Keeping current with emerging technologies
For librarians and educators
Librarians: Become an Expert in Mobile Apps for Education with These Courses
Are you the type of person who prefers to learn at your own pace? And do you want to improve your expertise in mobile technologies for education? If so, then these self-study versions of my online courses are a good choice for you. I teach other courses on specific...
Become a Power Searcher: Using Internet Search Tools Effectively
90-minute workshop, Wed., Jan. 24, 2018 2:30pm Eastern | 1:30 Central | 12:30 Mountain | 11:30am Pacific (You'll get a recording if you are unable to watch it live). Sign up now — ALA Store Everyone knows how to dash off a quick Google search, but do you know how to...
25 ideas for using mobile apps in library services
In my online course, “Apps for Librarians,” one of the assignments is to participate in a brainstorming activity about this topic. Librarians in my course are from many types of libraries (public, academic, school, and special), and this list is based on ideas they...
Is it safe to use a password manager to keep track of your passwords?
What is a password manager? A password manager is an app that remembers your passwords, so you don't have to. You only need to remember one master password for opening the app to get access to all of your saved passwords. Most password manager apps also: generate...
New book: Keeping Up with Emerging Technologies: Best Practices for Information Professionals
Learn the best methods for keeping up (no matter what new technology is trending) There are many books and articles written for librarians about specific emerging technologies, but it’s hard to find a comprehensive resource for the best methods for keeping up and...
Cyber Security and Privacy: July 6 webinar
If you read today’s headlines about security breaches, you might be thinking of going back to fax machines and snail mail. Or you might be assuming that privacy is dead and we may as well get used to it (and you have nothing to hide, right?) While there is no such...
Best Podcasts for Diverse Audiences: ebook set
Best Podcasts for Diverse Audiences Do you love podcasts? I do. There are so many new, fun, inspiring, educational, and diverse podcasts that it can be hard to find the best ones! I thoroughly enjoyed creating this ebook set -- a guide to some excellent podcasts. You...
Keeping Up with Emerging Technologies: Best Practices for Information Professionals
I've just submitted the manuscript for my next book, Keeping Up with Emerging Technologies: Best Practices for Information Professionals. It will be published by Libraries Unlimited in 2017. Methods, not specific technologies There are many books and articles written...
Podcasts for diverse audiences
Are there many podcasts by and for people other than white male techno-geeks? That's something I looked into when writing the report, "Podcast literacy: recommending the best educational, diverse, and accessible podcasts for library users" (coming in 2017 from ALA...
Podcast literacy: recommending the best educational, diverse, and accessible podcasts for library users
This summer I'm working on a new report that will be part of ALA's Library Technology Reports series. I'm looking forward to doing the research on this -- podcasts are booming! Here's the Table of Contents -- let me know if you have more ideas for what to include....