Washington Dynix User Group Meeting

Friday, February 20th

9:30 am-3:30 pm

Bellevue Regional Library

Meeting Room One

King County Library System

 

 

 

Let me know what topics you’d like to discuss, new products you’d like to see demonstrated, or issues you’d like to hear addressed by an ALS sales rep.  I REALLY need suggestions for discussion topics and for some of you to volunteer to give presentations or lead discussion on projects you’re working on that will be of interest to the group.  I also welcome suggestions for speakers outside the CODI group.  Please send me your ideas as soon as possible but no later than February 6th.  

Driving directions are on the reverse and coffee will be available at 9:00 am.  Please park in the underground garage and enter the building through the north entrance which leads into the foyer to meeting room one.  We need to gather lunch orders in advance. Please send lunch orders, from the following list, by Tuesday, February 17th.  All lunches will be $5.99 + tax and include chips, cookie, and sparkling water.

Turkey & Monterey Jack Sandwich on whole wheat bread

Ham & Cheddar Sandwich on white bread

Vegetarian Market Salad with a foccacia wedge

We look forward to seeing you on February 20th.

 

 

Sharon Winters

Pierce County Library

253-536-6500

253-537-1809 fax

swinters@pcl.lib.wa.us

Agenda

CODI Regional Meeting

Bellevue/King County Library

Friday, February 20th

 

9:00                 Coffee

9:30                 Agenda Review                                                                                 

CODI Board Nominations                                                                

VP/President Elect - 3 year term

Treasurer - 2 year term

Member-At-large - 2 year term

                                    Amembership liaison@: keeping regional user group contacts current, assist

with setting up local groups & networking amongst, membership surveys & polling

Volunteers for Internet Room/Media Committee/CODI Conference

9:40                 ALS Sales Representatives

Demos on        Imaging (Ameritech Media Server) C Dennis Todd, 15 min.

            Managed PC/Citrix solutions C Scott Wheelhouse, 1 hour BiblioStat C Stacey Tate, 10 minutes

11:10               Break

11:30               Discussion; Interesting Stuff Folks are Working On

how are libraries dealing with format types         C Christie Nelson, Renton PL

network access/Internet access   C Doug Oakes, Everett PL                

information on WLN/ALS development partnership C Sharon W.

12:30               Lunch

1:30                 ALS Sales Representatives

Updates on new Telecirc, WebPac, platform support, Internet provision from ALS

Questions

2:30                 Report from Local Arrangements Committee CODI >99               Susanne W.

Ideas for speakers;  theme is Aemerging technologies and libraries@

Guest hosting before/after the conference

Ideas for favorite tourism, entertainment, etc. websites

Seattle welcome presentation for CODI >98 in SLC

 

 

3:30                 Local Arrangements Committee meeting

 

 

 

 

AGENDA

November 1997, Kitsap Regional

 

9:30     Coffee & muffins; place lunch orders    

 

10:00   Dynix New Product Reviews and Demos                 Stacey Tate, Ameritech Library

PAC for Windows                                                        Services Sales Representative

Web PAC development

WinTerm and Citrix servers; Salt Lake County installation

 

11:30   Roundtable Discussion

Z39.50; PC Reliance (Dynix PC backup); Telecirc; Technical training sources;              Other topics

 

12:30   Lunch

 

1:30     Seattle Times Project                                                Susan Woodford, King Co. Library

 

1:45     System Upgrades: Logistics & Predicting Costs     Stacey Tate, facilitator

 

2:30     Telecommunications Issues                                      Michael Schuyler, Public Counsel

(see attached)                                                               Advisory Committee

 

Let me know what issues you=d like to discuss and if there are any Ameritech Library Services staff members who you=d particularly like join us.  Stacey Tate, our regional sales representative, notes that she can send a networking or telecommunications specialist, though Gretchen and Ed will be unable to attend due to mid-winter ALA.  If there are recently-accomplished projects you=d like to share, new products we need to discuss, forward your ideas so I can put together a sturdy agenda.

 

Coffee will be available at 9:30 am and we=ll order box lunches that morning.  It will be a great help if you can forward agenda topics and estimated number attending by February 10th.

 

 

Sharon Winters

Pierce County Library

206-536-6500

swinters@pcl.lib.wa.us

Washington Dynix User Group Meeting

Friday, October 17th

9:30 am-3:30 pm

Kitsap Regional Library

 

Agenda

 

 

9-9:30              Coffee

9:30-9:35        Introductions/Welcome

Mailing address corrections & Swap satellite videos sign-up &

Interest in PAC for Windows SA workshop

9:35-10:20      CODI Conference Planning 1999/Seattle                 KCLS/Susanne W.

10:20-11:50    Alternative Telecom Technologies

AirLAN                       20 minutes                                Kitsap Regional/Michael

Kitsap is experimenting with the AirLAN system from Solectec, Inc.

This circumvents the phone company by using satellite dishes pointed

line of sight between buildings.  It runs at 10 Mbps and hooks their two

largest branches together.

Fiber Optic                   20 minutes                                Pierce Co./Larry

Pierce Co. Library and Tacoma Public Library will soon take advantage

of free T1 fiber connections from Tacoma City Light=s fiber optic project.

Ricochet                       15 minutes                                SPL/Charles C.

SPL uses the new cellular data technology to provide online connections

for bookmobiles and ourtreach services, graphical internet connections to                                  several branches, and for public demonstrations about internet resources.

Bookmobiles                20 minutes                                Ft.Vancouver/Ron S.

Ft. Vancouver has experimented with a number of methods to provide

online connections for bookmobiles in a geographically-challenged terrain.

12-1                 Lunch

1-2:30              PAC for Windows and WebPAC demos                   ALS/Jed Gilmore

& discussion                                                                           & Kitsap/Michael

2:30-2:45        Licensing alternatives: Xnet, etc.                             ALS/Jed Gilmore

2:45-3:30        Dynix new products: RSS and others                       ALS/Jed Gilmore

 

 

MICHAEL:      name tags

box lunches for 30 @ $6.50 (call by 9:30am)

Washington Dynix User Group Meeting

Friday, October 17th

9:30 am-3:30 pm

Kitsap Regional Library

 

Agenda

 

 

9-9:30              Coffee

9:30-9:35        Introductions/Welcome

9:35-10:20      CODI Conference Planning 1999/Seattle                 KCLS/Susanne W.

10:20-11:50    Alternative Telecom Technologies

AirLAN                       20 minutes                                Kitsap Regional/Michael

Kitsap is experimenting with the AirLAN system from Solectec, Inc.

This circumvents the phone company by using satellite dishes pointed

line of sight between buildings.  It runs at 10 Mbps and hooks their two

largest branches together.

Fiber Optic                   20 minutes                                Pierce Co./Larry

Pierce Co. Library and Tacoma Public Library will soon take advantage

of free T1 fiber connections from Tacoma City Light=s fiber optic project.

Ricochet                       15 minutes                                SPL/Charles C.

SPL uses the new cellular data technology to provide online connections

for bookmobiles and ourtreach services, graphical internet connections to                                  several branches, and for public demonstrations about internet resources.

Bookmobiles                20 minutes                                Ft.Vancouver/Ron S.

Ft. Vancouver has experimented with a number of methods to provide

online connections for bookmobiles in a geographically-challenged terrain.

12-1                 Lunch

1-2:30              PAC for Windows and WebPAC demos                   ALS/Jed Gilmore

& discussion                                                                           & Kitsap/Michael

2:30-2:45        Licensing alternatives: Xnet, etc.                             ALS/Jed Gilmore

2:45-3:30        Dynix new products: RSS and others                       ALS/Jed Gilmore

(RSS = Resource Sharing System/ILL module)

 

The Washington Dynix User Group would like to extend an invitation to regional Horizon users to attend our next meeting on Wednesday, September 23rd.  As Ameritech Library Services creates and markets a number of Abridge@ products and eventually supports one product line, Dynix and Horizon users have much to share and learn from each other.  Another interest shared by Ameritech Library Services clients in the Northwest is the joint development work of ALS and WLN.

 

Our September 23rd meeting will be from 9:30-3:30 at the Pierce County Library Processing and Administrative Center, Meeting Room C.  Presentations will be focussed on issues of interest to all ALS clients: connectivity, desktop management and web applications.

* Lare Mischo on Tacoma Public Library=s catalog links to amazon.com

* Rod Miller, Ft. Vancouver Regional Library, on Pharos internet access control software

* ALS staff on desktop management solutions (ALS/NDC partnership)

* Gwen Culp, Timberland Regional Library, on Telecirc II beta testing

There will also be plenty of open discussion time during which ALS staff will address issues in product development, project management, and customer support.  Time will be set aside at the end of the meeting for Dynix and Horizon users to meet separately to discuss individual concerns.

 

Driving directions are attached and coffee will be available at 9:00 a.m.  Lunch must be ordered in advance; we=re buying deli trays and need your RSVP to know how much to order.  Vegetarians will be accomodated and cost will be $5-6 per person.

Contact Bonnie Lee Brown with your RSVP no later than September 17th at bonnie@pcl.lib.wa.us or 253-536-6500 x139.

 

The WA Dynix Users Group typically attracts about 25 system administrators and IT staff and meets semi-annually in the Puget Sound area.  We very much hope you=ll join us at this or a future meeting and help us build agendas relevant to all of our concerns.

 

Sharon Winters

Pierce County Library

253-536-6500 x137

FAX: 253-537-1809

swinters@pcl.lib.wa.us

CODI & Horizon Users Regional Meeting

Thursday, Sept.23rd, 1999 at Ft.Vancouver Regional Library

AGENDA

 

 

9:30-9:40                  Introductions

 

9:40-10:25                Rod Miller, Ft.Vancouver Regional Library

PHAROS update

Internet filter options

Specially-designed Internet workstations

 

10:25-10:45              Larry Smith & Midge Hunsinger, Pierce County Library

Internet filtering and the use of profiles to redirect PAC for Windows buttons to different proxy/filter servers

 

10:45-11:05              Susanne Woodford, CODI President, King County Library

CODI news & Tampa conference update

 

11:05-11:30              Open Discussion/Information Sharing

 

11:30-11:45               Sharon Winters, Pierce County Library

Library Council of WA and LITWG updates

regarding LSTA funding for 2000

 

11:45-12:45               Lunch

 

12:45-1:10                 James Taylor, ALS

Introduction; Sunrise conversion/upgrade paths

 

1:10-1:45                   Stacey Tate, ALS

Sunrise Cataloging demo

 

1:45-2:30                  James Taylor, ALS

English Wizard demo (Horizon=s Recall equivalent)

PC Reliance/Sunrise Circulation demo                

 

2:30-3:15                  Ed Riding, ALS

Remote Patron Authentication demo

 

3:15-3:30                  Q&A, Discussion                  



Washington Dynix - Horizon User Group Meeting

Pierce County Library -- Tuesday, October 10, 2000

 

8:30                 Coffee

9:00                 Introductions

 

9:05                 CODI Update – Greg Nelson, CODI Vice President

 

9:20                 Remote Patron Authentication and EasyAsk

-- Andrea Merz, Network Administrator, Pierce Co. Library

 

9:45                 Internet PC booking software

                        SRI – Gwen Culp, Timberland & Jed Moffitt, King Co. Library

                        Pharos – Rod Miller, Ft.Vancouver

 

10:15               Digital networked phone systems & voicemail

                        -- Gwen Culp

 

10:30               Break

 

10:50               Roundtable discussion

 

noon                 Lunch

 

1:00                 King County Library’s experience with WebFeat, a web searching tool

 – Jed Moffitt

 

1:20                 Dirty Tricks for Setting up Pac for Windows and WebPAC

-- Charles Coldwell & Kevin Stevens, Seattle Public Library

              - PAC4Win security and NT profiles

- Updating PAC4Win configurations remotely using batch files

- Opening WebPAC in a separate, button-less window

 

1:45                 epixtech update: product development, customer support,

            migration issues

-- Jed Gilmore

 

3:00                 Meeting ends

 

3:15                 IOLS working group

Pacific NW Dynix-Horizon Users Group Meeting

Monday, April 16th

9-3pm, King County Library System Service Center

AGENDA

 

9am             Coffee, lunch selection & payment

9:30             Meeting starts, introductions

 

9:35             Muse for Libraries demo, Peter Noerr  (pnoerr@museglobal.com)

                                www.museglobal.com

                                (a product similar to WebFeat, that searches across resource types)

 

10:35           LSTA Initiative Proposals for FY2002

            Sharon Winters (swinters@pcl.lib.wa.us), Pierce County Library

 

10:45           Dynix Utilities

                Charles Coldwell (charles.coldwell@spl.org), Seattle Public Library

 

11:30           Information sharing

                   possible topics: printing from public terminals, RPA & EasyAsk,

            Internet filtering plans

 

12:15           Lunch

 

1:00             epixtech news including iPAC update

          Dave Tuttle (d.tuttle@epixtech.com), epixtech Sales Representative

                        Julian Crutchfield, (j.crutchfield@epixtech.com),

epixtech Chief Technology Officer

 

2:30             CODI update

including news about the March international summit & 2002 joint conference

          Greg Nelson (gpnelson@ccrls.org), CODI vice president

                        Michael DeKoven (michaeld@nvdpl.north-van.bc.ca)

North Vancouver District Public Library

 

3pm             Meeting adjourns

 

3:15             Migratory flock discussing system migration issues

          ... let's share where we each are in the process, internal processes

we've developed to identify critical needs and make the selection, and

how we might coordinate vendor demos

Pacific NW Regional epixtech Users Group Meeting

Midland Library, Multnomah County Library

Tuesday, April 16, 2002

 

 

 

9:30    Agenda review & Introductions

 

9:35    epixtech product development overview       

iPAC demonstration

                        status of general release to Dynix & Horizon clients;

                        demo of functionality; what's included in 2.0 and what's

                        included in near-term future releases -- focus on customer

                        interface, usability, with info for system adminstrators’

                        maintenance pricing

            Kids iPAC demonstration

                        status of general release; demo of functionality;

                        add-on cost

            Q & A

            Shelley Neville, Library Systems Analyst, epixtech Product Development

            David Tuttle, epixtech Regional Sales Representative

 

11:15  iPAC panel – implementation experiences

                        Jeff Ring, LINCC (Clackamas Co. OR)

Charles Coldwell & Kevin Stevens, Seattle PL

 

noon  Lunch

 

12:45  Information sharing

 

1:15    Horizon Sunrise staff module demonstrations

                        status of development of different modules; demo

                        core functionality and cool new features; identify what's

                        available with Horizon 7.2 and what's included in near-term

                        future releases; Q & A

                        Jolynn Halls, Dynix/Horizon Product Manager

 

2:45    Dynix enhancements

                        Jolynn Halls

 

3:00    CODI/HUG news

                        Greg Nelson, CODI President

 

3:30    Adjourn