summary report of acrl technologies in libraries
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Emerging Technologies in Libraries
RLS Forum May 7, 2015
Rebekah Cummings and Anne Morrow
Summary Report of ACRL Webinar on
Secu
rity
and
Priv
acy
Password Systems● LastPass● Dashlane● KeePass● 1Password● RoboForm
Privacy ● VPN (virtual private
network)○ Private Internet
Access○ CyberGhost○ TorGuard
● Privacy-based browsers
○ Tor○ Epic○ Comodo
UIT Knowledge Basehttps://uofu.service-now.com/cf/
Self / Micro Publishing
○
Crowd*-ing Crowd*-ing
Mobile
Wearables
3-D Minecraft
Virtual Mission to Mars
Holographic computer screens
HoloStudio compatible with 3D Printer
Live demonstration at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6sL_5Wgvrg
Internet of Things
Library Beacons
● Circulation notifications● Event notifications● Shelving notifications● Opt-in
Keeping up with Technology● Library Journal
● Social Media
● Tech magazines and websites -
Gizmodo, Engadget, LifeHacker,
TechCrunch
● Tech sections of major news
sources - New York Times, Time
Magazine, BBC, CNN, The
Economist
● Technical conferences - session
topics
● Gaming conventions
● South by Southwest
● Google I/O - developer conference
from Google - pre-recorded
sessions online
Keeping up with technology
● Don’t try to know everything● Take time in your current professional
reading schedule● Focus on learning one tool at a time - learn
about it and play with it
Things we might want to take action on...
● Imprint services
● Crowd*-ing
● Technology petting zoo
● Library beacons
● Expertise inventory
webinar archived at: https://youtu.be/_mfa8JBYwrg