The Top Technologies Every Librarian Needs to Know

by Kenneth J. Varnum

Overview

While it's inspiring to ponder the libraries of the 22nd century, it's a lot more practical to think ahead to the next five years. That's just what Varnum and his hand-picked team of contributors have done, showing library technology staff and administrators where to invest time and money to receive the greatest benefits.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780838919668
Publisher:	American Library Association
Publication date:	05/11/2014
Series:	LITA Guides
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	131
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Kenneth J. Varnum is the Senior Program Manager for Discovery, Delivery, and Library Analytics at the University of Michigan Library. In this role, Ken is responsible for the library's discovery interfaces (the "MLibrary" single search tool, ArticlesPlus, Search Tools, etc.), delivery interfaces, and the library's evolving and emerging analytics infrastructure. He received a master's degree from the University of Michigan's School of Information and his Bachelor of Arts from Grinnell College. Over his two decades working with public-facing technology in academic, corporate, and special libraries, he has gained a deep appreciation and understanding of the need to tailor systems and interfaces to the local user base. A frequent speaker and author, Ken presents and writes about discovery systems, library analytics, and technology. In addition to numerous articles and chapters, he wrote Drupal in Libraries (2012), edited Lorcan Dempsey's The Network Reshapes the Library (2014), and compiled four books, including Exploring Discovery: The Front Door to Your Library’s Licensed and Digitized Content (2016), Beyond Reality: Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality in the Library (2019) and the LITA Guide New Top Technologies Every Librarian Needs to Know (2019).

Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction

Impetus to Innovate: Convergence and Library Trends
A. J. Million and Heather Lea Moulaison

Hands-Free Augmented Reality: Impacting the Library Future
Brigitte Bell and Terry Cottrell

Libraries and Archives Augmenting the World
William Denton

The Future of Cloud-Based Library Systems
Steven K. Bowers and Elliot J. Polak

Library Discovery: From Ponds to Streams
Kenneth J. Varnum

Exit as Strategy: Web Services as the New Websites for Many Libraries
Anson Parker, V. P. Nagraj. and David Moody

Reading and Non-Reading: Text Mining in Critical Practive
Devin Higgins

Bigger, Better, Together: Building the Digital Library of the Future
Jeremy York

The Case for Open Hardware in Libraries
Jason Griffey

About the Contributors

Index