This document discusses emerging technologies in libraries and provides examples of how libraries are implementing these technologies. It covers audio/video, self-publishing, mobile services through lending tablets, crowdfunding campaigns libraries have used, wearables, the Internet of Things, security/privacy, and ways for libraries to keep up with new technologies through various publications, conferences, and online sources. Examples highlighted include the Queens Public Library tablet lending program and crowdfunding campaigns for a new version of the LibraryBox device and to bring a statue of the Hulk to a library.

1. Emerging
Technologies in
Libraries
JENNIFER KOERBER
MICHAEL SAUERS
ACRL/CHOICE
23 APRIL 2015

2. Please allow us to introduce ourselves.

3. 1. Audio & Video

6. 2. Self/Micro Publishing

11. 3. Mobile

12. 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.

13. www.whereinqueens.org

15. 4. Crowdfunding

16. 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/projec
ts/griffey/librarybox-20

17. Bring the Hulk to the
Northlake 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

18. 5.Wearables

23. 6. The Internet of Things

30. 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/

31. 7. Security & Privacy

34. 8. Keeping Up With Technology

37. 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: NewYorkTimes, BBC, CNN, Time, Huffington Post,
The EconomistTech Quarterly

41. Keeping Up
Technical 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:AppleWorldwide Developers Conference
(WWDC), Microsoft’sTechEd for developers & IT professionals,Google I/O
• South by Southwest (SXSW),TED /TEDx talks

42. Google I/O 2014

43. Google I/O 2014

45. • 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

46. 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

48. Jennifer Koerber, Public Instruction
Curriculum Development Coordinator
Boston Public Library
jennifer.koerber@gmail.com
http://www.jenniferkoerber.com
Michael Sauers,Technology Innovation Librarian
Nebraska Library Commission
msauers@travelinlibrarian.info
http://www.travelinlibrarian.info/