At the April 2015 TIF meeting, Stephen Ingram was presented with a plaque for his years of service on the CATS board. Congratulations Stephen!
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TIF Meeting – Thursday, February 5, 2015 – Sachem Public Library
The February Technology Information Forum meeting is scheduled for this Thursday at the Sachem Public Library. Chris DeCrisofaro will be our host and will open up with a lively presentation entitled “Makerspace: It’s more than just a 3D Printer”
Why a makerspace? What is the need for this? Is now the right time? How would a library go about starting this initiative? What would the steps be to logistically roll out a makerspace and see it through to completion? We will have insight into the answers behind these questions and so much more at our next meeting.
Please join us for what promises to be a very lively discussion among your peers and professionals.
Details:
What: February 2015 – Technology Information Forum Meeting
Where: The Sachem Public Library
When: Thursday, February 5, 2015
Time: 9:30 am coffee 10:00 am meeting
Host: Chris DeCristofaro
Directions: http://www.sachemlibrary.org/
CATS Annual Meeting – December 16, 2014
CATS Annual Meeting Presents: Get into the Cloud
Many patrons are already using cloud services and many would benefit
from their use.
Libraries need to embrace the Cloud and leverage the adoption of
cloud services to prepare for a Cloud based digital lifestyle.
Join this panel as they discuss the reasons for adopting Cloud
services, the current and future trends of the field and practical
collaborative applications for using the cloud in libraries such as
Microsoft Office 365.
Discussion with Food and Refreshments to follow.
Presenters:
James Matias, Technology Manager at Middle Country Public
Library,Stephen Ingram Digital Services Librarian Northport-East
Northport
Public Library, Dominic Iadicicco Network Systems Administrator at
South Country Library
Date: Tuesday, December 16th
Location: SCLS Auditorium
Time: 9:30 Coffee
10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Meeting
11 a.m. Food and Refreshments
All Are Welcome
RDA Interest Group Meeting 10/22
Please join us for our second RDA Interest Group Meeting on October 22nd from 10-12 (coffee at 9:30) at Sachem Public Library!
Please RSVP to Tom Cohn by October 17: tom_cohn@huntlib.org
Long Island Library Conference Followup
Congratulations to Erin Schaarschmidt from the Port Jefferson Free Library for winning our iPad mini at the Long Island Library Conference.
We are also posting presentations from the conference for those who missed our programs.
Chromebox OPAC Settings
Guide to setting up a Google Chromebox as an OPAC courtesy of Melanie Hedgespeth of the Salinas Public Library, as presented by Eric Cohen of JJML at the TIF meeting on 4/3/2014.
Melanie’s document contains a long list of Blacklist exceptions because she allows patrons to use the Chromebox for other library-related purposes in addition to accessing the catalog. Also her list has exeptions for her catalog, not the PALS catalog. If you would like to set up a your Chromebox as a more traditional (and limited) OPAC with access to the PALS catalog, use the following for your Blacklist extensions:
alpha1.suffolk.lib.ny.us/
alpha2.suffolk.lib.ny.us/
btol.com/
encore.suffolk.lib.ny.us/
johnjermain.org/
lilink.org/
pals.suffolk.lib.ny.us/
www.johnjermain.org/
live-brary.com/
encore.suffolk.lib.ny.us/
lib.syndetics.com/
contentcafe2.btol.com/
imagesa.btol.com/
imagesb.btol.com/
imagesc.btol.com/
imageserver.ebscohost.com/
ebscohost.com/
novselect.ebscohost.com/
www.goodreads.com/
downloads.live-brary.com/
Of course, this list may be modifies to suit your needs.
Address questions to Eric at ericc@johnjermain.org or Melanie at melanie@salpublib.org.
Rescheduled TIF meeting
Tomorrow’s (Thurs Feb 6) TIF meeting has be RESCHEDULED for the FOLLOWING Thursday… it is now Thursday, February 13th.
Same location (Quogue Library). Same times: 9:30am for coffee/tea, bagels and 10:00am meeting.
CATS Board 2014
Executive Board 2014
President
James Matias
VP/President Elect
Xibe Solis
Treasurer
Eileen DeSimone
Secretary
Kelly Harris
Past President
Stephen Ingram
Members at Large (8)
Bob Johnson
Dominic Iadicco
Tom Cohn
Lisa Bitran
Mary O’Grady
Paul Zukowski
Danielle Zubiller
Min Liu
(RDA): Changes for Users and Catalogers.
Cats RDA 2013 FLYER
RSVP cats@scla.net
No registration required
Wednesday, November 13th
SCLS Auditorium
627 N. Sunrise Highway, Bellport, NY
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
(Coffee and refreshments served at 9:30)
Resource Description and Access (RDA): Changes for Users and Catalogers. A presentation by Natalia Tomlin.
Resource Description and Access (RDA) launched in 2010 as the successor to Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, Revised, Second Edition (AACR2). The rules of this new cataloging code, as enumerated in the online utility RDA Toolkit, have led to the current period of transition for the cataloging community. RDA represents a shift in cataloging practice aimed to support the digital environment and to improve the user experience by heightening the discoverability of materials and collections. Join Natalia Tomlin, Technical Services Librarian at B. Davis Schwartz Memorial Library at LIU Post, for a morning of learning about RDA principles, vocabulary, new content in bibliographic records and resulting changes in OPAC display. This presentation will be of interest to working catalogers and other Technical Services personnel, as well as Reference Librarians and everyone else who is curious about the changes they see in OPAC records.
No registration required
RSVP cats@scla.net
October TIF Meeting on Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Agenda:
Welcome
Housekeeping (approve minutes)
Mobile Millennium Demonstration
Louis DeRobertis will also be demonstrating the new monitoring system and interface through SCLS.
Google Nexus Devices (Round table discussion)
What are you doing with them and how
Patron Computers – The next generation
Touch interface?
Gesture control? Leap Motion?
Group Question and Answer
Adjournment
A demonstration of Mobile Millennium, running Millennium from portable devices and