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

Please allow us to introduce ourselves.

1. Audio & Video

2. Self/Micro Publishing

3. Mobile

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.

www.whereinqueens.org

4. Crowdfunding

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

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

5.Wearables

6. The Internet of Things

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/

7. Security & Privacy

8. Keeping Up With Technology

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

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

Google I/O 2014

Google I/O 2014

• 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

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

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/