You Can Make I.T. On Your Own! Ahren Sievers Technology Elmwood Park Public Library

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1 You Can Make I.T. On Your Own! Ahren Sievers Technology Elmwood Park Public Library

2 Elmwood Park Public Library Medium-size Library Staff of computers $20K annual computer equipment budget

3 Librarians are Natural Troubleshooters We are inquisitive. We ve been trained to quickly find and assess the value of information. We can use our talents as librarians to fix complex problems.

5 Now More Than Ever ALA Technology Study

6 When life gives you lemons

7 Time Savers Money Savers Sanity Savers

8 Sanity Savers Get your digital house in order. Take Notes / Write Things Down Remember Solutions To-Do Lists Show your worth

9 MS OneNote Syncs across devices Recognizes and searches handwriting Converts handwriting to text iphone, Android & Web app

10 Doesn t matter which Evernote Any.Do Google Keep Apple Notes Dropbox Google Drive OneDrive Sugar Sync All that matters: Automatic Sync Multi-Platform Searchable

11 Clean up your Inbox Use IMAP folders/labels Learn to power search your Learn and follow etiquette.

12 Inventory Equipment Inventory Create a spreadsheet and just go department by department Pro Tip! Use your smartphone as a barcode scanner! Network Inventory Where are all those wires going? Budgeting Whether you re in charge or not, keep track of everything you spend.

13 Find an IT service Establish contact before an emergency

14 Subscribe to Listservs Other Help RAILS Technology & Network Management SWANTech Security for Libraries ALA Listservs -

15 Forums Whatever problem you face, there is a message board for it. TechSoup forums.techsoup.org Spiceworks Microsoft TechNet

16 Pre-Emptive Help RSS Feeds Pick your reader of choice Subscribe to library and tech blogs Don t overload it stay current Reader Rundown -

17 Back that thang up! Make sure you have a viable Backup Test it Do an off-site backup

18 Time Savers Backup Tools TO THE CLOUD! Offsite by very definition Requires no special hardware No physical tapes to change out Amazon Glacier Crashplan Carbonite BackupChain

19 Remote Desktop Built-in to Windows - RDC (mstsc) Outside the library? Forget about VPNs - LogMeIn - TeamViewer - GoToMyPC - Chrome Remote Desktop

20 Windows AIK Windows Automated Install Kit / Windows Desktop Deployment / Business Desktop Deployment Install Windows over a network Capture & Deploy images Requires some expertise but it s invaluable.

Windows Everything from automating software installs

21 AutoIT Very simple but powerful scripting for Windows GUI Used to customize the look, feel and behavior of Windows Everything from automating software installs to clicking OK when that box pops up

22 Faronics Core Faronics = Deepfreeze Powerful options to view and control the PCs on your network

23 Demo

24 Ninite.com Install 3 rd party software with one click. No tool bars or add-ons NinitePro - $20/month, unlimited use Scans for updates Runs silently Works with Faronics Core

25 Demo

26 Alternatively PatchMyPC.net $1 per PC Pro-Tip! Press Ctrl+C on Windows error messages and dump that text into Google!

27 Money Savers Buy computers without Windows (FreeDOS) and save ~$100 Great if you already have a site license (MAK or KMS) Buy your software from Techsoup

28 AVAST Free for Education Free Anti-Virus for schools & public libraries Apply online:

29 ipads & Tablets As functional as a PC half the price. Buy em used: Glyde.com What to do with them? Give em to staff (Roving Reference) Kiosks

30 ipacs Griffin Kiosk Kensington Locks Guided Access

31 Set up an OPAC Kiosk Old PC Free copy of Ubuntu Step by Step Guide:

32 Raspberry Pi Tiny Computer Between $25 and $70 Perfect amount of power for an OPAC ACRL TechConnect article: Working prototype by Adam Westmont Public Library

33 Lobby Display Digital Signs can be crazy expensive Use PowerPoint (or a free alternative) Setup a shared folder tell staff to save there Use PowerPoint Viewer (free) Hook up to any TV

34 Office Alternatives If MS Office just ain t in the budget: Try LibreOffice OpenOffice KOffice Google Docs

35 Server Virtualization Windows Server 2012 HyperV VM Ware If your server has the RAM & Processor speed No need to buy another server No need to setup a regular computer as a server

36 A.B.T. Always Be Troubleshootin Ahren Sievers Technology Elmwood Park Public Library asievers@elmwoodparklibrary.org Google.com/+AhrenSieversEPPL

You Can Do I.T. On Your Own!

You Can Do I.T. On Your Own! Ahren Sievers Technology Librarian @ Elmwood Park Public Library An Infopeople Webinar Thursday, September 18, 2014 Elmwood Park Public Library Medium-size Library (225K annual