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SoftwareTechnologies

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Technological Literacies worth investing in -

  

  • Adobe CS

  • HTML/CSS (HTML5/CSS3)

  • MySQL

  • Flash Programming

  • Scripting languages: e.g., Perl, PHP & Javascript

  • Adobe Acrobat Pro

  • Blogging platforms

  •  Content Management Systems like Drupal, Wordpress and edu2.0.

  • XML

  • XSLT

  • Creating patron-friendly widgets and embedding code

  • Creating Web Applications and mobile apps for libraries and catalogs

  • Greenstone

  • Omeka 

  • Social Media - Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, Delicious tagging, content/data curation


 

Tech News/Trends - websites to keep an eye on



Technology in the Library

 

  • Mobile websites - how do they work? How to build them and make them effective?

  • eReaders - Should be able to help library users that need help downloading (like from Overdrive); format conversion methods.  The correct way to use these devices in consideration to copyright.



Technolust

 

  • Technolust in libraries: when is it too much? 

 

I don’t know that it can ever be too much. If you take a look around, jobs with titles like “Emerging Technologies” are become more common. Older professionals are not interested in or just don’t have social media programmed in their brains. 

Perhaps a better way to address the “technolust” topic is to ask the question: when if ever does our focus on technologies cause us to lose sight of our most important priority: the user? Does our extreme love of tech cause us to neglect or misconstrue the reality of our patrons’ needs? The bigger question is: do we control the philosophical direction of librarianship or are we controlled by current cultural movements that favor “emerging tech” and the constantly connected lifestyle? These are questions I wish I was asked in library school: there is so much focus on what we do and how we do it, but so little on why!

All the above are great, but many students come in without ability to do Word Mailmerge, sort data in Excel, no idea what an Operating System does and terrified of tech. I think these are basic life skills that we should not be teaching, but the profession expects graduates who can do this...so as teachers we are caught...

I’ve been teaching in Library School for 4 months after practicing in librarian techie roles for 20 years. I’d love some feedback on my posts where I try to work out exactly what I should be teaching next year in my Library School core technology unit. Pls delete/move this if it is inappropriate for your project. Kathryn Greenhill
So, what do we teach in university library technology courses? Part 1.
So, what do we teach in university library technology courses? Part 2.

 

 


Technophobia


This post focuses on ‘technophobia’ and talks about the author’s transition from someone afraid of emerging technologies to her appreciation of their uses for her as a professional. http://saucurriculumlib.wordpress.com/2010/10/11/technophobia-epidemic/

 

Adobe Acrobat isn’t really a blogging platform at all; it’s an application that allows you to make PDFs.  A “blogging platform,” or application that allows for online publishing or is specifically engineered to create it is a content management system.

Right, but I was thinking more in terms of multiple tools that promote self-publication, both in terms of content creation and content management. Sorry for not being clearer--I have found blogging and publishing in OA journals to be one of the biggest career boosters because it allows me to network and share. Would like to make sure other students can take advantage of those tools should they decide to.

 


Technophobia and ignorance of tech: Where is its place in librarianship?
Created in response to the “Technolust” category above and Kathryn’s mention that students are entering library school without a basic knowledge of even programs like Word and Excel.  This should also be addressed in “Library School Issues” below.

Is caution/technophobia ever warranted?  When and how?
“Cutting edge” versus “bleeding edge” technology in libraries
Previous technological advances that were not so helpful (microfilm, anyone?)
-Caution is probably necessary to a point because libraries may not have the budgets to implement all the new tech they want. However, as more stuff becomes freely available this is less of an issue. Teaching students not only how to use tech, but also how to evaluate its effectiveness, is vital.

 

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