MaintainIT cookbooks are a great (free) resource!  “Planning for Success, a guide for the overworked librarian” one covers: Planning and Decision Making covers the ins and outs of creating a technology plan that ties to your strategic priorities and goals. Communication and Partnerships delves in the fundamentals of day-to-day technology communication from a “techie” and “non-techie” perspective. It also includes some important guidelines for working and collaborating with key stakeholders. Buying and Deploying Technology goes through some of the core actions and decisions you need to consider when planning deployments, installations, and upgrades. Maintaining and Sustaining Technology offers important insight into the daily management of public computers. Networking and Security covers some of the basic standards and practices for ensuring your library’s network security. Innovation highlights the true value of today’s libraries and the role in serving as the center of new community conversations via a much higher level of user interactivity and experiences. If you are ready for Web 2.0, this is a good place to start. You can find the new Cookbook here:  http://www.maintainitproject.org/cookbooks/planning-for-success Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Share on FriendFeed Buzz it up Share on netvibes share via Reddit Share with Stumblers Tumblr it Buzz

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