CATS Program: IT vs Librarians

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Cats-ITvsLibrarianThe Computer and Technical Services division of SCLA/NYLA will present

IT vs Librarians

At the Brentwood Public Library
December 10th 2013

10 am to 12 pm

Coffee and refreshments will be served at 9:30 am

All are welcome

There is a longstanding belief that IT staff and Librarians are two departments separated by a different language. Join us for the CATS annual meeting to help determine where these two departments are heading, and if they can head there together.

Presenters Elled Druda (Internet Service Librarian), Bob Johnson (Manager of Information and Technology Services) and Stephen Ingram (Computer Librarian) will lead a presentation and panel discussion.

Directions: http://brentwoodnylibrary.org/directions.htm

 

CATS Board 2014

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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.

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RDA

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

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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

 

CATS Long Island Library Conference 2013

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Congratulations to Margaret Hennings of the Huntington Public Library who was the winner of our Kindle Fire HD raffle.

kindle fire winner

Thanks to all of you who attended the Long Island Library Conference and visited the CATS table. Special congratulations to the Long Island Library Conference Committee for another successful year.

Links to the slides from two of our presentations are below:

Promises and Perils of Mobile Communication

Bob Johnson
http://portal.sliderocket.com/BRIFG/LILC-2013_1

Stephen Ingram
Mobile LILC presentation 2013

Future-proof Your Library Through Collaboration: Where Reference Meets Technology

Ellen Druda
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Bob Johnson
http://portal.sliderocket.com/BRIFG/Reference_Tech

Stephen Ingram
Future proof 2013

Look for more upcoming CATS programs.

Thanks
Stephen Ingram
President CATS

 

CATS programs at the Long Island Library Conference

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programs
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The Promises and Perils of Mobile Communication

SESSION II: 10:30 – 11:30AM

Mobile communication is changing the way people are accessing information and how it is shifting library services. The presentation will concentrate on the digital environment created by these devices, a demonstration of the Emma S. Clark Library mobile app for library services, and cover concerns of online privacy. Come see the three unique perspectives in the ever-changing mobile arena.

Speakers: Ted Gutmann, Emma S. Clark Memorial Library; Stephen Ingram, Northport-East Northport Public Library; Bob Johnson, Emma S. Clark Memorial Library

Future-proof Your Library Through Collaboration: Where Reference Meets Technology

SESSION III: 3:00 – 4:00PM

Does your library have staff that are afraid of technology? Is your computer department isolated from the big picture? Do they work in two separate worlds? Join us for a panel discussion between librarians and technicians as they tackle the tough issues between them. Audience participation will provide a lively environment!

Speakers: Robert Johnson, Emma S. Clark Library: Todd Schlitt, West Islip Public Library Stephen Ingram, Northport-East Northport Library; Ellen Druda, Half Hollow Hills Community Library; Dominic Iadicicco, South Country Library

For additional information visit the CATS website at scla.net/cats/

Update-Technology Information Forum Meeting on Thursday, April 11, 2013

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Agenda

Intranet discussion and demonstration – Anthony Martocello and Stephen Ingram
Wifi statistics gathering and reporting – Anthony Martocello
CIL follow up and discussion – Bob
Long Island Library Conference discussion of presentation
Using terminal services for your opacs – OpenKiosk discussion and how to
Browser wars – what works and what drives you crazy
There will be time available to discuss any issues you may want to bring to the group.
Hope to see you all there!
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We will be having our next Technology Information Forum Meeting on Thursday, April 11, 2013. The meeting will be held at the Half Hollow Hills Community Library in Dix Hills. Please note that this meeting is the second Thursday of the Month, as opposed to our normal first Thursday schedule.

Here are the details

What: Technology Information Forum Meeting – April 2013

When: Thursday, April 11, 2013 (second Thursday of April)
Where: Half Hollow Hills Community Library – Dix Hills
Directions: http://bit.ly/15Vgjyl       (make sure to choose Dix Hills)
Time:9:30 coffee 10 am Meeting

Host: Ellen Druda / James Balletta