The librarian agrees that as technology advances, users require more assistance. As the only elementary school librarian, they want to learn more about technology and get more involved in using technology at their school. However, the IT person is very protective of technology use and impatient working with elementary staff. The librarian wants to integrate more technology skills into the library curriculum but feels limited without more training and involvement in technology.

1. Reading through chapters 3 and 4, I truly agree with the statement, “As technology has become more
advanced, users require more, not less, assistance” (p 26).
As the only elementary school librarian I am willing to work on the required skills of:
1. Learning about technology
2. Being involved with technology in your school
With that being said, here is my question. How do I become more involved with our technology when our
IT person is very possessive of our use of technology and is impatient when working with the elementary
staff?
I know the lack of technology and technology skills is a detriment to the students, and I want to integrate
more technology skills in the library curriculum. I feel that if I could be more involved and trained in more
technology skills, I would be a more effective librarian for not only the students, but for the elementary staff
as well.