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NOTE: The highest priority for the Network Technician is to ensure all computers serving the public are accessible and in good working order.
High Priority Items
- Ensure public services computers are available for use
- includes circ desk computers, info station, all PAC (public access computer) terminals, public services staff computers
- Clean up tech storage area downstairs - Tara
- focus on getting rid of old computer equipment for recycling
- picked up on 01.12.2009 TS
- Review Technology Plan - Betsy & County IT
- Inventory and consolidate all computer related equipment into one area downstairs - Betsy
- Review/collect tech grant info - Paul & County IT (Andrew)
- meeting w/ Paul 01.13.2009
- VPN Access - Rodney
- Assess/Investigate Technology in the library as a whole, reading the Linda Miller report from the building needs assessment.
- Investigate moving Virtual Timecard to a hosted solution instead of residing on our web server.
- This would solve the issue where the server crashes when the same user logins in to both Mojo and VTC.
- Brad at VTC recommended splitting the App Pool on IIS (LIBWEB) this did not help (TS 5/12/2010)
- Brad at VTC reports there is no way to transfer our data to a hosted server currently
- start from scratch if we move to hosted solution
- Training Day w/ KM, EW
- Friday Morning before opening
- Focus on using Microsoft Office and Windows 7
- identifying spam
- LMR w/ projector and laptops for staff to follow along
- First day scheduled for June 18th, 2010
- Print Management System for Public Computers
- Demo schedule July 16 2010
- Presented info to Foundation Board Sep 15; approved funding system
- Investigate replacing PACs w/ thin clients
- RW suggestion
- High initial investment, but once hardware is purchased only need to upgrade server
- Proceed w/ Thin client system to receive before Nov 2 2010
- Server Room
- Met w/ Bill Gorman first week of September
Medium Priority Items
- Train 3 staff members on phone maintenance - Marjorie & County IT
- how to change phone settings (such as changing to the holiday schedule)
- MD, SMS, and TS train with RW
- trying to setup meeting w/ RW, MD, SMS, and TS (meeting July 27 2010)
- Webpage access - Marjorie
- Review Active Directory user permissions and document who has access to what - County IT
- mostly with regard to Public Drive access and administrative access
- users documented now working w/ dept heads to determine who needs access TS 01.04.2010
- Happy Jack Calendar on library homepage - Marjorie
- Update computer manuals
- Sophos Antivirus @ work and home
- discs and instructions for staff handed out at training day
- basic computer maintenance (ie what can stay and what needs to be removed)
- Assess staff computer needs
- Quarterly meetings w/ Department Heads
- 2nd Wednesday of the first month of each quarter (July, October, Janruary, April)
- Investigate replacing cash register w/ POS computer
- includes credit card reader/cash drawer/touch screen/barcode reader/receipt printer
- Dell's solution approx. $3200 includes $800 for POS software
- QuickBooks Cash Register Pro $600 for kit
- includes software, cash drawer, printer, credit card reader, scanner
- Discharging in Workroom
- use Circ desk west computer (at the low desk)
- Will Move Sun May 23
- Children's Computer Games
- purchase new games Win7 compatible
- install K9 webfilter
- printer access?
- waiting until thin client system is in place
Low Priority Items
- New email server and domain - County IT
- Get rid of old/outdated software downstairs
- would like to get rid of most of the redundant CD-ROM's and consolidate the software onto different media
- physical media (CD-ROM's, DVD-ROM's, etc) is often outdated before we receive it
- retaining 2 physical backups should be sufficient
- Examine wiring, correcting if conduit wiggly and binding up the excess wires