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A Fifth Anniversary for Tech Talks
March 2010 marked the fifth anniversary of Tech Talks at the UNT Libraries. We celebrated by reflecting on previous Tech Talks and discussing future directions for technology in libraries. In addition, Daniel Alemneh presented a number of facts about Tech Talks:
Tech Talks Goals and Accomplishments
As the reputation of the Tech Talk has grown, the number of unsolicited topics has been increasing.
No.
By Year
No. of Talks
Remarks
1
2005
12
The first year
2
2006
07
3
2007
12
4
2008
18
The highest no. of talks per year
5
2009
07
6
2010
04
Just the first quarter of the year
Total
60
To date, 60 talks have been delivered by 24 different speakers. The speakers notes and/or presentations are archived and can be accessed via the Digital Projects Web pages. The contents are organized by Year (see Table-1), by Subject (Table-2), by Speaker (Table-3), and by Title.
No.
By Subject
No. of Talks
Remarks
1
Books
02
2
Inhouse Activities and Projects
10
3
Media
01
4
Metadata
08
5
Music
01
6
Photography and Digitization
07
7
Searching
05
8
Security
03
9
Social Networking
13
10
Software and Tools
23
11
Worldwide Web
26
*
12
Everything Else
02
Table-2: Number of Talks by Subject Categories.
The actual total is 68, (due to collaborative talks)
No.
By Speaker
No. of Talks
Remarks
1
12 speakers
1 talk
Andrew, Brandon, Chris, Erica, Garret, Hannah, Judy, Lauren, Lilly, Stanton, Starr, and Valerie
2
4 speakers
2 talks
Ann, Krysta, Nathan, and Neena
3
1 speaker
3 talks
Jeremy
4
1 speaker
4 talks
Shaun
5
3 speakers
5 talks
Kurt, Kristin, and Nancy
6
1 speaker
6 talks
Daniel
7
1 speaker
9 talks
Will
8
1 speaker
10talks
Mark
Total 24 speakers
gave 60 talks
Table-3: Number of Talks by Speakers.
Final thoughts
The Tech Talks program owes any success it has achieved to a great many people here at the UNT Libraries. With your continued support and participation, Tech Talks will continue to flourish and serve the UNT Libraries’ community and beyond.
About the Author: Daniel Gelaw Alemneh is a metadata librarian for the UNT Libraries' Digital Projects Unit.
