NELA ITS Spring Program – technology self-sufficiency!

The New England Library Association Information Technology Section proudly presents our 2008 Spring Workshop, “Library-Wide IT Proficiencies.” The workshop is focused on teaching technology self-sufficiency, so library staff in every department can feel comfortable handling common technology issues. Using a “train the trainer” format, the presenters will emphasize sharing the practical knowledge and skills IT [...]

Discussion Group: Wireless

Description: Wireless technology now has many faces. Join ITS members to discuss the various issues that we face with all the wireless devices and platforms. Non-wireless users and “thinking about it” persons are welcome too. The ITS business meeting is included. Introduction to NELA-ITS, and what they do – work with and talk about technology, [...]

OS Follies

Review of Vista, Linux, and MAC OS. Barbara Andrews, Andrews Consulting – Vista Very easy to connect to peripheral devices. Connected to projector with no problem. With printers, “I’m able to connect to any printer pretty much seamlessly. Coming out with service pack in next year. Continuing sales for XP through 2009. Look of desktop [...]

Up & Coming Technology with Susan Hassler

Susan Hassler, editor for IEEE Spectrum, gave us a look at the possibilities for technology in the next 10 to 20 years in her talk on Up & Coming Technology. The subject of her talk came from the results of a survey of 700 members of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, known as [...]