Embrace Disruption

Nate Riggs presented along side Julie Theado of the Columbus Public Library and Johannes Neuer of the New York Public Library today at the PLA 2012 virtual conference. His section was on disruptive technology. Here is his video (slides): 5 Disruptive Technologies Libraries Cannot Afford to Ignore — #PLA12

Tech Trends for Non-Techies

Today I listened to a webinar  on technology trends which discussed not gadgets but general technologies and what to watch for in the near future. The archive of the program is available at Archived Webcasts & Webinars later today. Here are some high points: All library jobs are touched by technology so it’s important to [...]

Cool Website – Vintage Technology

Vintage Technology – is a site that seeks to showcase the evolution of devices in our lives through the archiving of old advertisements from the 1950s.”… A fun component of the site is a game called “hit or miss” in which the reader has to determine whether a product survived the marketplace or fell into [...]

Technology Essentials 2010 – Archives

Technology Essentials 2010, the online conference hosted by WebJunction. If you were one of the  attendees who joined us, thank you for your participation. If you missed a session you are welcome to view the conference archives at http://www.webjunction.org/conference-tech-essentials-2010.

WebJunction Online Conference: Technology Essentials 2010

The Virtual Library will be hosting  the WebJunction Online Conference: Technology Essentials 2010 on February 9 and 10th.  It starts at 9:00 AM Pacific Time.  Sessions run an hour long.  You at welcome to pick and choose which sessions you would like to view. We have the Jewel Box reserved for the two days so [...]

Alliance Library System and TAP Information Services Announce Trendy Topics 2010!

A Monthly Series on 9 One-Day Online Workshops Note: if you are interested in any of these Workshops let Lauren know so we coordinate since there is a fee for them. Start your New Year right with a resolution to keep up with quickly changing library trends!  Alliance Library System and TAP Information Services are [...]

Free Online Conference

WebJunction is hosting a free two day online conference February 9th and 10th. It starts at 9am PT and goes to 3pm PT.  Go to Webjunction – Technology Essentials 2010 for a list of topics and times. Sessions are an hour long and you can pick and choose which sessions you are interested in.  I [...]

Just in case you missed it!

Last Sunday the “Library Link of the Day” had a very good video for all Librarians and library staff members.  If you have not seen it I encourage you to spend 5 minutes watching it: Web Tech Guy and angry Staff person.

Barriers to Innovations

This is from The Librarian in Black’s blog. See what NASA did to determine barriers to innovation within their organization. http://librarianinblack.typepad.com/librarianinblack/2009/02/nasa-managements-dirty-laundry-gets-aired.html

Did you miss the College of DuPage Teleconference Reversing the Ratchet: Basic Technology Adoption Strategies for Library Workers?

Here is the link to the archived streaming video of last Friday’s teleconference. This link will be active for approximately 30 days, at which time it will be moved to the College server.  http://www.collegeofdupagepress.com/index.php?id=3977 Select High bandwidth – it takes about 30 seconds to start in Windows Media Player. Please let me know if you have [...]

Technology Poll

Reversing the Ratchet: Adoption Strategies for Library Workers

The Virtual Library will be hosting this teleconference on Friday November 7 – 9:00am – 10:30am in the Virtual Training Room at Clark County Library  Speaker: Steven Bell Are you feeling more pressure in your library to keep up with the latest technologies? Library workers must constantly learn the latest techno-tweaks to their familiar information [...]