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Emerging Technologies in Libraries
J E NNIFE R KO E R B E RMICHA E L SA UE R SACR L/ CHOICE23 A PR IL 20 1 5
Please allow us to introduce ourselves.
1. Audio & Video
2. Self/Micro Publishing
3. Mobile
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.
www.whereinqueens.org
4. Crowdfunding
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/projects/griffey/librarybox-20
Bring the Hulk to theNorthlake 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
5.Wearables
6. The Internet of Things
Libraries and the Internet of Things
• http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2014/11/marketing/beacon-technology-deployed-by-two-library-app-makers/
• BluuBeam - bluubeam.com/pages/libraries
• Capira - www.capiratech.com/products/capiramobile/ibeacon/
• http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2015/04/technology/beacon-developer-netobjex-enters-library-market-with-smartlibrary
• NetObjex - netobjex.com/
• Browsa! - www.getbrowsa.com/
7. Security & Privacy
8. Keeping Up With Technology
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: New York Times, BBC, CNN, Time, Huffington Post,
The Economist Tech Quarterly
Keeping UpTechnical 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: Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
(WWDC), Microsoft’s TechEd for developers & IT professionals, Google I/O
• South by Southwest (SXSW), TED / TEDx talks
Google I/O 2014
Google I/O 2014
• 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
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
Jennifer Koerber, Public Instruction Curriculum Development CoordinatorBoston Public [email protected]://www.jenniferkoerber.com
Michael Sauers, Technology Innovation LibrarianNebraska Library Commission
[email protected]://www.travelinlibrarian.info/