ARKnet Track

Internet2 Update
[Auditorium - Session 1 - Wednesday June 19, 11:00am-12:00pm]

• Presenter: Bill Mitchell
• Title: Director, MOREnet
• Description: An update on the status of Internet2 and how it relates to ARKnet.

ARKnet Open Tech Session
[Room 1308 - Session 2 - Wednesday June 19, 12:00pm-1:00pm]

• Moderator: David Merrifield
• Title: Associate Director of Computing Services at UA Fayetteville
• Phone: (479) 575-5829
• Email: dlm@uark.edu
• Description: Open questions and answer session addressing ARKnet specific technical issues.

ARKnet General Membership Session
[Room 1308 - Session 3 - Wednesday June 19, 1:00pm-2:00pm]

• Presenter: Bob Zimmerman
• Title: Director of Computing Services at UA Fayetteville, President of ARKnet
• Phone: (479) 575-3301
• Email: bobz@uark.edu
• Description: A welcome session and update on the status of ARKnet

Disaster Recovery/Crisis Management
[Room 1308 - Session 5 - Wednesday June 19, 3:00pm-4:00pm]

• Presenter: Jerald Garner
• Title: Assistant Direcor IT at Hendrix College, President of PDSO
• Phone: (501) 450-1340
• Email: garner@mercury.hendrix.edu
• Description: With the ever growing threat of crisis resulting from malicious behavior to natural disasters, we all need to know what to do if crisis strikes our campus. This session will discuss recommended methods of planning and implementing a disaster recovery plan.

Security
[Room 1308 - Session 6 - Thursday June 20, 11:00am-12:00pm]

• Presenter: Jerald Garner
• Title: Assistant Direcor IT at Hendrix College, President of PDSO
• Phone: (501) 450-1340
• Email: garner@mercury.hendrix.edu
• Description: This session will give an overview regarding basic network security primarily with the use of firewalls. A comparison of various products will be discussed concerning their capabilities and benefits to your campus.

Legal Issues
[Room 1308 - Session 7 - Thursday June 20, 12:00am-1:00pm]

• Presenter: Bryan McKinney
• Title: OBU Legal Counsel
• Phone: (870) 245-5513
• Email: mckinneyb@obu.edu
• Description: Legal issues surrounding the Digital Millennium Act.

CIO and ARKnet
[Room 1306 - Session 7 - Thursday June 20, 12:00pm-1:00pm]

• Presenter: Drew Mashburn
• Title: Technical Architect, Office of Executive Chief Information Officer, State of Arkansas
• E-mail: drew.mashburn@mail.state.ar.us
• Description: This session will describe the working groups and processes for effecting changes in state policies and standards in information technology.
• Presentation Slides:
      ECIO Office Overview (PowerPoint, 417K)
      Architecture Governance Process (Microsoft Word, 22K)

Open Discussion
[Room 1308 - Session 8 - Thursday June 20, 1:00pm-2:00pm]

• Moderator: Merrell Shoptaw
• Title: Director of Computer Services at Arkansas Tech University, ARKnet Chair
• Phone: (501) 968-0218
• Email: merrell.shoptaw@mail.atu.edu
• Description:

Delivering on the Promise: Concurrent Credit Courses and Distance Education
[Room 1306 - Session 8 - Thursday June 20, 1:00pm-2:00pm]

• Presenter: John Walsh
• Title: Director of Distance Learning, North Arkansas College
• Email: jwalsh@northark.edu
• Description: This session will look at the steps North Arkansas College has taken to deliver concurrent credit courses into area high schools. Information will be presented about the technologies, pitfalls in scheduling, and possibilities for the future.
• Presentation Slides and Notes:
      Distance Learning (PowerPoint, 326K)

State of the Network
[Room 1306 - Session 9 - Thursday June 20, 2:00pm-3:00pm]

• Presenter: Rick Martin
• Title: Network Engineer, DIS Network Analysis and Integration
• Phone: (501) 682-4037
• Email: rick.martin@mail.state.ar.us
• Description: The current state network status/update as related to ARKnet.

Library Track

ARKLink: The Academic Library Consortium
[Cisco Lab - Session 1 - Wednesday June 19, 11:00am-12:00pm]

• Presenter: Peggy Morrison
• Title: Public Services Librarian, Bailey Library
• Email: morrison@hendrix.edu
• Description: This session will present information about ARKLink, the consortium of academic libraries in the state.

Information for Free! Direct From Your Local, State, and Federal Government
[Cisco Lab - Session 2 - Wednesday June 19, 12:00pm-1:00pm]

• Presenter: Sarah Santos
• Title: Head of Government Documents, UA Fayetteville
• Email: ssantos@uark.edu
• Description: Tips, tricks, and techniques for locating government information on the Internet. Learn how laws are made; who said what in Congress this week; how your representatives voted in the Arkansas legislature; where's wetlands and other geographic features in Arkansas; and much, much, more!
• Presentation Slides and Notes:
      Information for Free (PowerPoint, 3257K)

Traveler -- Got Databases?
[Cisco Lab - Session 3 - Wednesday June 19, 1:00pm-2:00pm] and
[Cisco Lab - Session 4 - Wednesday June 19, 2:00pm-3:00pm]

• Presenter: Sally Hawkes
• Title: Coordinator of Library Network Services, Arkansas State Library
• Email: shawkes@asl.lib.ar.us
• Description: This session will present the databases available to the public schools and higher ed through the Traveler project.
• Presentation Slides:
      Traveler - Got Databases? (PowerPoint, 599K)

Online Information Literacy Instruction: p.r.n
[Cisco Lab - Session 5 - Wednesday June 19, 3:00pm-4:00pm] and
[Cisco Lab - Session 6 - Thursday June 20, 11:00am-12:00pm]

• Presenters: Debby Kirby, Library Director, Pulaski Technical College,
        Wendy Davis, Librarian, Pulaski Technical College
• Email: dkirby@mail.ptc.tec.ar.us, wdavis@mail.ptc.tec.ar.us
• Description: P.r.n. (pro re na'ta) is Latin for "as needed, as circumstances may require." This session presents how libraries can make research skills instruction available through email or web page lessons. You may adapt either or both of these methods to fit the needs of your students and your library resources.
• Presentation Slides:
      Information Literacy Online: p.r.n. (PowerPoint, 247K)

Information Literacy in the Library: From High School Senior to College Freshman
[Cisco Lab - Session 7 - Thursday June 20, 12:00pm-1:00pm] and
[Cisco Lab - Session 9 - Thursday June 20, 2:00pm-3:00pm]

• Presenters: Francis Kuykendall, Associate Librarian, South Arkansas Community College, and Carole Burke, Reference Librarian/Assistant Professor, South Arkansas Community College
• Email: fkuykendall@southark.cc.ar.us
• Description: Changing research tools and electronic access require different research skills of today's college freshman. College librarian expectations will be identified to enhance the transfer of high school students to the academic environment.

Wireless Networking in Your Library or Campus
[Cisco Lab - Session 8 - Thursday June 20, 1:00pm-2:00pm]

• Presenter: Larry Glover
• Title: Systems Adminstrator, William S. Laman Library
• Email: lglover@laman.lib.ar.us
• Description: How even you can install a wireless network without years of training or study. If you can plug in a phone you can build a wireless network.