BlogJunction Ohio » Technology http://webjunctionworks.org/oh/blog A weblog for the WebJunction Ohio community. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:09:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 TechSoup for Libraries – Production Donation Program http://webjunctionworks.org/oh/blog/index.php/2010/06/10/techsoup-for-libraries-production-donation-program/ http://webjunctionworks.org/oh/blog/index.php/2010/06/10/techsoup-for-libraries-production-donation-program/#comments Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:21:48 +0000 marshastlib http://webjunctionworks.org/oh/blog/?p=443

Date/Time: Thursday, June 17, 2010, 11:00 AM Pacific (Noon Mountain / 1pm Central / 2pm Eastern)
Register: http://techsoupforlibraries.org/events/flip-in-out-the-library

TechSoup’s product donation program for libraries and nonprofits includes easy-to-use Flip video cameras that allow you to share your library and community stories. Find out how public libraries are using this technology as a tool for making connections, recording library events, and sharing knowledge. Flip Video’s simple camcorders can be used by people with any level of video experience to create, edit, and share movies. Libraries use these camcorders to give their staff, volunteers, and constituents the ability to further their causes through digital storytelling.

We’ll showcase several libraries. The Tonganoxie Public Library in Kansas rocks the flip at their library. They use Flip cameras to produce videos of library events, to record staff training, and to share advocacy techniques. The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library uses Flip cameras within their system for programming at their branches. The cameras are used to film anything from library advocacy and outreach to answering questions about current events. Join us to learn and share.


Hope to see you there!

Stephanie Gerding, TechSoup for Libraries
TechSoup Global is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit devoted to making technology and technology education available and affordable to nonprofits and libraries all over the world.

]]> http://webjunctionworks.org/oh/blog/index.php/2010/06/10/techsoup-for-libraries-production-donation-program/feed/ 0 Webinar on Writing a Technology Plan using TechAtlas http://webjunctionworks.org/oh/blog/index.php/2009/09/09/webinar-on-writing-a-technology-plan-using-techatlas/ http://webjunctionworks.org/oh/blog/index.php/2009/09/09/webinar-on-writing-a-technology-plan-using-techatlas/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 17:07:04 +0000 missylodge /oh/blog/?p=190 TechAtlas is a helpful tool which will allow public libraries, particularly small public libraries, to “build” a Technology Plan which will meet USAC guidelines for E-Rate compliance.  The State Library is pleased to announce that Kendra Morgan, TechAtlas Project Coordinator at WebJunction will provide a webinar for Ohio public libraries as part of the E-rate preparation program.

 

In the webinar Kendra will introduce participants to the TechAtlas Technology Plan preparation program.  She will then guide participants step-by-step through the program.  This webinar will be held October 22 from 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. To register for the webinar and to get details on connecting to the webinar room go to:  https://www3.oclc.org/app/request/bin/request.asp?specialCode=TechAtlas102209

 

Technology Planning is the first step in the E-Rate process.  Remember to also sign up for the 470 workshop (October 28) and the 471 workshop (December 14). 

]]> http://webjunctionworks.org/oh/blog/index.php/2009/09/09/webinar-on-writing-a-technology-plan-using-techatlas/feed/ 0 Opportunity Online Grants Will Help Public Libraries Improve Quality of Free Computer Access Used by Millions of Americans http://webjunctionworks.org/oh/blog/index.php/2009/07/16/opportunity-online-grants-will-help-public-libraries-improve-quality-of-free-computer-access-used-by-millions-of-americans/ http://webjunctionworks.org/oh/blog/index.php/2009/07/16/opportunity-online-grants-will-help-public-libraries-improve-quality-of-free-computer-access-used-by-millions-of-americans/#comments Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:17:10 +0000 marshastlib /oh/blog/?p=172 61 Ohio Public Library Systems Receive Grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Program to Help Generate $3.7 Million in Local Funding for Public Technology Access in 11 States

SEATTLE – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today $6.5 million in grants to help public libraries in 11 states increase and sustain free, quality public access to computers for their patrons. These Opportunity Online hardware grants will help libraries upgrade and add public computer workstations for patrons in communities with high concentrations of poverty and where a library’s public computers are at risk of becoming outdated with limited capacity for users. For more information go to: http://library.ohio.gov/Marketing/PR/2009/July#Gates

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