Welcome to the Archdiocesan Professional Development Day

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Welcome to the Archdiocesan Professional
Development Day

• October 22nd, 2007
• Media Resource Center

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Hospitality 830-915

• Please enjoy some breakfast/snacks outside of the
  video room.
• Restrooms are located through the door towards
  the convent (left out of the video room)
• We will begin with prayer at 915

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Welcome 915

• Prayer
• Introduction to Julia and Nancy
• Introduction to the Media Center
• Agenda

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Changes

• New website
• Services offered
• What is included in that subscription fee your
  school/parish pays each year

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What is to come this year

• Visit to each school
• New brochures will be mailed the first week of
  November to include information of our new
  services
• Web-based catalog

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New services

• Color printing
• Color copying
• Text-book reviews (we have an abundance of
  freebies from publishers if you are reviewing for
  next year)
• Web-based catalog

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Web-based catalog

• We are currently looking into 2 systems at this
  time
• Atriuum (web-based system through Concourse)
• Alexandria (web-based through Follett)
• Once we have reviewed pricing and total package
  inclusions. We hope to have it purchased and
  installed by Thanksgiving.
• Our goal is to make our resources more readily
  accessible for rental for all patrons.

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What can we do better?

• What would you like to see as a service?
• What services are you currently using at your
  school that could be beneficial to all?
• What service would you like that is not in your
  budget?

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Possible District Subscriptions

• Sites we are looking into
• Access Science
• Grolier Online
• Maps 101
• United Streaming

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Break

• Please take a few minutes to look around at what
  we offer-videos, books, subject areas that we
  cover, textbooks available, etc
• Restrooms are down the hall
• Free items to a good home are located on the
  table in my office-please help yourself to the
  items located there
• Maps 101 presentation when we return

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Maps 101

• PresenterTony Kalish
• www.maps101.com

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Lunch and Wrap-Up

• More changes to come
• More of a tie-in with technology as a whole (not
  just media)
• Please remember to sign in before you leave so
  that downtown will have a record of attendance.
• If you have any other suggestions-please email me
  at jrogers_at_archbalt.org
• I will begin contacting schools beginning in
  November to begin visits once the new brochures
  are printed.