[OPLINTECH] TheRightClick 3.0 Call for Entries - Best Practices in Library Technology

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The Ohio Library Council's Information Technology Division is planning a showcase
of "best practices" for library technology, Wednesday, August 22 at the State
Library of Ohio. We believe your work deserves recognition.  All 'library
technologists' are invited to share their unique solutions and practices with
their colleagues from around the state at TheRightClick v 3.0.

This call
for entries is open to all types of libraries.  We also encourage libraries
from outside Ohio to participate.

Your "best practice" could be anything
from "patron proofing" your equipment; innovative network or Web site configurations;
using handhelds or VoIP; giving old equipment a new life-just to name a few
possibilities. Whatever the configuration, we believe that there are many
good ideas around the state that deserve to be shared.

We've got the date.
We've reserved the room. We're only lacking one resource: PRESENTERS! That's
where you come in. Don't be shy. Be PROUD of your accomplishments and take
advantage of this unique opportunity. Enter your idea today by responding
to the questions enclosed with this invitation and be a featured guest at
TheRightClick v 3.0: OLC Information Technology Division's Showcase of Best
Practices.

On a separate piece of paper, answer each of the following questions.
You may include with your entry any pamphlets, flyers, brochures, photos,
news releases that will allow the committee to make a good decision about
the inclusion of your "best practice". Be certain to include your name, your
library, the library mailing address, and fax and e-mail contact information.
If your program is selected, you will attend the showcase as a guest of the
Information Technology Division. You will be scheduled to make a 15-20 minute
presentation at the showcase on August 22.

Send your entry to Wayne Piper,
Director of Professional Development, at the Ohio Library Council by e-mail
(wpiper at olc.org), fax (614) 416-2270, or mail (OLC, 2 Easton Oval, Suite 525,
Columbus, OH 43219-6036). Entries will be accepted no later than May 12, 2007.


1. In 25 words or less, describe the program or service you would like
to showcase.

2. Provide details on the program including, but no limited
to, your source of inspiration, the need you were trying to fill, any funding
you obtained to support the project, and the patron response to the project.


3. Give us your best reasons for selecting your program for the best practice
showcase.

4. What would you like your colleagues to learn from your presentation?


About six weeks before the showcase, the OLC office will assist you with
the guidelines for the structure of your presentation and the format for your
handouts. If you have any questions about this form or the showcase itself,
please contact Wayne Piper, Director of Professional Development at the Ohio
Library Council (wpiper at olc.org), Glen Horton, Coordinator of the Information
Technology Division (glen at swonlibraries.org), or Laura Solomon , Assistant
Coordinator of the Information Technology Division (laura at cpl.org ).