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<P><STRONG><FONT size=+2>MARK MINASI ROCKS THE LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY
WORLD</FONT></STRONG><BR><EM><FONT size=+1>"Retiring State Librarian Sings for
His Breakfast"</FONT></EM><BR></P>
<P><BR><IMG height=254 alt="Retiring State Library of Ohio Michael Lucas"
src="http://66.213.1.212/tc5/images/lucas_1.jpg" width=254
align=left><EM>Columbus, Ohio</EM> - The Tech Connections Conference - Ohio’s
premier library technology conference - rocked the Columbus, Ohio Fawcett Center
- The Ohio State University on June 7 and 8, 2004. In its fifth year, this
conference is coordinated by Ohio Valley Area Libraries (OVAL) Regional Library
System and sponsored by Ohio’s seven chartered Regional Library Systems – <A
href="http://www.camls.org/" target=_blank>CAMLS</A>, <A
href="http://www.gclc-lib.org/" target=_blank>GCLC</A>, <A
href="http://www.molo.lib.oh.us/" target=_blank>MOLO</A>, <A
href="http://www.nolanet.org/" target=_blank>NOLA</A>, <A
href="http://www.norweld.lib.oh.us/" target=_blank>NORWELD</A>, <A
href="http://www.oval.lib.oh.us/" target=_blank>OVAL</A> and <A
href="http://www.solorls.org/" target=_blank>SOLO</A>. </P>
<P>This year’s conference, "tech connections 5: secure and defend...the WILD
side of technology", provided more than 135 participants, representing over 100
academic, public, school, and special libraries and other agencies serving 57
Ohio counties plus one county in each of Kentucky and West Virginia, with over
30 technology and management training sessions from which to choose. Many Ohio
Library staff provided quality training sessions including "The Future IS RFID"
with Cleveland Heights-University Heights Public Library's Steve Wood and
"Collaborative Software" with Lakewood Public Library's Ed Rossman. Other
popular sessions included "Ethical Hacking" facilitated by international
instructor Jack Koziol of InfoSec Institute, "Technology Planning: A Roadmap for
the Future" facilitated by Oregon’s own Chris Jowaisas of the U.S. Library
Program through the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and "E-Policy Essentials:
A Practical How-To for Developing What Works...and avoiding what doesn't"
facilitated by Christian Selch, Administrator for Statewide IT Policy, Office of
Information Technology, State of Ohio" along with "Meeting Patron Expectations
with Next Generation Web Sites" and "Security Issues for Management" facilitated
by nationally known speakers H. Frank Cervone, Assistant University Librarian
for Information Technology at Northwestern University and Marshall Breeding,
Library Technology Officer, Jean and Alexander Heard Library, Vanderbilt
University, respectively. </P>
<P><IMG alt="Mark Minasi" src="http://66.213.1.212/tc5/images/minasi_1.jpg"
align=left>Best-selling author, popular technology columnist, commentator, and
all-around alpha geek Mark Minasi rocked the crowd with sessions on "Securing
Your Microsoft Network: A Dozen Tips" and "Server 2003 — In Depth!" Participant
comments included "Bring back Mark Minasi every year!", "Great content, fast
pace" and "Mark Minasi - what can we say, except MORE!". In addition, Columbus’
own John Millican of the Maryland-based SANS Institute facilitated a very
popular session on "The SANS Top 20 Internet Security Vulnerabilities". </P>
<P>Retiring State Librarian Michael Lucas provided an unforgettable experience
during the conference opening session. Lucas surprised the conference
participants with a verse from Phil Ochs’ 1968 song "Outside of a Small Circle
of Friends". In closing, Lucas emphasized, "Our power will be strongest if we
continue to have technology as a servant, not as a master. If you got into this
library business because you like books or technology, you got into it for the
wrong reason. If you got into this library business because you like people, you
got into it for the right reason. The library business is the people business."
Point your browser to <A
href="http://www.rls.lib.oh.us/tc5/Lucas_TC5_speech_060704.pdf">www.rls.lib.oh.us/tc5/Lucas_TC5_speech_060704.pdf</A>
for a full transcript of the Lucas speech.</P>
<P>If you would like to be informed about next year’s conference as details
become available, please send your contact information in an e-mail to OVAL
Continuing Education Coordinator Margaret L. Delaney at <A
href="mailto:ceoval@oplin.org">ceoval@oplin.org</A>. For further details about
this year’s conference, visit <A
href="http://www.rls.lib.oh.us/tc5/">www.rls.lib.oh.us/tc5/</A>. <EM>We look
forward to seeing you at tech connections 6!</EM></P>
<P>Since 1999, the tech connections conference has been a collaborative endeavor
between Ohio’s Regional Library Systems - CAMLS, GCLC, MOLO, NOLA, NORWELD,
OVAL, SOLO. This year’s tech connections conference was nicely enhanced for
conference participants thanks to the receipt of a Library Services and
Technology Act (LSTA) grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
through the State Library of Ohio. For the 2004 tech connections 5 event, we
thank these co-sponsors: ALAO, OHIONET, OPLIN, O'REILLY and State Library of
Ohio.</P>
<P>OVAL provides the library community of Southern and Appalachian Ohio with
effective and innovative professional and technical training, support services,
leadership, and cooperative opportunities through collaborative efforts among
the members and other service providers. For further information about OVAL,
contact Executive Director Marion J. Cochran at <A
href="mailto:diroval@oplin.org">diroval@oplin.org</A> or 1-800-759-1537 x2.</P>
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border=0></A><BR><BR>Margaret L. Delaney, Continuing Education
Coordinator<BR>Ohio Valley Area Libraries Regional Library System (OVAL)<BR>252
West Thirteenth Street, Wellston, OH 45692<BR>740-384-2103 x 2 ~ 740-384-2106
fax<BR><A href="http://www.oval.lib.oh.us/" target=_blank>www.oval.lib.oh.us</A>
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