The technology plan outlines the library's goals for 2010-2011, including redesigning its website and intranet, expanding virtual reference services, maintaining social media networks, providing relevant blogs, enhancing digital marketing, improving bandwidth and wireless networks, maximizing database access, upgrading computer workstations and hardware, implementing a gaming strategy, and providing training opportunities for patrons and staff.

3. Redesign & Upgrade Our Website Project start date: June 2010 Anticipated launch: January 2011 Forthcoming: Train designated staff Current site, 10/08/2010

5. Redesign & Upgrade Our Intranet Project start date: November 2010 Anticipated launch: February 2011 Forthcoming: Train designated staff Current site, 10/08/2010

6. Provide Virtual Reference Services http://www.palatinelibrary.org/chat.htm Text Reference Project start date: June 2010 Anticipated launch: November 2010 Forthcoming: Train designated staff Email & Chat Reference

7. Expand & Maintain Social Networks

8. http://www.facebook.com/PalatineLibrary Facebook

9. http://www.flickr.com/photos/palatinepubliclibrary Flickr

10. http://www.last.fm/user/palatinelibrary Last.fm

11. http://www.myspace.com/palatinelibrary Myspace

12. http://twitter.com/palatinelibrary Twitter

13. http://www.youtube.com/palatinelibrary YouTube

14. Provide Relevant & Timely Blogs http://www.palatinelibrary.org/blogs.html

15. Enhanced Digital Marketing Project start date: Winter 2011 Anticipated launch: June 2011 Forthcoming: Site analysis, cabling & infrastructure, marketing methodology

16. Sustain & Improve Bandwidth Project start date: Spring 2011 Anticipated launch: Summer 2011 Forthcoming: Options analysis, WAN cabling & infrastructure, partner opportunities

17. PPLD Network Bandwidth

19. Upgrade Our Wireless Network Project start date: Spring 2011 Anticipated launch: Summer 2011 Forthcoming: Options analysis, LAN cabling & infrastructure

20. Maximize Database Access Project start date: Summer 2010 Anticipated launch: November 2010 Forthcoming: Database marketing plan

21. Enhanced Computer Workstations

23. Implement Gaming Strategy Project start date: Fall 2010 Anticipated launch: Spring 2011 Forthcoming: Analyze opportunities, create gaming plan, acquire additional systems & develop collections as warranted

24. Network Maintenance & Support

25. Improve network infrastructure

26. Offer Relevant Training Opportunities

27. Optimize Millennium ILS/WebPac

28. Maximize RSS Feeds

29. Find Articles with Research Pro

30. Explore the Catalog with Encore http://encore.palatinelibrary.org/

31. Have a Technology Petting Zoo

32. Play With Technology

33. Play With Games & Computers

34. Play With the Social Web

36. Go.

37. Explore.

38. Connect.

39. Thank you!