TechAtlas Partner Account Overview

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TechAtlas Partner Account Overview
Originally Presented 5/31/06
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Partner Account in 60 SecondsWhat Can a
TechAtlas Partner Do?

• Establish minimum recommended PAC specs let
  partnered libraries compare their inventoried
  computers against those specs.
• Create, copy, and publish assessments, and
  monitor results as your partnered libraries
  complete those assessments.
• Review the technology plan progress of your
  partnered libraries.

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Partner Account in 60 Secondscontinued

• Extensive reporting features
• Review computer inventory data for partnered
  libraries.
• Extract computer inventory data as a CSV file.
• Download complete TechAtlas database to MS
  Access.
• Customize branding and behavior
• Your logo and unique welcome messages.
• Manual or automatic approval of new accounts.
• Assess a usage fee or not (strictly optional!)

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What is TechAtlas?

• Originally designed as a survey-based
  recommender system for non-profits by NPower
• Can also be thought of as a decision support
  system.
• Current content in TechAtlas is built around
  technology management and planning.
• However, TechAtlas can accommodate any number of
  content sets.

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TechAtlas for Libraries

• With support from the Gates Foundation,
  WebJunction worked with NPower to develop a
  library-specific version of TechAtlas.
• In 2007, using a grant from the Bill Melinda
  Gates Foundation, WebJunction acquired the
  TechAtlas tool from NPower.
• The acquisition will allow WebJunction to
  continue to develop TechAtlas with an eye toward
  library technology needs.
• TechAtlas use is free for all WebJunction
  members.

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Current TechAtlas Usage

• TechAtlas accounts in participating states as of
  May 31
• California 584 accounts
• Idaho 151 accounts
• Maine 38 accounts
• Massachusetts 39 accounts
• Minnesota 6 accounts
• Ohio 77 accounts
• Oklahoma 175 accounts
• Pennsylvania 30 accounts
• Tennessee 246 accounts
• Utah 11 accounts
• Virginia 38 accounts

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TechAtlas Account Types

• Site Manager
• Partner
• Consultant
• Organization

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TechAtlas Account Types
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TechAtlas Partner Accounts

• Designed for use by organizations that want to
  have oversight of organizational accounts.
• In WebJunction terms, we think of TechAtlas
  partners as
• State library agencies.
• Regional library networks or consortia.
• Multi-type library cooperatives.

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Consultant Accounts
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TechAtlas Consultant Accounts

• Less functionality than partner accounts.
• Provide direct access to one or more organization
  accounts, but no high-level views and reports
  as partner accounts have.
• TechAtlas consultants can
• Create new organization accounts.
• Access accounts for organizations that have been
  linked to the consultant account.

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Organization Accounts

• Key pieces of TechAtlas functionality for
  organizations to be aware of
• Computer inventory tools.
• Ability to tag public access computers (PACs).
• Identify computers not meeting partner
  specifications.
• Event tracker a help desk tool.
• Variety of assessments pushed out by partner.
• Staff skills survey.
• Technology planning goals.

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Assessments vs. Staff Skills Survey

• Assessments
• Can be customized by TechAtlas partners.
• Can be selectively pushed out to linked
  organization accounts.
• Can only be taken by those who have a TechAtlas
  account.
• The Staff Skills Survey
• Cannot currently be customized.
• Is pushed out to individuals by e-mail.
• Can be taken by anyone who has an e-mail address.

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Partner Account Organization

• Each of the following are top-level tabs in the
  TechAtlas partner account

Each tab area contains links to specific
available functions within the TechAtlas partner
account.
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Partner Account Highlights

• Create, copy, and publish assessments.
• Assessments can be on any topic.
• Current topics include computer security and
  staff professional development.
• Partners can monitor results as partnered
  libraries complete assessments.
• Can set up e-mail notifications when assessments
  are completed.

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Partner Account Highlights

• Review the technology plan progress of your
  partnered libraries.
• Direct access to individual partnered
  organization (library) accounts.
• Summary reports
• List of technology planning goals for partnered
  libraries.
• Status report on completion of major areas of
  each organizations technology plan.

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Flexible Account Structure

• Some of our partner accounts (state libraries,
  etc.) have also created organizational accounts
  for themselves. Why?
• Can track their own technology assets in
  TechAtlas.
• Useful for evaluating the TechAtlas functionality
  provided at the library level.

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For the Future

• Copy site manager functionality down to the
  partner level.
• Reports
• Sorting and searching options on Organizations
  screen.
• Integrate TechAtlas and WebJunction user
  accounts.
• Re-work the Staff Skills Survey to be
  customizable by partners.

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Contact
If you have any questions or issues, please
contact the TechAtlas team at techatlas_at_webjunct
ion.org
Thanks for learning more about TechAtlas!