To assist library staff and trustees in keeping pace with evolving technologies, The Alberta Library hosts an annual library technology conference called Netspeed. Netspeed is a conference for librarians, technical staff and trustees to explore new technologies in a highly connected world.


Conference Proceedings

Preconference Workshops
TAL Universal Core Database Training, Gale Cengage
The Gameification of Your Collection: Games, Gamers, and Libraries - From Noobs to Experts by Paige McGeorge and Jerremie Clyde

Keynote Addresses
Libraries and the Battle for the Future by Jesse Hirsh
Thrillerize: The Power of Transmedia Storytelling by Kevin Franco

Conference Sessions
A1 Learning on thae Fly Learning on the Fly: The Ups and Downs of Online and Self-Paced Staff Training by Lauren de Bruin
A2 Usability: How it Changed the Way EBSCO Designs its User Interfaces by Ron Burns
A3 Meeting Their Needs: Services and Technologies That Support the Student Experience, Strategic Direction and Building Community by Allan Gergel, Jeremy Pierson and Jake Cameron
A4 Graphic Novel Extravaganza Graphic Novel Extravaganza by Jay Peters and Danielle Winn
B1 The Provincial Technology Report: What's the Plan? by Dr. Diana Davidson, Kerry Anderson, Julia Reinhart, Ron Sheppard
B2 Update Report on "Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources" by Daniel Boivin
B3 Technology with a Smile! Community Librarians' Use of Technology to Connect, Engage and Collaborate with Community Members in Edmonton by Christy Alyea and Joycelyn Jaca
B4 Content May Be King, But Do Kids Care? by Ian Glassford
C1 The ORC Wiki The ORC Wiki: A Constant Green Guide and Companion! by Diane GallowaySolowan
C2 Convergence of Community Resources and Public Library Content - A New Form of Discovery by John Robertson
C3 Being Social with Social Media Being Social With Social Media by Jim Dunbar, http://prezi.com/9haxu4rwfint/being-social-with-social-media/
C4 Text Messaging Text Messaging: A Mobile Information Service in Academic and Public Library Environments by Julia Mergele and Lilian Li
D1 Capturing the Web Capturing the Web: Using Archive-It to Preserve Digital Content by Michael Silver
D2 Building Community on the Web: Red Deer Public Library's Election Forum by Dean Frey and Cory Stier
D3 Lending eReaders Lending eReaders: How, What and Where to From Here? by Deb Hutchinson Keop
D4 Universal Design: A Disability Perspective by Craig Nienaber
E1 New CCD Tool YRL's New CCD Tool - Revolutionizing Acquisitions Workflows by Kristin Litke, Stephanie Thero and Wendy Sears Ilnicki
E2 NEOS Libraries and WorldCat Local NEOS Libraries and WorldCat Local by Kieren Bailey, Dan Mirau and Teneil Vuori, WorldCat Local Handout
E3 Engaging Customers Virtually by Genevieve Luthy and Julia Brewster
E4 Resistance to ebooks: Reasons for User Dissatisfaction and Challenges of Overcoming Negative Impressions by Andrew Smith and Sheila O'Hare
E5 Digital Preservation: Policy for and Management of a Technological Solution by Mary Westell