Sarah Houghton, Joe Latini, Ken Weil, Jenny Levine, and Aaron Schmidt Sarah: Opening up public computers - drives are locked - limited software - very locked down Use DeepFreeze OPACs should work just like Google - just as fast, just as … [Continue reading]
IL05 – Day 1: Smart Computing at Your Library, Aaron Schmidt, Thomas Ford Memorial Library and walkingpaper.org
Interesting stuff: Be prepared for: - saving files to the desktop - USB storage devices - IM - CD burning - Multimedia content - Playing games - Trying to look at TIFFs - Installing Programs! If we're not helping our users, what are we … [Continue reading]
IL05 – Day 1: Hardware Solutions – Bernadine Goldman, Los Alamos County Public Library
Some interesting points she made: Researching a solution - vendor info at conferences - library literature - webjunction - LITA listserv - Site visits - vendor websites - online demos Chose thin clients - not vulnerable to tampering - … [Continue reading]
IL05 – Day 1: Jessamyn West and Jenny Levine
Jessamyn West: Flickr, Tagging, and the F-Word Gave a great introduction to Flickr Some highlights: - other people can add tags to your pictures (if you allow them to do that) - Tags - click the word, you get your tagged pictures - Tags - … [Continue reading]
IL05: Michael Stephens: Ten Steps for Staff Buy-In
Michael first asked "why are we doing this?- Need to answer that question- One answer - it's for our users. 1. Listen - listen to conversations in your organization - you want buy-in 2. Involve staff in planning - front line staff know what … [Continue reading]
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