaaS360 mobile device management (MDM) platform to manage things such as what apps can be installed, locking-down settings, and to wiping the tablets when they are checked back into the library. MaaS360 is made for fleets of Android devices that are deployed to corporate employees who use them for work until the device is redeployed to another employee or the device is retired. It does not work well for regular three-week checkouts. The greatest issue we have with MaaS360 is the 20-30 steps it takes to wipe the tables, but we also have had patrons information not fully removed from the tablets after the wipe. We have had patrons hack the tablets which prevents the MaaS360 kiosk app from reinstalling and problems with Knox which is security software that Samsung uses on many of its Android devices. What MDM solution(s) are you utilizing for your library's circulating Android devices? Do you have any advice for my library's situation? Thank you, Christopher