To assist library staff and trustees in keeping pace with evolving technologies, The Alberta Library hosts an annual library technology conference called Netspeed. Netspeed is a conference for librarians, technical staff and trustees to explore new technologies in a highly connected world.

Conference Proceedings

Preconference Workshops
Canadiana.Org: A Nation-Wide Digital Alliance
Successful Digitization Partnerships at Glenbow

Plenary Addresses
The 2007 Canadian Internet Use Survey: Key Findings and Focus on Alberta

Conference Sessions
A1 Web 2.0 and Libraries: Developing Proven and Effective Collaboration Strategies Using Community Server 2007
A2 Google and the Future of the Public Library
A3 Digital Preservation Stories: Lessons Learnt and Best Practices from COPPUL’s Implementation of a Private LOCKSS Network
A4 APLEN Update
A5 The RISE Project: A Partnership for Service Delivery in Public Libraries, Large and Small
B1 Staff Training Using Camtasia
B2 Hackers in the Library
B3 Open Source: Helping Libraries Move Forward
B4 Auralog’s Tell Me More and Digitization: A Presentation of TAL’s PLDI Grant Projects
B5 Community Learning Campus – Rural Communities and Technology
C1 Synergies - Development of a National Scholarly Publishing Infrastructure
C2 User-Friendly Chat Reference
C3 Absolute Freedom for Public Users
C4 Digital Projects at The Alberta Library; TAL Digitization
C5 Creating a Polished Online Library Tour
D1 Social Justice 2.0: Using Technology to Create Access to Justice
D2 W2: The Next Generation of Augustana’s Assessment Tool for Information Literacy and More
D3 Lois Hole Campus Alberta Digital Library Update
D4 Wikipedia: Friend or Foe?
D5 Collaborative Serials Collection Analysis Toolkit

 

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