Technology Information Forum – Staff Intranets

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The TIF minutes from the March 4th meeting @ East Islip library have been approved.
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The agenda from the April 1st, 2010 Technology Information Forum meeting @ East Hampton is available:
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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
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The next Technology Information Forum meeting will be at Cutchogue-New Suffolk Free Library on Thursday, May 13th.

Technical Services Forum Slideshows/Handouts

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The slideshows from the Inventory, Weeding and Collection Development program at Brentwood Public Library have been posted for you to view and/or print.

Inventory Control

Weeding Collections

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.

Technical Services Roundtable: Inventory, Weeding and Collection Development

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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.

March TIF Meeting

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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.

Technology Information Forum – January 2010 Meeting

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1/7/2010
Brentwood Public Library
9:30 am coffee
10:00 am meeting

Agenda:
Approval of Minutes from December meeting held on 12/3/09 B. Schott

Demonstrations and Discussions:
* Cloud Computing – Integrating the Cloud and the Desktop
* Ubuntu and the Cloud…
* Jolicloud
* Eyeos
* gOS
* g.ho.st

Break – 15 Minutes

* SpiceWorks – Network Inventory and Helpdesk – Dominic Iadicicco
* Inventory your network and PCs
* Monitor and Manage Your Network
* Manage your IT assets
* Audit your Software
* IT Help Desk

* Open Discussion

Adjournment
See you there!!!

2009 Annual Meeting and Program

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This year’s Computer and Technical Services Division will take place on December 9, 2009 at the Brentwood Public Library, followed by a program on:

Computing in the Cloud

Cloud Computing is having a profound impact on how businesses and people buy, use and manage software and hardware.  It represents an enormous shift in both business and personal computing, allowing organizations and individuals to access hardware and applications through subscription, via the Internet, rather than upfront purchases. Please join us and our panel of Long Island based Cloud-Computing companies in a lively conversation about this emerging trend.

Panelists:

Raj Sethi, CEO & founder, Ekartha Inc.

Gurpreet Singh, VP of Product Development & Marketing, Ekartha Inc.

Tom McCormack, VP of Managed Hosting,  Mindshift

Wednesday, December 9th

9:30 (sharp) coffee

9:45 short annual meeting

10:00 presentation
Brentwood Public Library

Click here for flyer and registration form

Open Source Program: Follow up

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Thanks to all of our speakers and all who attended our program on open source software in libraries on 10/22 at the South Country Library.  Thank you also to all who contributed to our Habitat for Humanity basket.

A program evaluation form can be found here.

Handouts from the program are available here and here.

In addition, here are links to some of the other resources mentioned at the program:

http://www.scribus.net

http://www.gimp.org

http://www.gimpshop.com

http://symphony.lotus.com