Tech Day 2009 is coming together! – #neklstechday = for the twitterati

Visit the Tech Day 2009 Page for a full, annotated agenda

When: Thursday, August 6 from 9 to 4 ish with 8:30 registration

Where: Topeka & Shawnee County Library

Who:

• Keynote: Amy Begg De Groff of Howard County Library
• Breakout Speakers:  Mickey Coalwell, Diana Weaver, Liz Rea, Heather Braum, Tim Martins, Cindi Hickey, Brenda Hough, Diane Trinkle, Royce Kitts, Sarah Walker-Hitt and David LaCrone.

What:

• Keynote with Amy
• Discussion of Open Source, facilitated by Amy (so bring your questions and be ready to share and talk)
• Lightning Rounds – again, be ready to share your favorite web-based piece of software or useful Web site.  We’ll fit as many in as we can in an hour, with a 5 minute time limit per presentation.
• Break out sessions, so far – titles will most likely change:
  • Open Source Community: Your Ace in the Hole – Mickey, Liz and Diana will discuss, using Koha and WordPress as examples, how OS projects develop and grow
  • How To Open Source – Tim and Liz will cover repurposing an old PC with Ubuntu and other examples of how they implemented open source projects
  • Cloud Computing – Heather and Sharon will give an overview of cloud computing (revised presentation given at KLA Conference)
    • Heather found this great Op-Ed piece from the NY Times on Cloud Computing – the Comments are worth a read!
  • WebJunction: A Spectrum of Opportunity! – Cindi and Brenda – Letterman’s Top Ten Reasons You Want to Be an Active WebJunction Kansas Member.  (OK – Really Brenda and Cindi’s list.  We’re sure he would approve though.) Bring your color to our WebJunction spectrum and share it with us!
  • Getting the Board Aboard – Selling Gaming to Your Board – Diane and Royce will share how they started, developed and ‘sold’ gaming collections and programs to their Boards and communities.
  • Digitization on a Shoestring – David will share the basics of scanning for small libraries
  • Netboxes in the Library – Sarah and Heather will talk about a pilot project using netboxes as patron computers at the Lyndon Carnegie Library.

How: Registration is NOW OPEN!

Why: “Computers in libraries are like icing on cake – they add to the whole experience, but just make a sticky mess without a firm foundation.”  Come to Tech Day for help building your firm Foundation!

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