Lead, Follow Or Get Out Of The Way

Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian Nebraska Library Commission University of Nebraska, Lincoln 14 May 2008

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dullhunk/202872717/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmueller/2109197876/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/seven13avenue/2381588471/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/denverjeffrey/255952747/ Are we locked-in to the old ways?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/picstever/387307699/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23258232@N00/1811656015/

Be Social vs. http://www.flickr.com/photos/heyjude/498780300/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/heyjude/498780272/in/photostream/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/11196774@N00/426010338/

http://flickr.com/photos/cambodia4kidsorg/260004685/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tuttlibrary/2419679602

Go where the users are http://www.flickr.com/photos/patisfaction/33984854/

“ Ivanhoe library does not have a conventional reference desk. Instead they use a portable tablet which can be carried around the library by roving reference staff.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yarraplenty/521189422/ (used with permission)

A 2005 report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project called “Teens and Technology” found that teenagers preferred new technology, like instant messaging or text messaging, for talking to friends and use e-mail to communicate with “old people.”
E-mail is “too confusing”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/couleursgm/244737979/

http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/ref/contactus.html

Break Down Barriers “ The power of a single sledgehammer ,” 12 November, 1989 © John Gaps / AP

Cherry Hill Public Library, Cherry Hill, NJ http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelsphotos/194802572/

http://www.libraryforlife.org/firefox/

Can your users find what they’re looking for?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maisonbisson/2097181217/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rubyshoes/491964464/

Is your library a Nanny State? http://www.flickr.com/photos/kkanouse/61814643/

“ It’s the simplest lesson of the Internet: it’s the people stupid. We don’t have computers because we want to interact with machines; we have them because they allow us to communicate more effectively with other people.”

http://alreadygone.blogspot.com/2007/08/another-attempt-at-illustrating.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/memestate/54408373/

Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian, Nebraska Library Commission
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Lead, Follow Or Get Out Of The Way

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