[PL-Directors] Reminder: Gates Foundation Transition Seminars, Dec. 1, 2 and 4

[Pam Horan]

Ralph Buchan from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Technical 
Support Team will be conducting seminar presentations for librarians and 
technical support staff the week of December 1st. There is no need to
register; please contact Pam Horan if you have questionsfor the
presentations.


The seminars will offer transition information for libraries as technical support from the 
Gates Foundation library program grants comes to an end. All 
presentations will be 10:00am-3:00pm PT with an hour break for lunch 
(lunch will NOT be provided).

Monday, December 1
Beaverton Public Library
Library Auditorium (Lower level)
12375 SE Fifth
Beaverton

Tuesday, December 2
Douglas County Library System
Community Room
1409 NE Diamond Lake Blvd.
Roseburg

Thursday, December 4
Pierce Library
Library 114 (Live!)
Eastern Oregon University
La Grande

December 4th via the Pioneer Library System video network:
Blue Mountain Community College
Pioneer Hall, Room 152
Pendleton

Treasure Valley Community College Library
Ontario

Harney County Public Library
Burns

The seminar should help ease the transition from the Bill and Melinda 
Gates Foundation support of the granted computers to local support, and 
provide an opportunity to increase your knowledge of Public Access 
Computing.

Topics covered in the seminar include:

An overview of the Gates Granted Computers operating System including:
-Overview of Security, Profiles, Policies and Permissions
-Locking and unlocking the Gates Windows 2000 model
-Adding software, printers and other devices to the Gates Windows 2000 
model
-Known security issues and fixes
-An overview of the Centurion Guard device

Overview of Support Issues with the Gates Granted Computers
-Altering and Repairing Profiles, Policies and Permissions
-Software, known quirks and fixes
-Hardware known quirks and fixes
-Maintaining the Gates Granted Computers:
-Support Resources, Hardware and Software
-Using imaging software

Designing and Supporting Public Access Computers
-An overview of designing and purchasing a public access computer
-Troubleshooting made easy
-Troubleshooting Printers

Moving Forward topics:
-Upgrading software on the Gates Granted Computers
-Upgrading the Hardware on the Gates Granted Computers
-Licensing issues on the Gates Granted Computers
-Re-purposing the Gates Granted Computers and Grant guideline 
considerations



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Pam Horan
Technology Planning Consultant
Library Development Services
Oregon State Library
Tel. (503) 378-2112 Ext. 224
Fax (503) 378-6439
pam.horan at state.or.us