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Enoch Pratt Free Library Central Library/State Library Resource Center MAPLA April 2008

Enoch Pratt Free Library Central Library/State Library Resource Center MAPLA April 2008. Activities, Projects, and Services. Administrative/Executive Direction Collections and Information Resources Resource Delivery Sailor Central Library Public Services Training and Staff Development.

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Enoch Pratt Free Library Central Library/State Library Resource Center MAPLA April 2008

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  1. Enoch Pratt Free Library Central Library/State Library Resource Center MAPLA April 2008

  2. Activities, Projects, and Services • Administrative/Executive Direction • Collections and Information Resources • Resource Delivery • Sailor • Central Library Public Services • Training and Staff Development

  3. Administrative/Executive Direction

  4. Strategic Planning in FY 2008

  5. SLRC Per CapitaFY2008 Budget

  6. SLRC Per CapitaFY2009 Draft

  7. Collections and Information Resources

  8. Consortial Purchasing

  9. Resource Delivery

  10. Promoting Awareness

  11. Sailor

  12. Wireless Project – Complete • Matapeake-Crownsville • Connects ES to Baltimore City • Complete, on Network • Matapeake – Parole • Connects To nwMD Fiber, DWDM Ring • Complete, Awaiting Network Install

  13. Talbot – Easton Library • Complete, on Network • Salisbury SHA Tower, Nassawango • Complete, On Network • Completes ES Ring • Denton, Princess Anne - Comcast Turn Down

  14. St. Mary’s - Mechanicsville • Wireless Installed • Awaiting Network Equipment Install

  15. Wireless Project – Construction • Harford – Belcamp • Tower Design Complete • Need To Present To County

  16. Wireless Project - Future • Dorchester – Cambridge Library • Alternate Paths Under Investigation • Anne Arundel – Annapolis • Tower Design • Possible Fiber Link w/ nwMD • Prince George’s • Site Visit

  17. Nassawango – Snow Hill • Water Tower Access (City) • County Fiber Availability Under Discussion

  18. Network Expansion • Hagerstown – Baltimore • OC-3 Ordered • Wireless Path Under Investigation • Cogent Internet Upgrade • Direct Fiber Connect • Speed Increase From 155 mbps to 400 mbps • Cost Reduced By More Than 50%

  19. Upgrade

  20. Upgrade • Internet Increased • Speed Increase From 45 mbps to 150 mbps • Cost Reduced By 10%

  21. DWDM Project • DWDM Color On nwMD Ring (GigE) • Links • Baltimore (6 St. Paul) • College Park • Parole • Awaiting Network Equipment Install

  22. nwMD Update • Elkton Colocation – Complete • JFK Colocation - Complete • Parole and UMCP Colocation • Hagerstown Colocation

  23. Projects • Montgomery • Discussing Partnership For Fiber xWDM • Rockville - UMCP • Met With Library Director, CIO • WAN Optimization Appliances • 2 Products Evaluated So Far • Evaluating IDS Systems • Evaluating WDM Systems

  24. Central Library Direct Public Services

  25. Web Guides • Maryland Music Resources • Maryland Film Resources • How Did They Live? • Submitting a Poem for Publication • If I Could Save Time in a Novel • Green Living • Researching History of Your House • How to read a Stock Page • Recession Busters

  26. Digital Exhibits

  27. RSS Feeds • Incoming News • Your Money • Health& Science • Jobs & Careers

  28. Podcasting CALLALOO: Celebrating 30 Years Garrison Keillor Playin' o' the Green Answers to All Your Flu Shot Questions Doris Kearns Goodwin Deborah Mathis Cora Daniels First Bite and Last Bite Theories 1972 Interview with Vivien Thomas Rethinking the Concept of Dieting Esther Iverem

  29. Social Networking • Del.icio.us • Digg • Flickr • Stumbleupon • Technorati • Twitter • Wordpress

  30. E-Newsletters

  31. African American Historic Neighborhoods and Sites

  32. Training

  33. Model Reference Behaviors • Customer Service • Readers Advisory • YA Readers Advisory • Genealogy • Law • Homework Math

  34. Census Data by Zipcode Determining Book Conditions Determining Soundex Codes Downloading eAudiobooks Find A Person Finding Books for Children Finding Sports Statistics Online Finding Special Collections Locating Passenger Arrival Information at the Port of Baltimore Homework Math for Librarians Periodicals Powersearch Reading a 990 PF Searching for African American Patents Searching for Large Print Books Using the Economic Census Using the Maryland Workforce Exchange Web Site Using the U.S. Code Online E-Learning Modules

  35. How many grams of baking powder are in a tablespoon? Is there something wrong with this question?

  36. Math Anxiety • It’s just that: Anxiety. • There’s nothing wrong with your brain. • You are an intelligent, successful person. • You can do it.

  37. Questions?

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