Archive for the 'Technology' Category
Pulling the plug and loving it
March 23rd, 2008Family Man Librarian - “Not only does it save us money, it helps us to raise our kids in an environment where we don’t have to worry about bad content continually popping up during a show we might be watching.”
Are libraries keeping up with technology demands?
March 22nd, 2008video from KSTP
The Technological Divide Between Parents and Their Children
March 13th, 2008Bits - “Who would have thought that the technological divide between teenagers, who love to send text messages, and their parents, some who are just learning how to do so on their cell phones, would have been such a hot topic in Sunday’s paper?”
I Need a Virtual Break. No, Really
March 1st, 2008New York Times - “I TOOK a real day off this weekend: computers shut down, cellphone left in my work bag, land-line ringer off. I was fully disconnected for 24 hours.”
I. Need. My. Crackberry!
January 27th, 2008LiveScience - How to Tell If You Are Addicted to Technology (via)
Find lost friends using the Internet
January 5th, 2008Kim Komando has a piece that may seem pretty obvious for tech savvy researchers, but not necessarily so for the non-techies.
What’s Primary?
November 26th, 2007Loose Cannon Librarian - “Libraries are fundamentally about people, information and connecting the two. The technology is secondary, but it’s there and it’s important.”
Tech Tests
November 11th, 2007Sarah Long - “Technology test can help libraries stay in the loop”