HIGH: TECHNOLOGICAL TIGERS IN THE LIBRARY

[Robin Aurelius <raureli@CELLO.GINA.CALSTATE.EDU>]

This title of a COLT(Council on Library/Media Technician) spring workshop
in Berkeley, CA, cosponsored by the Berkeley Public Library features
speakers onall aspects of the implementation of technology in all types
of libraries. Forwarded next follows.
Memo
From:     Robin Aurelius, COLT VP and Conference Chair
                JFK High School Library
                6715 Gloria Drive
                Sacramento, CA 95831    6/1/96

From: Robin Aurelius, Library Media Technical Assistant

To: All "Technological Tiger" COLT workshop participants

Subj: Content and level of 6/21 presentations

1. COLT members are technicians with some library training, usually an AA
in Library Science and Technology from a comunity college, and some
experience, on average 3-5 years in a technical services or circulation
capacity. They may have familiarity with one or more parts of a
proprietary operating systems such as Innopac, Dynix or DRA. They may
also use PC's on their desktop in a variety of ways, Word Processing,
Spreadsheet, database, communications. Many are being encouraged to use
dialup services such as RLIN, OCLC, or Lexis-Nexis. Some may be
proficient searchers.

2. The need, in this workshop, is to provide a technical overview which
is more than rudimentary(say for an end user), yet not at the complexity
level of post graduate or MLIS level. There may be some MLS or MLIS
persons in attendance. There will definitely be consultants in the
audience whose experience may be at the cutting edge in some, but not all
areas.

3. Because so many of us  presenters are experts in more than one narrow
area, there will be some overlap. That is to be expected. The important
factor is to keep a dialog going, and answer questions as they pop up.

4. We have portioned out the areas as follows:
        a. John Jewell, MLS, CRB, CSL, a pioneer in use of micro and mini
based systems. He will talk about the various state-sponsored initiatives
for libraries to better utilize funds for developing useful technologies.
John has Library Technicians in his shop who have been trained to do
Lexis-Nexis searches on a variety of topics for state agencies.
        b. Ann deLoretto, MLS, law library consultant. Ann has set up
hundreds on law libraries on InMagic, a proprietary small to medium sized
information base. She has pioneered in the downloading and conversion of
records from many other propritary formats. She is an expert in how to
reduce excessive administrative and technical workload, and provide
creative solutions for her clients.
        c. Robin Aurelius, Library Technician, JFK High School,
Sacramento, CA. Robin has developed a set of post processing tools that
make it easier and more profitable for students to use Infotrac, OCLC,
and the multifarious listservs, gophers and URLs that are presently
avaiable.
        f. Gail McPartland, Reference Librarian, and team leader for
technology, Redwood City Public Library. Gail was hired from the
information industry to lead a team of librarians and technicians in
solving the day to day problems at her public library, and to provide
direction for the future.
        g. Robert Skapura, Dean of Library at Los Medanos College,
Martinez. Robert has been a leader in the high school and college
librarian community, and is the author of several books on utilizing the
power of libraries. He is an early Internet adopter, and is presently
working hard to save the physical (and metaphorical) book from extinction
in the public's mind.
        h. Roy Tennant, UCBerkeley Library. Roy is an expert on the
intricacies of the Internet, and is the Webmaster of Web4Libraries, a
listserv that caters to webmasters in public and academic and special
libraries. Roy is also an expert on the use of Artificial Intelligence in
document indexing and searching.
        i. Carol Leita. Carol is a reference librarian at Berkeley Public
Library who has a state/federal grant InfoPeople which brings the power
of the INternet to the public counter, and attempts to keep track of the
kinds of usuage that people in Berkeley need and want. She has developed
rules and procedures that will help all of us tuilize this powerful resource.
        j. Wynn Shearer. Information Access. As a marketing research
person at INformation Access, Wynn plans the future use of technology for
schools public libraries and universities
        j. Walt Crawford. Consultant on computing at RLG, Walt has been a
columnist on the usuage of microcomputers for over a decade. Walt will
deal with how users are adapting to the changing marketplace for hardware
and software.

5. Each presentation should last approximately 45 minutes, and may
include hands on, AV, role-playing, whatever works. The sessions will be
taped and an edited transcript provided to presenters.

6. Please plan to arrive before 9 AM for morning presenters, and before
12:30 for afternoon presenters. First come first served. Get back to me
with your time slot preference.

7. If you want to be on a panel with others, we can arrange that.

Please respond with concepts, general outlines, and a brief vita for my
introductions of you to the participants.

Next memo will include a map, and final topics.

If convenient, you can email to me at <raureli@cello.gina.calstate.edu>
or fax to 916-441-2436.

Sincerely,

Robin Aurelius
COLT Conference Chair

cc: Bev Butler, Linda Owens, Don Waters