Man oh man! Tech day was a blast… keep watching here for the next few days to catch some of the Tech Day 2005 excitement… we’ll be posting photos, video of the keynote and some of the sessions, all of the powerpoints from the day, and additional resources for all of your consumption.
I think all of our minds were expanded by Jenny Levine, the Shifted Librarian. There is much to be done for Kansas libraries and blogging/rss/wiki/folksonomy. A world of conversation between our patrons and the library awaits us, all we have to do is harness it. I think that soon we’ll be having a workshop for “introduction to blogger” but you didn’t hear it here. 
Remember that you can get ahold of your friendly NEKLS tech staff through MSN messenger (more services coming soon) by adding lrea@nekls.org to your buddy list (we like to hear from you!) or bhough@nekls.org. Send us a friendly message!
We’re also opening up comments on this blog, so we want to hear what you think! Comment! We like it when you do!
Jenny Levine’s Keynote Presentation (Real Player required)
Jenny’s Presentation – so you can follow along with the slides, and examine more closely the parts we skipped.
Brenda Hough (NEKLS), Carla Kaiser (Basehor), Becky Hinton (TSCPL), and Jeremy Blanton (Atchison) discuss Patron technology training in this afternoon session at NEKLS Tech Day 2005 (Real Player required).
Download the Unplugged and Lovin’ It presentation
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I had a great time at (my first) Tech Day. I’ve been reading the Shifted Librarian blog for a while now, so it was great to hear Jenny speaking in person. And it was great meeting everyone.
And hey! look! a library blog with comments!
With the ever changing technology in libraries, NEKLS needs to hold a “Tech Day” more frequently. I enjoyed Jenny’s presentation to the point that I was brain storming ideas for my library’s web site on my drive back to Kansas City.
Also, my library has yet to embrace the wireless technology. As a librarian, I am jealous of the libraries that offer wireless to their patrons. The discussion on wireless in the library and policy implications was very thought provoking.
Tech day was great, but a little over whelming for a small library. I did pick up many ideas and will just adjust it for the needs of this community. Thanks to all for making it a fun and educational day. (Lunch was good, also)
Tech Day rocked.
There is a great article called “Instant Messaging: Quick and Dirty Reference for Teens and Others” by Sarah Houghton of the Marin County (CA) Public Free Library) on page 192 of the July/August 2005 issue of Public Libraries. It’s about how to offer IM reference service and considering the keynote yesterday, I thought it was pretty timely.
I know Sharon and I have had IM conversations more than once. We always talk about how much faster we type since we’re rabid IM’ers.
I think it would be awesome to have more than one Tech Day a year. What other topics should we cover? Maybe we have one “Future tech day” and one “Hands on Tech Day” or something (you know, one where we tell you what’s coming and one where we show you how to use it)
Any thoughts on that?
At MLS, we hold quarterly “Tech Summits” with each devoted to a specific topic. For example, in May we did gaming and next month we’re doing podcasting. They’re always lecture sessions (as opposed to hands-on), but it might be something for you to consider.
Thanks again for providing such a great day!
Quarterly morning sessions at Lawrence, with the presentation archived for those who can’t make it (or for people like me who need to review it!)would be great.