A Model for Evaluating Emerging Technologies in a Library Setting
Jennifer Koerber
THE MODEL
Source of Information > Discovery! > Questions/Brainstorming > Research> More Questions/Brains> Acquisition> Pilot/Trial> Feedback > Roll Out at Scale
These steps “Keep a Light Pulse” and you will experience repetitive “re-discovery!”
- Tech News
- The Verge
- CINET
- Endadget
- Gizmag
- Gizmodo
- Tech Crunch
- Kickstarter technology project
- ZDnet
- ArsTechnica
- Slashdot
- Hacker News on yCombinator.com
- Mainstream Resources
- Buzzfeed
- LifeHacker,
- Mind/Shift
- Slate
- NPR
- CityLab
- The Atlantic, Economist (esp Tech Quarterly), NYT, WSJ, WP
- Library and Nonprofit Resources
- NTN (nonprofit technology network)
- ALA transforming
- Chronicle of Higher Ed
- PEW internet of life
- ALA tech source
- Government Agencies
- Library of the Future
CONFERENCE (Technology)
You can attend or Ghost Conferences - if you look at the Panel and Session description you can get the Buzzwords and do the search on your own.
- CES
- E3
- DEW
- GDV
- NTC
- TecHomeX
- WWDC
- Google I/O
- Defcon
Word of Mouth & Real Life
- Peers
- Staff
- Other Libraries
- Social Media
- Community Meetings
- Family & Friends
- Window Shopping
RESEARCH AT WORK:
Shows that professional development and staff technology proficiency are management priorities (reference, research, technology).
VR (refer to previous post )
Staying Aware of Technology Trends even -
if we can not buy or implement it we can try !
Slides available at www.jenniferkoerber.com
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