Michael Sauers
Technology Innovation Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
METRO
13 April 2009

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

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

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

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

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

Feed Me

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

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

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

Embrace the Commons
C
http://www.flickr.com/photos/20176570@N00/2422981453/

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

• 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

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/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/heyjude/498780272/in/photostream/
vs.
Join the
conversation
http://www.flickr.com/photos/heyjude/498780300/

Go
Mobile http://www.flickr.com/photos/73084860@N00/7603357/

“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)

SMS via E-mail

SMS via E-mail

SMS via E-mail

Thoughts to build on
http://www.flickr.com/photos/29498428@N00/2314610838/

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

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

Michael Sauers
Technology Innovation Librarian,
Nebraska Library Commission
msauers@nlc.state.ne.us
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