May 1st, 2008 Brian Herzog
Today I’m peddling a workshop that a committee on which I serve is holding in June. The committee is the Information Technology Section of the New England Library Association, and it’ll be fun, and interesting. Check it out:
“Library-Wide IT Proficiencies”
The workshop is focused on teaching technology self-sufficiency, so library staff in every department can feel comfortable handling common technology issues. Using a “train the trainer” format, the presenters will emphasize sharing the practical knowledge and skills IT staff may take for granted. The goal is to reduce the fear factor many library staff have when dealing with common technology, from changing printer cartridges to navigating the network.
Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008
Location: Bryant University, Smithfield, RI (Directions to BU’s Bryant Center)
Cost: NELA Members - $55 Non-members - $65
Program Schedule
8:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00 - 12:00 Part I: Proficiency, IT Staff and End Users
12:00 - 12:45 Buffet Lunch
12:45 - 3:00 Part II: Roadmap to Creating an IT-Savvy Library Staff
3:00 Questions and Program Wrap-Up
Each workshop attendee will receive a flash drive containing all presentation materials and handouts!
To Register
Secure online registration & downloadable mail-in registration [pdf] are both available at http://www.nelib.org/its/conference.
More About The Workshop
IT staff must be able to assist in maintaining a library-wide level of competence and confidence not only in using current IT resources, but also in learning new ways of working smarter. The workshop begins with the basic elements of end user education to promote departmental self-sufficiency and moves on to the higher level of assisting librarians with cutting edge technology awareness and use. Participants will receive tools, techniques and many ideas on ways to increase the IT proficiency of all library staff.
About The Presenters
Gary K. McCone and Grace R. Sines work in the Information Systems department of the National Agricultural Library. As Associate Director, Gary is responsible for the development, maintenance and quality Assurance of computer systems and NAL databases, and has significant experience in providing consultation for the establishment of libraries in developing countries. Grace, Deputy Associate Director for Information technology, has over 20 years of experience in managing information technology services, and has authored numerous Federal policies and procedures concerning the implementation and operation of information systems.
For more information, please contact Rick Taplin, ITS Chair at ITS@nelib.org or call 508-655-8008, x201.
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October 16th, 2007 Brian Herzog
My second day at NELA2007 (Tuesday, the last day of the conference), was a quick one. I just went to two morning sessions, and then left after lunch (I had to come home to pack for my trip tomorrow morning to Omaha).
I blogged both sessions today, and posted them on the NELA2007 blog. They were:
Also, I posted some photographs of the Publick House. I really liked that place.
Right, now I need to go unpack, repack, and whatever else I can fit in before my flight.
annual conference, conference, libraries, library, nela, nela2007, public libraries, public library, publick house, scriblio
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October 15th, 2007 Brian Herzog
Today was a fun day. The wireless was spotty all day (luckily, my awesome hotel, the Publick House, has better wireless connectivity), but the sessions were good.
Here’s what I went to:
I’m sorry for any spelling or other mistakes you find in the posts - I’ve never live blogged before, and it’s hard. Especially when you only type with four fingers.
Also check out some conference photographs. I’ll upload some pictures of my room tomorrow, too - it really must be the best place in town to stay.
Okay, now I’m off to meet librarians for dinner, and then we’re going to see the showing of The Hollywood Librarian. More tomorrow.
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October 11th, 2007 Brian Herzog
Next week is going to be a busy week for me - I have two back-to-back trips planned.
NELA Annual Conference
On Monday and Tuesday I’ll be in Sturbridge, MA, for the New England Library Association’s 2007 annual conference. I went last year (session notes) and of course had a great time.
This year I’m also attending as an official conference blogger. A group of us will be posting notes from (hopefully all) the sessions to the NELA2007 blog, so add the feed to your reader to catch all the action.
There’s also a flickr pool, for those of you who like looking and photos of librarians.
ReferenceUSA Conference
On Wednesday and Thursday, I’ll be in Omaha, NE, participating in a conference held by ReferenceUSA. They invited about 20 librarians from across the country to come and meet with their product development team. I think we’ll be talking about how their database is currently used by libraries, and what new avenues they could pursue to improve delivering their content to our patrons.
That should be a fun trip. I even have friends in Omaha, but they chose that particular week to fly to Japan. Sheesh.
It’ll be an active week, and if you can’t reach me, this is why. But if you happen to see me anywhere along the way, please come up and say hi.
libraries, library, nela, nela2007, public libraries, public library, referenceusa
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June 6th, 2007 Brian Herzog
Wes Hamilton, WMRLS
As a compliment to the previous presentations, Wes focused just on Linux as an operating system, rather than the applications that run on top of it. He started with an interesting evolutionary history of Linux, which put into context all of the different flavors available today, and why there are so many.
He also pointed out that, even without knowing it, almost every internet user is already a Linux user, even if indirectly. Some of the post popular websites today (Google, flickr, Wikipedia and YouTube) are all being run on Linux platforms (and in Google’s case, Wes said that over 450,000 Linux servers power the search engine - that is an unfathomable number of servers).
A few websites of note from Wes’ presentation:
[view Wes' presentation]
Speakers
drupal, firefox, libraries, library, linux, nela, nela-its, open office, open source, randy robertshaw, userful
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