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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
• Print Management System for Public Computers
• Investigate replacing PACs w/ thin clients
• RW suggestion
• High initial investment, but once hardware is purchased only need to upgrade server 

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  
• 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
• basic computer maintenance (ie what can stay and what needs to be removed)
• Assess staff computer needs 

Low Priority Items

• New email server and domain - County IT
• albanycountylibrary.org
• 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