<html><body><div style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>Hello all,<br></div><div><br></div><div>I am interested in finding out more about how libraries go about hiring technology staff. <strong> I'm looking for any/all of the following</strong>:</div><div><ul><li> Opinions about what makes a good/bad tech hire</li><li>Issues you have run into when hiring a tech</li><li>Any procedural changes you have made because of a particular hire or experience </li><li>Stories, both bad AND good, about your experiences working with tech staff<br></li><li>If you're a current tech, I'd love to know what YOU think makes a good tech hire, and what advice you'd give to non-tech administrators who have to do the hiring<br></li><li>Any advice, from either the tech or non-tech perspectives, that you would give to someone hiring a library tech.<br></li></ul><div>You can respond to either/both the OPLINLIST and OPLINTECH listservs, or to me directly if you'd prefer not to send to a group. All names and information will remain confidential; please don't hesitate to ask me if you have any questions. Thank you in advance for any information you can provide me!<br></div><div><br></div><div>Laura<br></div></div><div><br></div><div><span name="x"></span><div>--<br></div><div><br></div><div><strong>Laura Solomon, </strong><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: xx-small;" data-mce-style="font-weight: bold; font-size: xx-small;" size="1">MCIW, MLS</span><br><span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" size="2"><em>Library Services Manager</em></span>, <span style="font-size: small;" data-mce-style="font-size: small;" size="2">Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)<br><span class="undefined" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT836_com_zimbra_phone">(614) 728-5252</span> (voice) | (614) 728-5256 (fax)<br><span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT838_com_zimbra_email"></span><a href="mailto:laura@oplin.org">laura@oplin.org</a> |<span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT839_com_zimbra_url"><a href="http://www.oplin.org/" target="_blank">http://www.oplin.org/</a></span></span><br data-mce-bogus="1"></div><span name="x"></span><br></div></div></body></html>