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Date = June 24, 2007 Group = Public Library Technology Interest Group Chair = Paul Keith/Irmgarde Brown (co-chairs) Reporter = Paul Keith Email = pkeith@chipublib.org Conference = Annual Meeting = Interest Group business meeting Attendees = 13 Current Activities: Most of the business meeting was spent in a discussion led by Scott Reinhart and Bob Kuntz of Carroll County (Md.) Public Library. The theme of the discussion was moving library technology forward and tips included being willing to take a chance (but always have a fallback plan) and cooperation with outside agencies, with several projects at Carroll County used as examples. As the discussion broaded to attendee concerns, issues arose such as circulating library-owned laptops, troubleshooting patron's devices and computers (as opposed to library-owned machines), and gaming and streaming video's effect on library network bandwidth. Future Activities: The group is planning a program for annual 2008 on several web sites that offer help to libraries struggling with technology issues, especially public computing issues. |
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