Emerging Technology Trends and the Library: The Future is Now

April 27, 2016

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Robots, drones and virtual reality … it sounds like we are living in the future, but this new technology is available here and now! Learn about the newest trends in library technology for 2016 and discover simple and budget-friendly ways to bring them to your library today.

Come learn about the emerging trends that will flourish in schools, homes and libraries in 2016. Discover e-health technology like fitness trackers or a mobile ECG that can fit in your pocket. Explore simple, quick and inexpensive ways to introduce coding and STEAM education into classrooms and children’s programming. Learn about how you can take your community on a realistic field trip, right from their library! Find out how these new trends can make life easier, foster interactive learning and bring excitement and fun to your library staff and community.

Learning Objectives

  1. Become familiar with popular tech trends and rapidly growing gadget segments.
  2. Discover practical and cost-effective methods to introduce these tech trends into your library.
  3. Learn to effectively present this new technology to your staff and patrons in a way that provides comfort, open-mindedness and excitement.
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DOWNLOADS & RESOURCES

Presentation Slides

Q&A Log

Additional Resources

Traveling Tech Lab

Grants Database

Presenter

Holly Klingler

Holly Klingler

Tech Crusader at Northeast Ohio Regional Library System (NEO-RLS)
As the Tech Crusader for The Northeast Ohio Regional Library System (NEO-RLS), Holly helps people learn to use and love technology! She takes her “Traveling Tech Lab” all around northeastern Ohio, and, through play and experimentation, helps library staff and patrons alike get comfortable with all that emerging tech can do for them. Holly has received accolades and awards for her tech blogging and for her instructional skills, including a 2015 Cool Tech Award from Inside Business magazine in Cleveland, OH for her “Emerging Techbits Podcast.”

Moderator

Janet Nelson

Janet Nelson

Janet is the former Director of Library Engagement and Solutions at Demco. She managed and developed relationships with key industry leaders to understand changing library trends and services.