Computer and Technical Services Division (CATS)

CATS Library Tour

sclacats — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 16:52:54 +0000

When: Friday, October 1, 2010
Where: Initially – Middle Country Public Library
Time: Meet @ 9:30 for refreshments
Tour Starts: Promptly @ 10 am

We would like to remind you about our upcoming Library Tour…
We begin this unique tour at Middle Country Public Library in Centereach
at 10am (9:30 refreshments) where we will get a chance to learn about
their newest additions, including the Nature Explorium, and see how the
library functions overall. Lunch is on your own (11:45-1:15) and then we
meet up again at 1:30 at the Suffolk County Community College Library in
Selden for a rare look behind the scenes. It’s an opportunity to engage
academic professionals and discover how technology plays a part in what is
the largest community college in the SUNY system.
Don’t miss out on this fun and engaging tour!

Middle Country Public Library
101 Eastwood Blvd.
Centereach, NY 11720

Suffolk County Community Library
Ammerman Campus
533 College Road
Selden, NY 11784-2899

Technology Information Forum – September Meeting

sclacats — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 18:23:23 +0000

The next Technology Information Forum meeting will be on Thursday, September 2 @ Elwood Public Library with coffee at 9:30am. The meeting will begin at 10:00am.

Please note the change of venue for this meeting… We will be meeting
at the Elwood Public Library!

An agenda will be posted shortly

Hope to see you all there!

Social Media Presentation Links

sclacats — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:18:04 +0000

Courtesy of Eric Cohen from John Jermain Memorial Library, here are a variety of links related to the Social Media presentation on June 3rd.

Here are some links that I mentioned in my presentation, and a few others on social networking that I didn’t mention but that people may find interesting/useful.

From Stephen Ingram
Privacy Policy Creation & Procedures
http://www.slideshare.net/stepheningram/privacy-policy-creation-and-procedures-for-social

From Multnomah County (OR) Library

Social Software Policy for Users
http://www.multcolib.org/about/pol-socsoft.html

Internal Staff Social Software Policy
http://www.multcolib.org/products/presentations/blogs_legal_issues0209_files/MCL_social_software_internal_policy.pdf

Comment Moderation Guidelines
http://www.multcolib.org/products/presentations/blogs_legal_issues0209_files/MCL_comment_moderation_guidelines.pdf

Comment Guidelines and Disclaimer
http://blogs.multcolib.org/blog/readers/page/policy

From Idealware

Social Media Research Preview
http://www.slideshare.net/Idealware/idealwares-social-media-research-preview

Using Social Media to Meet Nonprofit Goals: The Results of a Survey
http://www.idealware.org/reports/using-social-media-meet-nonprofit-goals-results-survey

Reaching Out To a Wide Audience: A Twitter Case Study
http://www.idealware.org/articles/reaching-out-wide-audience-twitter-case-study1

A great website mentioned in my presentation:

http://www.ted.com

June Cataloging Roundtable

sclacats — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:58:20 +0000

There will be a Cataloging Roundtable meeting on Wednesday, June 16 @ 10am (9:30 coffee). The Cataloging Roundtable offers a chance for working catalogers and other technical services personnel to come together and
discuss issues they encounter in their day-to-day workflow. Our supportive group meets three times a year to help you out.

Send your questions in advance and we’ll put them on the agenda. Please RSVP to:

Tom Cohn
Huntington Public Library
tom_cohn@huntlib.org
(631) 427-5165 x295

by June 11, 2010 and don’t forget to include any problems or questions. We’ll tackle them together!

A electronic copy of this program flyer can be downloaded below.
PDF

Technology Information Forum – Social Networking for Good

sclacats — Wed, 26 May 2010 19:39:57 +0000

Please come join our presentation at the Technology Information Forum meeting on June 3, 2010 at 10:00AM at the South Country Public Library. You will hear several case studies and testimonials, as well as a discussion on privacy, procedures, and an introduction to policy creation. The demonstration and discussion is open to all.

We will have multiple presenters showing off their libraries social networking pages, how its maintained and how it has been working for them. Presenters include:

Eric Cohen of John Jermaine Memorial Library
Arleen West of East Hampton Library
Stephen Ingram of Northport-East Northport Public Library
Jason Ladick of Connequot Public Library

We encourage Directors, Librarians, and all other public services staff to attend.

You can grab an electronic version of the flyer below:
PDF

LILC – Open Source and Free Applications

sclacats — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:17:55 +0000

We hope everyone who came to our presentation of Open Source and Free Applications at the Long Island Library Conference enjoyed it. Over 150 handouts and CD’s went flying off of the table and all of the attendants stayed late to enjoy the presentation as given by Robert Johnson and Ted Gutmann.

A very special Thank You goes out to the members of the CATS Board for dedication of their time and talents to make our presence at the 2010 Long Island Library Conference as well as all other events successful.

A copy of the handout containing the list and descriptions of software shown can be found below:
WORD | PDF

If you would like to register as a member of the CATS division of SCLA, please fill out this form, print it and mail it to the address listed at the top.

Technology Information Forum – Staff Intranets

sclacats — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 13:45:17 +0000

The TIF minutes from the March 4th meeting @ East Islip library have been approved.
PDF | HTML

The agenda from the April 1st, 2010 Technology Information Forum meeting @ East Hampton is available:
PDF | HTML

We covered designing and creating staff intranets. We were shown examples by Jason Ladick from Connetquot Public Library, Arleen West from East Hampton Library, Eric Cohen from John Jermaine Memorial Library and David Belmonte from Mastic Moriches Shirley.

HANDOUT: Design Considerations & 10 Tips for an Effective Intranet
PDF | HTML

The next Technology Information Forum meeting will be at Cutchogue-New Suffolk Free Library on Thursday, May 13th.

Technical Services Forum Slideshows/Handouts

sclacats — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 15:38:40 +0000

The slideshows from the Inventory, Weeding and Collection Development program at Brentwood Public Library have been posted for you to view and/or print.

Inventory Control

Weeding Collections

Weed the Stacks, Harvest the Space

If you attended, we ask that you please fill out and return to us a workshop evaluation survey. A survey can be downloaded and printed from here.

Technical Services Roundtable: Inventory, Weeding and Collection Development

sclacats — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:15:53 +0000

Tuesday, March 16th at the Brentwood Public Library, we will be holding the Technical Services Roundtable. The topic is Inventory, Weeding and Collection Development. Coffee at 9:30am, Presentation begins at 10:00am.

Join us at the Technical Services Forum for a panel discussion moderated by Sue Ketcham of Long Island University. We will be sharing ideas on how to keep our library collections current and fulfilling the unique needs of our community. Inventory, weeding and collection development do not have to be arduous tasks!

You may register at http://alpha1.suffolk.lib.ny.us:2081/record=g1009884~S83

Alternatively, you may contact Emily Clasper at SCLS, 631-286-1600 ext. 1364 or email to
eclasper@suffolk.lib.ny.us

You can also get a PDF version of the flyer here.

TIF February Minutes

sclacats — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:52:55 +0000

The approved minutes for the Technology Information Forum from the February 4th meeting have been posted online. You can view them below.

PDF Version | HTML Version

The next TIF meeting will be at East Hampton library, on Thursday April 1st.