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2018 Technology Boot Camp
2018 Technology Boot Camp
GUARDIANS OF THE LIBRARY: Tech Boot Camp 2018
April 24-26, 2018
Funded by the Library Science and Technology Act through the Institute of Museum and Library Services
TUESDAY, APRIL 24
11a – 1p – Meet & Greet / Registration
1130 – 1p – Lunch / Networking / Eating & Learning
1p – Opening Ceremonies – Welcome to Tech Boot Camp! We’ll go over how this whole thing works:
Room assignments
Meals
Parking
The Buddy System
Demo Labs
Analog Board Game Night
Trivia
Groot contest
Prize Drawing
130p – (In)Security Block
Todd Watson – CISO, Board of Regents, University System of Georgia
Info Security Q&Al – What is Everyone Doing/How Are They Responding?
330p – Break / Room Check-in / Networking / Eating & Learning
4p – Digitization 101: The one-stop shop for figuring out how best to get your collections online and out there for the world to see. Also, get a sneak peek at the new kits! Shiny.
Angela Stanley, Director, Georgia HOMEPLACE, GPLS
6p – Dinner / Networking / Eating & Learning
7p– Midnight – Demo Lab Open
7p – Nerd Trivia. The questions are even more esoteric than last year. #talknerdytome
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25
9a – Guardians of the Library: How Technology is Perceived, Legislated and Disrupted in Public Libraries
Emily Almond – Director, IT, GPLS
10a – Niche Academy Demonstration
Jared Oates
Jeremy Wilson
1045a – Break / Networking / Eating & Learning
11a – Broadband Block
E-Rate Category2: Figure out what you need and how to get the $
Candice Hall, E-Rate Analyst, Board of Regents, University System of Georgia
Sue Plaksin, IT Network Program Manager, GPLS
Pilot Program for T-Mobile Hotspots
Burr Osinach, Electronic Resource Librarian, Cobb County
Public Library System
1230p – Lunch / Networking / Eating & Learning
130p – Google Block
Chrome in Public Libraries: Exploring functionalities like the Google Dialog Flow to build a Digital Library Assistant.
Nick Gamache, State/Local Account Manager, Google
Tom Muir, Chrome Sales Specialist, Googl
Chrome Around the World: It All Started in Georgia’s Libraries
Charles Ellis, Principle, LibData
Chrome Admin Settings: An overview and a refresher. Lots has changed. Of course it has. It’s Google.
Daniel Zeiger, System Administrator, GPLS
Dave Daniels, Technology Support, Sara Hightower Regional Library System
Sign up for admin console training here
Sign up for Chrome Google Group here
330p – Break / Snacks / Networking / Eating & Learning
4p – Mission Access Panel – How Technology Facilitates Access
Adding iMac PCs for ADA Access – Burr Osinach, Electronic Resources Librarian, Cobb County Public Library System
Chrome and Android Built-Ins – Dave Daniels, Technology Support, Sara Hightower Regional Library System
Facilitated by Pat Herndon, Director, GLASS (Georgia Libraries for Accessible Statewide Services) and Keith Haun, Technical Support Librarian. GLASS
445p – If You Got Hit by a Bus Tomorrow What are the most important things you’d like for your Director to know? For your colleagues to know? If you could do a robot-consciousness transfer, what are the most salient points you’d like to share?
Facilitated by GPLS team
630p – Dinner / Networking / Eating & Learning
730p – Analog Board Game Night: Going Old School. Bring your old Magic Cards and D&D games. (You know you still have them.) Bring your new board games! Pandemic, Ticket to Ride, etc. We will also be utilizing the projector to host a MMORPG If you just can’t not go online.)
THURSDAY, APRIL 26
730a – Breakfast / Networking / Eating & Learning
9a – PINES block
Hatch: Storage and Printing in Evergreen Web Client
Web Client!
10a – Emerging Technologies in GA Libraries: What to Expect with MRR & other Tech Funding in the Coming Year
Emily Almond, Director, IT, GPLS
Shannan Furlow, IT Program Manager, GPLS
1030a – Break / Snacks / Networking / Eating & Learning
11a – I Wish I’d Known Then What I Know Now (working title) – The chance for us to build on the “Hit by a Bus” conversation and for the newbies among us to ask the more seasoned of us, “what are the biggest challenges that you have faced and how have you overcome them?”
Facilitated by anyone at GPLS who has not yet lost their voice
1130a – Lightning Rounds! Don’t have a presentation per se but still want to share something pretty cool? This is the spot. 10-15m ea
Krayon Kiosk, Katherine Gregory, Assistant Director, Bartram Trail Regional Library
Windows Updates, Phillip Miller, IT Support, Thomas County Public Library System
Passport Stations, Neil Byrd, IT Manager, Hall County Library System
Facilitated by Dawn Dale, PINES System Administrator, GPLS
1230p – Closing Ceremonies
Closing Words
Prize Drawings
Groot Prize Collection
Class photos
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