Thursday, February 18, 2016

CFP: Budgeting with Scarcity HoLT Panel (ALA Annual 2016 - LITA Heads of Library Technology Interest Group)

The LITA Heads of Library Technology Interest Group (HoLT) is seeking panelists to be apart of the Budgeting with Scarcity panel at ALA Annual 2016 in Orlando, FL.

Program Title: Budgeting with Scarcity - Making the most of limited funds
When: ALA Annual Conference 2016
Where: Orlando, FL
First round of reviews: March 4, 2016

The demand by the local community for resources at the library continues to grow every year; however, the budget for technological resources may never grow to match. With changing demands, trying to satisfy the majority of users and staff becomes a difficult challenge. This panel will discuss technologies, best practices, and experiences with hardware budgeting, open source software, cloud services, developing partnerships, and other related topics that a manager can use to help maximize a budget.

Example topics include: Technologies, best practices, and experiences with hardware budgeting, open source software, cloud services, and developing partnerships that a manager can use to help maximize a budget.

The first round of reviews and notifications will take place on March 4. Please email Rob Nunez, Chair (RNunez@mykpl.info) or Paul Go, Vice Chair (PGo@iit.edu) with questions.

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