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Category Archives: Library
Blockchain: Merits, Issues, and Suggestions for Compelling Use Cases
* This post was also published in ACRL TechConnect.*** Blockchain holds a great potential for both innovation and disruption. The adoption of blockchain also poses certain risks, and those risks will need to be addressed and mitigated before blockchain becomes … Continue reading
Posted in Coding, Library, Technology
Tagged bitcoin, blockchain, distributed ledger technology, DLT
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From Need to Want: How to Maximize Social Impact for Libraries, Archives, and Museums
At the NDP at Three event organized by IMLS yesterday, Sayeed Choudhury on the “Open Scholarly Communications†panel suggested that libraries think about return on impact in addition to return on investment (ROI). He further elaborated on this point by … Continue reading
Posted in Librarianship, Library, management, Usability, user experience
Tagged archives, change, d4d, design thinking, digital collection, goal, impact, innovation, libraries, museums, ndpthree, social entrepreneurship, ux
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How to Price 3D Printing Service Fees
** This post was originally published in ACRL TechConnect on May. 22, 2017.*** Many libraries today provide 3D printing service. But not all of them can afford to do so for free. While free 3D printing may be ideal, it … Continue reading
Posted in Library, management, Technology, user experience
Tagged 3d printer, 3d printing, budget, charge, cost, funding, makerspace, service fees, sustainability, user experience, ux
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Post-Election Statements and Messages that Reaffirm Diversity
These are statements and messages sent out publicly or internally to re-affirm diversity, equity, and inclusion by libraries or higher ed institutions. I have collected these – some myself and many others through my fellow librarians. Some of them were … Continue reading
Posted in Diversity, Librarianship, Library, management
Tagged college, communication, diversity, election, equity, higher ed, inclusion, Library, university
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Cybersecurity, Usability, Online Privacy, and Digital Surveillance
** This post was originally published in ACRL TechConnect on May. 9, 2016.*** Cybersecurity is an interesting and important topic, one closely connected to those of online privacy and digital surveillance. Many of us know that it is difficult to … Continue reading
Posted in Library, Technology, Usability, user experience, Web
Tagged data security, digital freedom, encryption, Internet, password, soc 2, tor
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Three Recent Talks of Mine on UX, Data Visualization, and IT Management
I have been swamped at work and pretty quiet here in my blog. But I gave a few talks recently. So I wanted to share those at least. I presented about how to turn the traditional library IT department and its operation that … Continue reading
Posted in ALA, Library, presentation, Technology, Usability, user experience
Tagged code4lib, Data Visualization, IT, management, ux
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Near Us and Libraries, Robots Have Arrived
** This post was originally published in ACRL TechConnect on Oct. 12, 2015.*** The movie, Robot and Frank, describes the future in which the elderly have a robot as their companion and also as a helper. The robot monitors various activities … Continue reading
From Programmable Biology to Robots and Bitcoin – New Technology Frontier
A while ago, I gave a webinar on the topic of the new technology frontier for libraries. This webinar was given for the South Central Regional Library Council Webinar Series. I don’t get asked to pick technologies that I think … Continue reading
Posted in Library, presentation, Technology
Tagged drone, emerging technologies, future, gamificaiton, synbio, synthetic biology, webinar
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Libraries Meet the Second Machine Age
Below is my closing keynote, “Libraries Meet the Second Machine Age” given for the 2015 Library Technology Conference on March 19, 2015 at St. Paul, MN. I want to send big thanks to the conference steering committee who invited me … Continue reading