Technology:
Cents and Sensibility: Will your Technology Pay Off?
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Room:
Oregon Convention Center –
A105-106
- Gretchen L. Freeman
Associate Director for Technology, Salt Lake County Library
- Lori Bowen Ayre
Sr. Consultant and Founder, Galecia Group
- Kathleen K. Smith
Projects Librarian, Fresno County Public Library
Are your technology projects inspired more by the latest bell or whistle instead of what will pay off for your library? Do your technologies deliver both the steak and the sizzle? This panel presentation will outline cost/benefit analysis and case studies for justifying technology projects to administrators and funding agencies. Whether you are vying for large or small dollars, show how a technology investment delivers both "cents and sensibility" for your library.
Benefits and Learning Objectives
- Participants will take away an outline for evaluating costs and benefits for technology projects.
- Participants will understand the difference between tangible and intangible benefits.
- Participants will review case studies of how to calculate the return on investment for proposed technology solutions.
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Technology:
Open Source Works!
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Room:
Oregon Convention Center –
C123-124
- Bill Ptacek
Director, King County Library System
- Jed Moffitt
Director of Information Technology Services, King County Library System
- Matt Carlson
Project Coordinator, King County Library System
- Ben Hyman
Manager of Library Policy and Technology, Public Library Services of the Ministry of Education
- Amy Terlaga
Assistant Director, User Services, Bibliomation, Inc.
- Eli Neiburger
Associate Director, IT and Product Development, Ann Arbor District Library
- Lori Bowen Ayre
Sr. Consultant and Founder, Galecia Group
In this program, you will hear from public libraries that have put their weight down on the side of open-source systems. Speakers will come from libraries who have committed to migrating to the Evergreen open source ILS. Speakers will talk about their respective paths to open source and share insights and processes that have worked for them. We will de-mystify open-source library systems and show that you can do it if you want to.
Benefits and Learning Objectives
- Participants will learn about the benefits and risks of moving to an open source system and how to effectively hedge their bets.
- Participants will learn specific effective processes that will help them migrate to an open-source system in a stepwise manner.
- Participants will leave with good connections to the growing library open-source community. They'll get to know colleagues that can help them as resources for their own migration.
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Technology:
Cents and Sensibility: Will your Technology Pay Off?
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Room:
Oregon Convention Center –
D137-140
- Gretchen L. Freeman
Associate Director for Technology, Salt Lake County Library
- Lori Bowen Ayre
Sr. Consultant and Founder, Galecia Group
- Kathleen K. Smith
Projects Librarian, Fresno County Public Library
Are your technology projects inspired more by the latest bell or whistle instead of what will pay off for your library? Do your technologies deliver both the steak and the sizzle? This panel presentation will outline cost/benefit analysis and case studies for justifying technology projects to administrators and funding agencies. Whether you are vying for large or small dollars, show how a technology investment delivers both "cents and sensibility" for your library.
Benefits and Learning Objectives
- Participants will take away an outline for evaluating costs and benefits for technology projects.
- Participants will understand the difference between tangible and intangible benefits.
- Participants will review case studies of how to calculate the return on investment for proposed technology solutions.
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