Koerber and Sauers look at a variety of technologies currently having an impact on libraries and library service - from pervasive mobile connectivity to crowdfunding to smart homes - and some of the privacy and security issues surrounding them. At the end, they'll present a checklist of ways to keep on top of current trends and to anticipate what's coming next.
12. Queens Public Library
Tablet Lending Program
Created after Superstorm Sandy in 2012,
combines device lending and a library
platform to provide a full library experience
via mobile device to users who don’t own
their own.
16. LibraryBox 2.0
Kickstarter campaign to design and
produce a new version of the
LibraryBox device which allows you
to “share files with anyone,
anywhere...off the Internet, even
off the power grid.”
Raised $33,116 of $3,000
requested.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projec
ts/griffey/librarybox-20
17. Bring the Hulk to the
Northlake Public Library
Indigogo campaign to “Help the Northlake Library
get a 9 foot tall Hulk statue, digital media creation
station and many more graphic novels.”
Raised just $4262 of $30,000 but was still able to
bring the Hulk to the library.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bring-the-
hulk-to-the-northlake-public-library
37. Keeping Up
• Social media – friends & colleagues
• Popular magazines & websites, pop culture sites
• Gizmodo, Engadget, CNet, Slashdot, Lifehacker, ZDNet, CityLab (from The
Atlantic),ThisIsColossal
• Major news sources: NewYorkTimes, BBC, CNN, Time, Huffington Post,
The EconomistTech Quarterly
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41. Keeping Up
Technical conferences – even if you don’t attend, skimming the session topics will tell you
what’s important / coming
• Tech: Consumer Electronics Show (CES) , Interop (general IT), Macworld,Velocity (web
optimization), Defcon (security), NANOG (networks), LISA (sysadmin)
• Gaming conventions: E3, Gaming Developers Convention (GDC)
• Manufacturer and platform conventions:AppleWorldwide Developers Conference
(WWDC), Microsoft’sTechEd for developers & IT professionals,Google I/O
• South by Southwest (SXSW),TED /TEDx talks
45. • Read as you can, or set aside time to read each day.
• Use your current "professional reading" schedule
and change the sources you read.
• Try to read any source relative to its posting frequency.
More frequent posts = more frequent reading.
• Be careful of falling down rabbit holes of information
and fun stuff – your time is precious.
Don’t Try to Know Everything
46. Learning a New Tool
• Read about it online, then play with it
• Read the screen
• Push the buttons
• Take your time
• Don’t be afraid
• Do the ‘driving’ yourself
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48. Jennifer Koerber, Public Instruction
Curriculum Development Coordinator
Boston Public Library
jennifer.koerber@gmail.com
http://www.jenniferkoerber.com
Michael Sauers,Technology Innovation Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
msauers@travelinlibrarian.info
http://www.travelinlibrarian.info/
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