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Come See all The great CATS sponsored programs at LILC
Technology Programming on a Budget
CATS Annual Meeting: Leadership and Technology in Libraries with James Hutter 12/7
Join CATS for its annual meeting as they welcome James Hutter, former NCLA president, Co-chair of NCLA’s Computers and Technology Committee, and Assistant Director of Port Washington Library as he discusses the role technology plays in libraries and leadership.
Date: Wednesday, December 7th at 10 am
Location: Sachem Public Library
To sign up, click on the link in the flyer or Click here to register.
Tween Maker Faire
CATS Presents Coding the Cosmos with NASA’s Universe of Learning
Join Dr. Kimberly Arcand as we learn ways to engage youth in the process of science using NASA Astrophysics data, with activities designed to encourage exploration of our universe and how we know what we know.
We’ll also learn about free computer-based activities as well as paper/pencil or other hands-on activities, and help youth learn about computer-aided data collection and processing, an essential part of research using space- and ground-based telescopes. Scientists rely on computers not only to do calculations, but also to transform data into images. Coding and programming are some of the many tools that astronomers need to study the information from our space telescopes.
Dr. Kimberly Arcand is a leading expert in astronomy visualization and has been a pioneer in 3D imaging, printing, and extended reality applications with astrophysics data. She has worked for NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory since 1998. Her current projects include sonification of spatial data, screen-based holograms and other intersections of emerging technology and astrophysics.
DATE: Wednesday October 5th
Time: 1:00 – 2:30pm
Location:
Zoom
Click on the link in the flyer to register or click here!
CATS/TIF Annual Meeting w/ Maxine Bleiweis
The CATS/TIF Annual Meeting (feat. Guest Speaker Rob Thomson)
Wednesday, December 9th at 10:00 AM
Join us for the CATS/TIF Annual Meeting, featuring virtual guest speaker Rob Thomson: NSW State Manager of the Australian Library and Information Association! He’ll be discussing the purpose of ALIA, intregrating technology into libraries and tall but true tales of his life in libraries. There may be singing and occasional dancing, but no promises! This program will be held via Zoom. There is no registration fee.
Register online here: https://tinyurl.com/yyuxv8cm
Tech on a Budget webinar
Here is the pre-recorded version of the canceled Program Tech on a Budget webinar! We hope that libraries will be able to make use of these valuable resources. And a big thank you to our presenter, Michael Bartolomeo, for putting this together! Click here to watch the webinar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxiNRURcaiI. (If you would like to download the PowerPoint, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AGStXmrDHqYWijvKS3KJ9wFhMAIbHMOx/view?usp=sharing)
Program Tech on a Budget Cancelled
“We’re so sorry to have to do this to everyone but unfortunately today’s webinar “Program Tech on a Budget” will be cancelled. The storm this morning has cut out the power in the speaker’s building so he will not be able to present.
However, we are working on creating a pre-recorded version of the webinar and will send it out as soon as possible to everyone! We apologize for any inconvenience and we will send the link to that video soon.If you are registered, you should be receiving a cancellation email soon. Keep an eye out on the listserv and our website/Facebook page for the pre-recorded class!”