This is a list of Top Tech Trends for the ALA Annual Meeting, Summer 2009. Green computing The amount of computing that gets done on our planet has a measurable carbon footprint, and many of us, myself included, do not know exactly how much heat our computers put off and how much energy they consume. With the help from some folks from the University of Notre Dame’s Center for Research Computing, I learned my laptop computer spikes at 30 watts on boot, slows down to 20 watts during normal use, idles at 2 watts during sleep, and zooms up to 34 watts when the screen saver kicks in. Just think how much energy and heat your computer consumes and generates while waiting for the nightly update from your systems department. But realistically, it is our servers that make the biggest impact, and while energy consumption is one way to be…
Month: July 2009
LITACamp Wrap-up
A big huge thanks to everyone involved in the first ever LITACamp May 7-8, 2009 Colombus, Ohio The terrific Keynote/daily kick off speakers: Joan Frye Williams John Blyberg The sponsors: BCR OCLC The LITA Camp Task Force Mark Beatty David Ward Jennifer Ward Michelle Frisque Zoe Marshall Peter Murray Maurice York Eric Childress Holly Tomren Lisa Thomas and in particular the 50+ attendees. The conference wiki is the source to check at: http://litacamp.pbworks.com/ Experience is showing that attendees interest, contributions and level of participation really makes a “camp”. The LITACamp had a diverse, lively, eager, and really flexible group that contributed to a great experience for all. We were able to utilize a number of un-conference techniques to allow everyone to share and discover want they came to camp for. Each day began with a kick off speaker. Joan Frye Williams the first day and John Blyberg the second. Both…