Technology Speed Dating Programs
Meet Attractive and Suitable Technologies
It's time to set your technology life in order and begin your search for the tech of your dreams and live happily ever after!
Presented by LibraryLinkNJ, the New Jersey State Library and the New Jersey Library Association:
Choose from two dates and two locations:
- Tuesday, March 5, 2013, Monroe Twp. Public Library (Middlesex County)
- Registration Deadline: Tuesday, February 19th.
- Wednesday, April 24, 2013, Gloucester County Library, Mullica Hill
- Registration Deadline: Wednesday, April 10th.
Each program will be scheduled from 10 AM - 1 PM, with coffee starting at 9:30.
Cost: $15
Payment (purchase order or check) payable to LibraryLinkNJ should be sent to:
LibraryLinkNJ, 44 Stelton Rd, Suite 330, Piscataway, NJ 08854
If you have any questions about payment, please contact us at 732-752-7720.
To register for either of the above locations, go to: http://librarylinknj.org/ce/technology-speed-dating
Agenda and Topics
9:30 - 10:00: Registration, Coffee, Networking.
10:00 - 12:30: Table Talks - smartphones, tablets, ereaders, Google Apps,OverDrive, VuFind (next generation OPAC), MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses), WordPress, Google Drive, Dropbox, Evernote, remote access tools, Skype, and Pinterest and Digital Photo Sharing. Come sit down, and move from table to table for demos from and discussions with your colleagues.
10:30 - 10:45: Presentation to Group - Best Practices in Social Media - Sophie Brookover, LibraryLinkNJ
11:30 - 11:45: Presentation to Group - Current State of Ebooks - Cynthia Lambert, Somerset County Library
12:30 - 1:00 pm: Panel Presentation to Group - Best Practices for Teaching Technology to your Community of Users - Bonnie Lafazan and Katie Marcic, Berkeley College -Woodbridge Campus. Bonnie and Katie will be presenting at this year’s Computer in Libraries Conference! They will share their experience of teaching technology to students and how the techniques can be used by public, school and academic library staff.
