Did you miss Tech Camp:  Check out the Google site for Tech Camp Rochester here: https://sites.google.com/a/rrlc.org/techcamp/


Two videos from Tech Camp have been uploaded to the Google site:

https://sites.google.com/a/rrlc.org/techcamp/videos  (QR Codes for Libraries and iPhone & iPad Apps for Librarians)

More videos coming soon. Enjoy!

Registration:
To register for the Institute, please visit http://www.rrlc.org and click on “Register for Courses”. If you are a first-time visitor to the RRLC website, please call the office at 585-223-7570 or email rrlc@rrlc.org to set up a username and password for the registration system.

Tech Camp Rochester will be held at the Wallace Center at RIT on January 5, 2012 from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and will feature a full day full of mini-sessions on different technologies, tools, and gadgets for librarians and library users. The sessions will feature: Facebook, WordPress, Prezi, XtraNormal, Google, phone apps, and more. Featuring an Electronic Petting Zoo (11:00am – 1:30pm) - come get your hands on the latest in Kindles, Nooks, XO Laptops, Google Chromebooks, Smart pens, iPads, and more. Discuss these devices with knowledgeable staff who have deployed them in their libraries. But wait there’s more! The Extra Helpings Bar (11:00am – 1:30pm) will feature technology savvy staff ready to answer your questions with personal one-on-one assistance. Bring that complex Excel spreadsheet or MS Word formatting problem on a flash drive, and walk-away with a solution!

This is an open conference - you may come for part or all of the day - but please register so that you receive updates on parking, directions and the schedule of sessions. Tech Camp Rochester – come for the knowledge, stay for the fun.

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Time	Bib Lab	Via Lab	TLT Studio	Re:Search Zone	Time
8:15-9:00am	free	free	free	Registration and Welcome	8:15-9:00am
9:00-9:30am	Instapaper	Presentations with Prezi	QR Codes in the Library	free	9:00-9:30am
9:45-10:15am	Google Docs for Collaboration	Omeka and the Post Family Papers	Storytelling with Animoto	free	9:45-10:15am
10:30-11:00am	LibX Toolbar	The Top 20 Android Apps for Libraries	Innovating the Craft of Teaching and Learning with the TLT Studio	free	10:30-11:00am
11:15-11:45am	Screencasting with Jing	Google Picasa and VoiceThread	iPhone/iPad/iPod Apps	Extra Helpings Bar and Petting Zoo	11:15-11:45am
12:00-1:00pm (LUNCH)	free	free	free	Extra Helpings Bar and Petting Zoo	12:00-1:00pm (LUNCH)
1:00-1:30pm	free	free	free	Extra Helpings Bar and Petting Zoo	1:00-1:30pm
1:45-2:15pm	CafePress for Libraries	Twitter for Librarians	Free Cloud Computing	free	1:45-2:15pm
2:30-3:00pm	Social Bookmarking with Diigo	Simple Websites with Wordpress	eReader and eBook Apps	free	2:30-3:00pm
3:15-3:45pm	Augmented Reality and Libraries: A Perfect Match	Animating with Xtranormal	Using Facebook to Engage and Collaborate	free	3:15-3:45pm

Directions:
Address for GPS - One Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY, 14623


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Parking (http://maps.rit.edu)

Classes will not be in session, so there will be abundant free parking. The closest lot to the library is Lot U. Feel free to park in any space – including rows marked “reserved.” There is no need to visit the information booth to receive a parking pass. Handicapped and fire lane parking rules will be enforced.

Locations within the Library:

Re:Search Zone - immediately to the right as you enter the library through the main entrance (http://library.rit.edu/find/library-floor-maps.html?loc=researchzone)

• Welcome Table (open beginning at 8:15am)


• Electronic Petting Zoo (11:00am – 1:30pm)


• Extra Helpings Bar (11:00am – 1:30pm)

Teaching and Learning Technology Studio (TLT Studio) – Basement: A400 (http://library.rit.edu/find/library-floor-maps.html?loc=tlt)

Via Lab - Second Floor: to the right of the main stairs (http://library.rit.edu/find/library-floor-maps.html?loc=wvia)

Bibliographic Instruction Lab (Bib Lab) – Third Floor: 3650 (http://library.rit.edu/find/library-floor-maps.html?loc=biblab)

Lunch is from 12:00-1:00pm and is on your own. Java Wally’s café at the library (http://library.rit.edu/find/library-floor-maps.html?loc=wcafe) features gourmet artisan coffees, teas, and other beverages and pastries available throughout the day. Lunch is available at one of several on-campus dining options (short walk) or at Park Point’s (short drive) one of several restaurants. See the flyer at the registration table for more information, or visit http://finweb.rit.edu/diningservices/locations.html.