The next Technology Information Forum meeting will be on Thursday, September 2 @ Elwood Public Library with coffee at 9:30am. The meeting will begin at 10:00am.
Please note the change of venue for this meeting… We will be meeting
at the Elwood Public Library!
An agenda will be posted shortly
Hope to see you all there!
Courtesy of Eric Cohen from John Jermain Memorial Library, here are a variety of links related to the Social Media presentation on June 3rd.
Here are some links that I mentioned in my presentation, and a few others on social networking that I didn’t mention but that people may find interesting/useful.
From Stephen Ingram
Privacy Policy Creation & Procedures
http://www.slideshare.net/stepheningram/privacy-policy-creation-and-procedures-for-socialFrom Multnomah County (OR) Library
Social Software Policy for Users
http://www.multcolib.org/about/pol-socsoft.htmlInternal Staff Social Software Policy
http://www.multcolib.org/products/presentations/blogs_legal_issues0209_files/MCL_social_software_internal_policy.pdfComment Moderation Guidelines
http://www.multcolib.org/products/presentations/blogs_legal_issues0209_files/MCL_comment_moderation_guidelines.pdfComment Guidelines and Disclaimer
http://blogs.multcolib.org/blog/readers/page/policyFrom Idealware
Social Media Research Preview
http://www.slideshare.net/Idealware/idealwares-social-media-research-previewUsing Social Media to Meet Nonprofit Goals: The Results of a Survey
http://www.idealware.org/reports/using-social-media-meet-nonprofit-goals-results-surveyReaching Out To a Wide Audience: A Twitter Case Study
http://www.idealware.org/articles/reaching-out-wide-audience-twitter-case-study1A great website mentioned in my presentation:
There will be a Cataloging Roundtable meeting on Wednesday, June 16 @ 10am (9:30 coffee). The Cataloging Roundtable offers a chance for working catalogers and other technical services personnel to come together and
discuss issues they encounter in their day-to-day workflow. Our supportive group meets three times a year to help you out.
Send your questions in advance and we’ll put them on the agenda. Please RSVP to:
Tom Cohn
Huntington Public Library
tom_cohn@huntlib.org
(631) 427-5165 x295
by June 11, 2010 and don’t forget to include any problems or questions. We’ll tackle them together!
A electronic copy of this program flyer can be downloaded below.
PDF
Please come join our presentation at the Technology Information Forum meeting on June 3, 2010 at 10:00AM at the South Country Public Library. You will hear several case studies and testimonials, as well as a discussion on privacy, procedures, and an introduction to policy creation. The demonstration and discussion is open to all.
We will have multiple presenters showing off their libraries social networking pages, how its maintained and how it has been working for them. Presenters include:
Eric Cohen of John Jermaine Memorial Library
Arleen West of East Hampton Library
Stephen Ingram of Northport-East Northport Public Library
Jason Ladick of Connequot Public Library
We encourage Directors, Librarians, and all other public services staff to attend.
You can grab an electronic version of the flyer below:
PDF
We hope everyone who came to our presentation of Open Source and Free Applications at the Long Island Library Conference enjoyed it. Over 150 handouts and CD’s went flying off of the table and all of the attendants stayed late to enjoy the presentation as given by Robert Johnson and Ted Gutmann.
A very special Thank You goes out to the members of the CATS Board for dedication of their time and talents to make our presence at the 2010 Long Island Library Conference as well as all other events successful.
A copy of the handout containing the list and descriptions of software shown can be found below:
WORD | PDF
The TIF minutes from the March 4th meeting @ East Islip library have been approved.
PDF | HTML
The agenda from the April 1st, 2010 Technology Information Forum meeting @ East Hampton is available:
PDF | HTML
We covered designing and creating staff intranets. We were shown examples by Jason Ladick from Connetquot Public Library, Arleen West from East Hampton Library, Eric Cohen from John Jermaine Memorial Library and David Belmonte from Mastic Moriches Shirley.
HANDOUT: Design Considerations & 10 Tips for an Effective Intranet
PDF | HTML
The next Technology Information Forum meeting will be at Cutchogue-New Suffolk Free Library on Thursday, May 13th.
The slideshows from the Inventory, Weeding and Collection Development program at Brentwood Public Library have been posted for you to view and/or print.
Weed the Stacks, Harvest the Space
If you attended, we ask that you please fill out and return to us a workshop evaluation survey. A survey can be downloaded and printed from here.
Tuesday, March 16th at the Brentwood Public Library, we will be holding the Technical Services Roundtable. The topic is Inventory, Weeding and Collection Development. Coffee at 9:30am, Presentation begins at 10:00am.
Join us at the Technical Services Forum for a panel discussion moderated by Sue Ketcham of Long Island University. We will be sharing ideas on how to keep our library collections current and fulfilling the unique needs of our community. Inventory, weeding and collection development do not have to be arduous tasks!
You may register at http://alpha1.suffolk.lib.ny.us:2081/record=g1009884~S83
Alternatively, you may contact Emily Clasper at SCLS, 631-286-1600 ext. 1364 or email to
eclasper@suffolk.lib.ny.us
You can also get a PDF version of the flyer here.
The approved minutes for the Technology Information Forum from the February 4th meeting have been posted online. You can view them below.
The next TIF meeting will be at East Hampton library, on Thursday April 1st.
Thursday, March 4th, we will be having the Technology Information Forum at East Islip Library.
Host: Jason Terhune – EISP
Where: East Islip Public Library – Directions: http://www.suffolkweb.org/maps/eisp.php
When: Thursday, March 4, 2010
Time: 9:30 coffee 10:00 am meeting
TOPICS:
Technology Plans
Acceptable Use Policies
Filtering Policies
Future Demonstrations
Open Discussion
Agenda for the February TIF meeting can be found here.
If you have ideas for future demonstrations, please bring them. Hope to see everyone there.