Technology Trends

Emerging Tech Trends in Libraries

Webinar: Infopeople

Part 1, December 9, 2015: https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=536

Part 2, February 2, 2016: https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=549

Part 3, March 1, 2016: https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=550

Part 8, May 8, 2018: https://infopeople.org/civicrm/event/info?id=759&reset=1

Archived webinars sponsored by Infopeople on emerging technology trends in libraries.

Emerging Technology Trends and the Library, April 27, 2016

Webinar: Demco, Inc.

http://ideas.demco.com/webinar/emerging-library-technology-trends/

Learn about the newest trends in library technology and discover simple and budget-friendly ways to bring them to your library today.

Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends Report

Website: Recode

2017: https://www.recode.net/2017/5/31/15693686/mary-meeker-kleiner-perkins-kpcb-slides-internet-trends-code-2017

2018: https://techcrunch.com/2018/05/30/internet-trends-2018/

Legendary internet stock analyst Mary Meeker gives her annual look at the internet.

Public Libraries Leading the Way

Column: Information Technology and Libraries

https://ejournals.bc.edu/index.php/ital/pllw

"Public Libraries Leading the Way" is a regular column in Information Technology and Libraries (ITAL), an online publication for Library Information Technology Association (LITA). Essays in this series highlight a technology-based innovation or approach to problem solving from the public library perspective.

Tech Trends

Article: American Libraries Magazine

May 1, 2017: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2017/05/01/top-library-tech-trends/

March 1, 2019: https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2019/03/01/tech-trends-libraries/

Current trends in technology related or of interest to libraries.

Raspberry Pi

Building Small, Cheap, Dedicated Catalog Stations: Do-It-Yourself Raspberry Pi OPACS, May 1, 2015

Article: Public Libraries Online

http://publiclibrariesonline.org/2015/05/building-small-cheap-dedicated-catalog-stations-do-it-yourself-rasberry-pi-opacs

Public Libraries Online blogpost on how to configure a Raspberry Pi to run as an online public access catalog (OPAC).

Raspberry Pi for Educators and Librarians, July 28, 2014

Article: TechSoup For Libraries

http://www.techsoupforlibraries.org/blog/raspberry-pi-for-educators-and-librarians

TechSoup For Libraries blogpost on Raspberry Pi usage in libraries.