[Asis-l] new sessions at tech connections 5 - it just keeps getting better!

[Margaret Delaney]

What an eclectic variety of technology and management training sessions!

--Further details including online registration available at
http://www.rls.lib.oh.us/tc5.--

--Don't forget to take advantage of the Ethical Hacking early bird sessions
offered each day of the conference at no additional cost!--

Join us at tech connections 5 : secure and defend the WILD side of
technology on June 7 and 8, 2004 at the Fawcett Conference Center where you
will begin day one with State Librarian Michael Lucas sharing his
"Rehearsals for Retirement (with apologies to Phil Ochs)". "It was twenty
years ago today, that Dr. Byerly taught him how to search. Not very poetic
and not very accurate--it's actually more like twenty-six years ago--but you
get the picture: The retiring state librarian has been around for a long
time. Humor him as he walks down memory lane and recounts the changes he has
seen during his career--and ponders where we go from here."

Then on to the keynote presentation by Mark Minasi. Mark is a best-selling
author, popular technology columnist, commentator, keynote speaker, and
all-around alpha geek. What separates him from many of the other alpha
geeks, however, is that he knows how to explain things to normal humans and
often make them laugh while doing it.  That's reflected in his recent
Reader's Choice award for "Favorite Technical Author" at CertCities.  More
testimony to his popularity with tech world came at a recent SearchWin2000
webcast on tuning computers.  At that webcast, Mark drew three times as many
attendees as any previous webcast, crashing Yahoo!'s servers.

Mark is probably best known for his books in the Mastering series (Mastering
Windows Server 2003, Mastering Windows NT Server, Mastering Windows 2000
Server, Mastering XP Professional, etc) and his perennial hardware PC repair
and fix-it book The Complete PC Upgrade and Maintenance Guide, now in its
13th edition.  His monthly columns in Windows and .NET Magazine are among
the best-read in the periodical.  Mark has also authored 19 other technology
books, spoken on technical topics in 20 countries, and written and performed
in a dozen technical education videos.

Mark's humorous, provocative and yet informative style makes him a favorite
of audiences around the world.  Mark's firm, MR&D, is based in Pungo, a town
in Virginia's Tidewater area which is distinguished by having one and only
one traffic light. Visit Mark's Web site at http://www.minasi.com. Mark will
also present a session on Windows Server 2003 the afternoon of conference
day one.

Check out the many other sessions we have planned on day one for
attendees...
---Technology Planning: A Roadmap for the Future (new session as of 4/9/04),
Chris Jowaisas, Gates Foundation (check out Chris' session on day two)
---Security Issues for Management Staff, TBA
---Developing Effective E-Policies, Christian Selch,  Administrator,
Department of Administrative Services’ Office of Statewide IT Policy, IT
Governance Division, State of Ohio
---Communication Tips for Today's Technology, DeeAnn Gehlauf, Lead
Consultant, Gehlauf and Associates
---Designing and Securing Wireless Networks in Your Library, Glen Horton,
Technology Coordinator and Assistant Director, Greater Cincinnati Library
Consortium (GCLC)
---Using the Ohio Memory Online Scrapbook: Tips for Librarians, Angela
O'Neal, Ohio Memory Project Manager and Laurie Gemmill, Assistant Head,
Online Access Department
---Spyware
Who is Watching Me? Shawn Walsh, Senior Technology Analyst, NOLA
Regional Library System
---Windows Server 2003, Mark Minasi, best-selling author, popular technology
columnist, commentator, and all-around alpha geek
---Creative and Heart Centered Management Solutions for Library
Professionals (new session as of 4/9/04), Andrew Sanderbeck, Founder,
People~Connect
---Mobile Computing: Library Services Anywhere, Ben Rule, Technology
Coordinator, MOLO Regional Library System
---Writing an Effective LSTA Technology Grant, Missy Lodge, State Library of
Ohio
---Ohio Memory Under the Hood (A Technical Overview), Phil Sager, Ohio
Memory Web Developer
---Microsoft Office: Tips and Tricks, Travis McAfee, Computer Services
Coordinator, NORWELD Regional Library System

This special -but included in the conference cost- evening session brings
you the opportunity to learn from and ask questions of four regional library
systems technology coordinators... all in one session!
--Information Technology Security: Panel Discussion with Q&A Time, Glen
Horton, GCLC; Ben Rule, MOLO; Brad Stephens, NOLA; Travis McAfee, NORWELD

Day two begins with "Meeting Patron Expectations with Next Generation Web
Sites" (new session as of 4/2/04) with Frank Cervone, Assistant University
Librarian for Information Technology, Northwestern University who will be
flying in to join us following his presentation at the Special Library
Association Annual Conference. "The rate of change is changing, so we need
to continually scan the environment in order to understand what our patrons
expect from us. One expectation that has changed significantly in the last
few years is that web sites should be very easy to use and information must
be found readily. Recent research has uncovered some very interesting things
about how people use web sites and what they have come to expect both in
design and services. Join us for an interesting (and sometimes humorous)
exploration of how federated searching, individualized content, and new
trends in usability are providing a road map for the development of 'Next
Generation Library Websites'. "

Check out the many other sessions we have planned on day two for
attendees...
---Tools for Building a Technology Plan (new session as of 4/9/04), Chris
Jowaisas, Gates Foundation
---Security Issues for Technology Staff, TBA
---Designing with Web Standards, Scott Debney, Graphic/Web Designer, OHIONET
---Performing Risk Assessments, Joe Gargiulo, SANS Institute
---The SANS Top 20 Internet Security Vulnerabilities, John Millican, SANS
Institute
---New @ OPLIN: WebFeat, Self-Service, & Right Answers, Carol Roddy,
Executive Director, OPLIN and Don Yarman, Library Services Manager, OPLIN
---Collaborative Software, Ed Rossman, Supervisor, Electronic Services,
Lakewood Public Library
---Libraries, Blogs, and RSS (new session as of 4/2/04), Frank Cervone,
Assistant University Librarian for Information Technology, Northwestern
University
---Virtual Private Networking, Brad Stephens, Technology Coordinator, NOLA
Regional Library System
---The Future IS RFID, Steve Wood, Director, Cleveland Heights-University
Heights Public Library
---High Definition Video for the Masses (new session as of 4/7/04), David
Kurz, Ohio University Telecommunications Center
---Database Driven Web Sites, Glen Horton, Technology Coordinator and
Assistant Director, Greater Cincinnati Library Consortium (GCLC)
---The World Wide Web Version 2: Making the Web Work for Us? Ben Rule,
Technology Coordinator, MOLO Regional Library System
---Microsoft Office: Tips and Tricks, Travis McAfee, Computer Services
Coordinator, NORWELD Regional Library System

A reduced room rate at the Fairfield Inn and Suites @ OSU is guaranteed
through May 17. Details available at
http://www.rls.lib.oh.us/tc5/generaldetails.htm.

Further details including online registration available at
http://www.rls.lib.oh.us/tc5.

CAMLS, GCLC, MOLO, NOLA, NORWELD, OVAL and SOLO regional library systems,
the tech connections 5 sponsors welcome OHIONET and ALAO aboard as new
co-sponsors of tech connections 5 in addition to the Ohio Public Library
Information Network (OPLIN ) and State Library of Ohio!

This year's tech connections conference is enhanced by a LSTA grant received
from The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) through the State
Library of Ohio.

We hope you get to attend tech connections 5 : secure and defend the WILD
side of technology!

Margaret L. Delaney, Continuing Education Coordinator
Ohio Valley Area Libraries Regional Library System (OVAL)
252 West Thirteenth Street, Wellston, OH 45692
740-384-2103 x 2 ~ 740-384-2106 fax
http://www.oval.lib.oh.us ~ mailto:ceoval at oplin.org