tales from the tech sandbox

Tales from the Tech Sandbox April 6, 2010

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Today’s Speakers

Stephanie Gerding TechSoup for

Libraries

Kieran Hixon John C. Fremont Library District

Answering Chat QuestionsKami Griffiths, TechSoup

Answering Chat QuestionsKami Griffiths, TechSoup

We’ll talk about:

• The Tech Sandbox

• Making time to learn

• Low cost gaming tips

• “Out of the box” success

• Open Source software

Does your library play in the sandbox?


How do you have time to learn the tools?


Gaming in the LibrarySkokie Public Library

John C. Fremont Library District


What have you done

“out of the box” that has

been successful?


Success with Open Source


“Koha is the first free software library automation package. Development is sponsored by libraries of varying types and sizes, volunteers, and support companies from around the world.”

http://koha-community.org

Open SourceIntegrated Library System (ILS)

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Powerline Computer Reservations System

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Powerline Computer Reservations System

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Learn and share. You aren’t in this alone.

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