Tech Talks

Tech Talks provide a comfortable, informal setting for UNT Libraries' staff to learn about new technologies and discuss possible implementations at UNT. The Digital Projects Unit coordinates the Tech Talks presentations with help from other persons knowledgeable in the topics being discussed.  Tech Talks are held in the Digital Projects Lab (Willis Room No. 370) from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m.

Upcoming Topics

• The Web Cloud
  By Shaun Seibel, December 10, 2008
  

• Build a Rocking Bibliography for Publication on the Web
  To be announced soon, Spring, 2009
• Annual Firefox Roundup
  By William Hicks, Spring, 2009

• "Tech Talks" 5 Years Later - Reflections
  To be announced soon, Spring, 2009
  
  

Past Topics 

 2008

•  JavaScript and CSS Frameworks
  By William Hicks, November 12, 2008
  
  
• Plone @ the Library

  By William Hicks, October 29, 2008
  
  

• Beyond Blogs
  By William Hicks, August 13, 2008
  
  
• Screen Capture Software
  By Kristin Boyett, August 6, 2008
  
  
• High Tech Help for Low Tech Hobbies
  Co-ordinated by Nancy Reis and Kristin Boyett, July 30, 2008
  
  
• High Tech Hobbies
  Co-ordinated by Nancy Reis and Kristin Boyett, July 23, 2008
  
  
• Web Frameworks
  By Brandon Fredericks, July 9, 2008
  
  
• Folksonomy
  By Daniel Gelaw Alemneh, July 2, 2008
  
  

• What is new in Firefox 3: Being Even More Productive with Firefox
  By William Hicks, June 25, 2008
  
  
• The National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP)
  By Ann Howington, June 11, 2008
  
  
• Zotero
  By Lilly Ramin, May 28, 2008
  
  
• Library Avatars
  By Shaun Seibel, May 21, 2008
  
  
• An Overview of the Linux Operating System
  By Kurt Nordstrom, April 30, 2008
  
  
• Project Management with Basecamp
  By Mark Phillips, April 23, 2008
  
  
• Advanced Wiki
  By Shaun Seibel, March 12, 2008
  
  
• LibraryThing
  By Starr Hoffman, February 20, 2008
  
  
• Intranet: To Use or Not to Use, That Is the Question
  By Zhiqin (Neena) Weng, January 30, 2008

 2007

• Welcome to Worldcat.org
  By Nancy Reis, December 12, 2007
  
  
• Streaming Media
  By Kimberly Stanton, December 5, 2007
  
  
• Be More Productive with Firefox
  By William  Hicks, November 28, 2007
  
  
• Intro to Digital Printing
  By Jeremy Moore, November 7, 2007
  
  
• An Introduction to MODS: The Metadata Object Description Schema
  By Daniel Gelaw Alemneh, October 17, 2007
  
  
• Introduction to METS
  By Mark Phillips, October 16, 2007
  
  
• Roll Your Own Google Search Engine
  By William Hicks, October 3, 2007
  
  
• The UNT Libraries' New Web Site: Current Status and Future Plans
  By the Staff of the Multimedia Development Lab, September 19, 2007
  
  

• Using Web 2.0 in Libraries: A Discussion
  By Kristin Boyett, August 29, 2007
   

• Enhancing the Quality of Metadata: Modular Approach to Digital Resource Lifecycle Management
  By Daniel Gelaw Alemneh and Mark Phillips, May 16, 2007
  
  
• There is no alt tag or, Designing and Coding with Web Standards 
  By William Hicks, March 28, 2007
  
  

• Advanced Photoshop Tutorial: RTVF Chairs
  By Jeremy Moore, January 31, 2007

 2006

• Advanced Metadata Management 
  By Daniel Gelaw Alemneh, December 6, 2006
  
  
• How to Buy a Digital Camera
  By Nancy Reis, November 15, 2006
  
  
• An Overview of Open Source Software and Licenses
  By Kurt Nordstrom, October 25, 2006
  
  
• Introduction to Web CMS
  By Kurt Nordstrom, September 6, 2006
  
  
• Federated Search
  By Mark Phillips, August 23, 2006
  
  
• Faceted Navigation and Guided Search Explained: A Description of the New Face of Search for Libraries
  By Mark Phillips, July 26, 2006
  
  
• User-Centered Design (UCD)
  By Kristin Boyett, February 22, 2006

 2005

• All About flickr
  By Nancy K. Reis, December 7, 2005
  
  
• How to Install and Use McAfee and AntiSpyware Tools at Home
  By Krysta Kaye, October 26, 2005
  
  
• Metadata 101
  By Daniel Gelaw Alemneh, October 5, 2005
  
  
• Google Tips and Tricks
  By Mark Phillips, September 7, 2005
  
  
• OAI Overview:  What It Is, How It Works, and How We're Using It
  By Kurt Nordstrom, July 13, 2005
  
  
• The UNT Libraries' Forum: How to Be Cool Using It
  By Garret Rumohr, June 29, 2005
  
  
• Wikis in Libraries
  By Judy Hunter, June 22, 2005
  
  
• RSS in Libraries
  By Mark Phillips, June 16, 2005
  
  
• Blogs in Libraries
  By Valerie Glenn, June 15, 2005
  
  
• Security for the Home Computer
  By Krysta Kaye, May 25, 2005
  
  
• Photo Editing 101
  By Nathan Hall, April, 27, 2005
  
  
• Scanology 101
  By Mark Phillips, March, 30, 2005