This document discusses evolving technologies used in libraries and how they are changing definitions of libraries. It outlines technologies like blogs, wikis, podcasts, RSS feeds, web conferencing, instant messaging, and social networking that libraries employ. Emerging technologies discussed include QR codes, e-readers, tablet computers, and web-scale discovery systems that provide unified search across library resources. The document argues that technology will continue driving changes in libraries and influence careers.

1. Evolving Technologies for Libraries and Librarians

2. Why Technology?ALA’s State of America’s Libraries Report 2011 http://tinyurl.com/alasalr2011 “[t]he technological advances of the past decade – or the past year –– are leading the library community to rethink the very definition of “library,” what one analyst calls “the sense of place, of service, and of community that has characterized the modern library for the last century.””Library 101: 101 Resources & Things to Know (RTK)http://www.libraryman.com/blog/101rtk/“Today, technology is a powerful driver of change in libraries, and it will stay that way for the rest of your career.”

3. Which Technologies?blogs and wikispodcasts and webcastsRSSstreaming mediainstant messagingvirtual conferencescontent management systemscloud computingsocial networkingQR codese-readers and tablet computerswebscale discovery systems

4. craigslist del.icio.us

5. Blogsweb loglibrary news and updates

6. subject-related blogs and guides

7. tips and suggestions

8. information for staff10 Librarian Blogs to Read in 2011LISNews18 Feb 2011All These Birds With Teeth http://birdswithteeth.wordpress.com/Forgotten Bookmarks http://www.forgottenbookmarks.com/Hack Library School http://hacklibschool.wordpress.com/InkDroidhttp://inkdroid.org/journal/The LSW Friendfeed Room http://friendfeed.com/lswMusings about librarianship http://musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com/Pegasus Librarian http://pegasuslibrarian.com/SearchReSearchhttp://searchresearch1.blogspot.com/Screwy Decimal http://www.screwydecimal.com/The Undergraduate Science Librarian http://undergraduatesciencelibrarian.wordpress.com/

9. Technology-Related BlogsALA TechSourcehttp://www.alatechsource.org/What I Learned Today… http://www.web2learning.net/Tame The Web http://tametheweb.com/Handheld Librarian http://handheldlib.blogspot.com/LITA Blog http://litablog.org/blyberg.net http://www.blyberg.net/

10. Hack Library School

11. planet cataloging

12. Briar Cliff University Library

13. Wikiscollection of interlinked web pagesallows users to collaboratelibrary news and updates

14. subject guides

15. how-to guides

16. information for staff

17. project collaborationLibrary Success: A Best Practices Wiki

18. Podcasts and Webcastsaudio or video content distributed over the webstreamed or downloadedusually thematic

19. Denver Public Library

20. RSSReally Simple Syndicationweb feedsblogsnewsaudiovideo

21. Web Conferencing and Virtual Conferenceswebinarsinteractive online workshopslive or streaming videoVoIParchivingwhiteboardtext chatdesktop sharingpolls/surveys

22. Webinars

23. Handheld Librarian Online Conference

24. Instant Messagingtext-basedreal-time

25. Chat with a librarian 24/7

26. Social Networkingonline communitiescommon interests or activities tagging and savingtag cloudsweb-based sharingfolksonomies

27. PennTags

28. new canaan high school library

29. Content Management Systemswork flowscollaborationcommunication

30. Microsoft SharePoint

31. Cloud Computing

32. Streaming Media, Video and Audio Servicesstreaming providerover the Internetaudio and videoserverspush technologyon-demand software

33. QR Codesphoto by Mathieu Plourdehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/mathplourde/4639156283/

34. On the Library’s New Book Shelf

35. In the Stacks!

36. In the Library’s Catalog!

37. Library Tour Using QR Codes

38. Other Non-Library-Related Uses for QR Codeson a business cardon a t-shirt…as a tattoo…at the cemetery…?!

39. And speaking of mobile…

40. Library Mobile Apps

41. Library Catalog – Mobile Version

42. Next-Generation Library Catalogs and Web-Scale Discovery Systemsfederated searchingone-box searchingunified resource management and discoverydiscovery layerAquabrowser(Serials Solutions)Encore (Innovative Interfaces)VuFindEBSCO Discovery ServicePrimo Central Index (Ex Libris)Summon Service(Serials Solutions)Alma (Ex Libris)

43. Dartmouth College Library’s Web-Scale Discovery System

44. Dartmouth College LibrarySearch Results Screen

45. KindleNOOKSony ReaderKobo eReaderApple iPadSamsung Galaxy TabARCHOS internet tabletiBooksStanzaBlueFire ReaderOverDriveeBook Readers and Tablet Computers

46. E-Book Readers in Librariesphotograph by David Stuart