Planning for the November Open House

 

Planning for the November Open House Working together using this wiki Meeting Minutes Presentations Showcase Schedule Equipment Meetings Dates Links to additional information

 

 

 

 

Working together using this wiki

 

 

 

Meeting Minutes

 

09/06/07

 

• We reviewed the evaluation forms from the July open house. Overall, the open house was a great success but a few people mentioned the overwhelming amount of information. We thought having a Pre-Conference talk for 15-30 minutes before the start of the open house might be a good idea. This would give people an idea of what to expect and an opportunity to get a brief overview of the technologies being offered.

 

• We wanted this open house to address more of the "this is how I can use this technology". We felt people were really excited about the things we were showing but were unsure about the practicality and application. We thought the pre-conference talk, our presentations, and the lab work could focus more on this.

 

• We discussed NEW technologies to present and thought it might be a good idea to offer a variety of levels. We also wanted to continue using the lab for hands-on experience. We didn't get direct feedback from the last open house but the lab look crowded and it seemed like people were trying our challenges.

 

 

• We brought up continuing the idea of the Technology Challenge. This is a project we would like to pick up after the next open-house but we were thinking about workshops we would offer that could be part of the challenge.

 

• We also set the meeting calendar until December. The dates are listed under the Meeting section and are not written in stone!

 

 

10/11/07

 

 

• We introduced our newest member, Ryan McCloskey, from Bernards Township Library. Thanks to Ryan, we brought up publicizing this committee again. We revisited taking the meeting on the road and would like to have December's meeting in Clifton if they agree to this. Leigh and Kurt will look into Ramapo and WPU but parking is usually an issue. Leigh will send an email to the list-serv inviting anyone interested to join and we will ask Karen to solicit on the Tech Committee page. Also, we agreed to putting a little blurb at the bottom of our handouts for the Open House inviting interested people. If anyone has some "catchy" little phrase or way of saying this, could you please post it here! thanks

 

• We decided on the format for this open house. We will have our usual tables introducing the technologies and discussing/showing how they are useful for our guest. Also, we agreed to have a Showcase/Show & Tell on the half hour throughout the day. This will give people a hands-on look at the technologies we are showing and others.

 

• We decided the lab will be open for use but on a more informal basis. The feedback on lab use during the last open house suggested there was much confussion. Those of us who want to share interesting webpages regarding our topics will use the whiteboard outside the lab and post urls and such for people to visit.

 

• Please send Mary the informtion from your handout so she can make ONE BIG HANDOUT of the handouts. She needs this info by NOVEMBER 5th

 

• If you want Ellen to copy your handouts, send them to her NO LATER THAN: NOVEMBER 16. If you make your own copies, 60 is usually appropriate. We cannot make copies at Parsippany so please have them ready ahead of time.

 

 

 

Presentations

 

Presentation Ideas from 09/06/07

 

1. NJ Clicks
2. Scanners-Valerie Smith
3. Mash-Ups
4. Vista/Windows 07-Nancy Madasci
5. igoogle/RSS-Nancy Madasci
6. Screen Shots/Macroexpress/SnagIt
7. Customized Tool Bars
8. Using Wiki/Blog as website-Leigh Keller
9. Google Maps (setting your library on it)
10. Podcasting/Vodcasting-Leigh Keller
11. Assistive Technology/Big Shot, Special Keyboard-Valerie Smith
12. Video games and libraries - setting up a circulating collection, having a game night (with demo on Wii) -- Mary Martin

 

How about Search Engines or Folksonomies?

 

These are some of the ideas we suggested. Please add anything I forgot or any idea you have. Please sign-up next to anything you are interested in presenting.

 

 

Finalized Presentation Topics from 10/11/07

 

1. Vista/Office 2007-Nancy
2. igoogle/picasa/flicr-Kurt
3. Assistive Technology-Valerie
4. wii-Mary
5. Podcasting-Leigh
6. Microsoft Shared Computer Toolkit-Ryan
7. Lab-Kim and Karen?? (we will check with them)

 

 

Showcase Schedule

 

10:15	Ryan	Microsoft Toolkit
10:45	Nancy	Office 2007 Icons
11:15	Leigh	Podcasting
11:45	Valerie	Scanners
12:15	Kurt	igoogle
12:45	Mary	how to get a game collection in your library

 

Equipment

 

1. Headphones
2. Everyone is bringing a laptop
3. Mary needs Televison
4. Valerie has BIG keyboard
5. Valerie will also bring photos/guide on using the scanner
6. Projector-which is in the room already

 

 

Meetings Dates

 

 

 

Links to additional information

 

 

 

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