To stay current on technology, one presenter attends consumer electronics shows – talks to exhibitors, talks about libraries. Asks: have you ever thought about working with libraries? They’re not aware of the cool things libraries are doing, and you discover things for libraries you might not have thought about.
Hang out with non-librarians and find out what innovative things they’re doing. Other conferences – Southwest Southwest, Maker Fair, search for technology fests
Examples of cool technology:
- Wonderworks – blue robots, dragging and dropping commands and sequences.
- Ozobot – you draw and robot will trace what you draw. Drawing to create coding.
- Taylor Family Digital Library – has visualization wall for researchers (maps, watermarks, fiber of paper, large spreadsheets, data modeling. Also has digital globe that could be programmed and mapped (earth or other planets), with scanning station by maps with enormous screen (patrons could view maps, take copy with them).
- Meeting rooms with glass walls – could use windows as white boards. One college campus has an interactive wall.
- Use of Meet Up for promoting events. People can connect with each other outside of event.
- Tool (or garden tool) lending library
- Fix-It Fairs w/volunteer experts (e.g. fix own bicycle)
- Check out kit that includes things to let you try out activity (e.g. crocheting)
- People make things with Little Bits and other people buy them from storefront
To get more information about privacy:
- Library Freedom Project.org
- ALA – LITA interest group
- NISO working on Privacy Standards
- Talk to vendors.
- Learn more.
- Do privacy audit (databases, ILS, Wi-Fi).
- Teach classes.
- For open Wi-Fi networks: check Wire Shark (can allow see passwords). There are private VPN networks that encrypt
- Meet Up Pro: $15 per event per month. Can ask for donations. Friends in community can create account (free) for library to feed events into. You can create surveys to RSVP for program. You get their email addresses.
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