2015 Fall Directors Institute, presented by Dan Alexander

1. Techopics
2015

2. Back It Up
> NEKLS office: Bittorrent Sync & Crash Plan $10/month; Storing
180GB
> Dropbox, Google Drive, Carbonite, OpenDrive
> Online Storage vs Online Backup
> External Drives
> Ransomware

3. Security> Cameras
> Security Gates
> EM now more expensive than RFID
> $ 0.13 tag, price is comparable to tattle
> RFID not as prone to false alarms
> No additional swiping materials,
> Wireless Data
> Patched Desktop Machines

4. Technorealism
> Technology for technology’s sake?
> Software/Hardware Reps
> Training, Roll-out, Buy-in, Evaluation – Michael Stephens
> Sustainability
"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop
to think if they should."

5. Digitizing
> Recollections Kansas
> Genealogy – The Next Generation
> Automatic Document Feeder Duplex Scanner
> $450; Canon DRC-C225; Searchable PDFs; Unattended 2-Sided Scanning
> “excellent text-recognition accuracy”
> Large Format Flatbed Scanners
> Sub $1000; Xerox Documate XDM47005M; 11.7” x 17”; 600DPI
> $$$ Photo Scanner; Epson 11000XL; 12” x 17”; 2400DPI
> DSLR
> Multi Function Device - Copier
> Metadata

6. > What you are paying for vs. What you are
getting
> speedtest: speedof.me
> Edge Initiative Benchmark 9.2
>
> For Simplicity Sake: 512kbps to 1 Mbps per “traditional” user
Bandwidth

7. Regional Music Projects
> Unified Local Music Project

8. Oral History Projects
> Generation Exchange
> Silver Lake Stories
> StoryCorp

9. Web Design
> Wordpress Streamline
Theme
> makerbook.net
> color.adobe.com
>Explore tab
> Logo Design

10. Patron Time Management
> Envisionware PC Reservation
> Libki

11. BYOD > Power-Up
> Power poles – Risk of Theft?
> Add power to your local holds
> Wireless Printing
> Envisionware LPT:One
> No installation on patron devices
> Print Release = Patron Privacy
> Printer Installation – bad idea?
> Patron Assistance
> You may look, but don’t touch

12. Make It
> 3D Printers
> Modeling requirements
> Library Machines
> Knitting Groups
> What are you doing?

13. Training
> Efficient Searching (web and email)
> Operators: “quotes” - ~ site: related:
> Advanced Search: by date
> Evaluating Resources
> Technology Manual
> Topical Tuesdays
> Training Concepts vs Hardware/Software
> What Else?
> Windows & Office?
> Wordpress?
> Network Troubleshooting?
> Creative Applications?

14. Competencies