NEW CTLS WORKSHOP - Sustaining Library Technology: The Thin Client Alternative

[Mike Buras]

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Scenario

Here’s the deal: A kind community benefactor has donated $2,000 to your library.  The library has ten public access computers: three are 5-years-old, four are 4-years-old, and three are “not quite current.”  Can you buy enough computers and software upgrades to update them all to that “virtually new” level?

Description

Sustaining Library Technology: The Thin Client Alternative is aimed at the directors of small public libraries.  Participants will first examine current technology costs in their libraries and how costs may differ when using terminal services (thin client) technology.  Participants will learn what terminal services is, how it works, its technical requirements, and the benefits it can provide to their libraries.  The workshop features both lecture and hands-on components, enabling participants to explore and evaluate the technology directly from a user’s perspective.  Participants must be comfortable using a Windows or Mac-based computer interface. (Provides 5.0 hours of CE credit.)

Objectives

After attending, the participant in this workshop will be able to:

§         Understand the terms terminal services and thin client

§         Evaluate the cost components of their library’s current computer technology

§         List three or more benefits in implementing terminal services

§         List two or more disadvantages in implementing terminal services

§         Evaluate the operation of software in a public access setting using both Windows and Linux terminal services environments

Dates & Locations

§         August 29, 2006 — Harris Education Center, 200 Line St., Hillsboro, TX 76645

§         August 30, 2006 — Temple Public Library, 100 W. Adams Ave., Temple, TX 76501

§         August 31, 2006 — San Marcos Public Library, 625 E. Hopkins St., San Marcos, TX 78666

 

Registration begins at 9:00 a.m.  Class is 9:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. with time for Q&A afterwards.  Register for this workshop at http://www.ctls.net/document/wssignup.asp.  Questions?  Call Mike Buras at (800) 262-4431, ext. 15, or email [EMAIL PROTECTED].

Presenter

Robert L. Williams (Williams Consulting) is a technology consultant and trainer with over fifteen years experience working with small libraries.  He has presented workshops in the TIFTech and TSLAC Small Library Management (Technology) series.  Robert formerly worked as the Automation Consultant for the South Texas Library System.

Sponsored by Central Texas Library System, Inc.

This project made possible by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services

 through the Texas State Library and Archives Commission.