http://tametheweb.com/2007/03/09/ten-tech-trends-for-librarians-2007/ Libraries, Technology and People by Michael Stephens Thu, 24 May 2012 02:45:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://tametheweb.com/2007/03/09/ten-tech-trends-for-librarians-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Cliff Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:34:13 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/wordpress/?p=158#comment-8 What an excellent, EXCELLENT summary of the movement in Library 2.0. Well done!!! What an excellent, EXCELLENT summary of the movement in Library 2.0. Well done!!!

]]> http://tametheweb.com/2007/03/09/ten-tech-trends-for-librarians-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Max Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:49:08 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/wordpress/?p=158#comment-7 So what I want to know is - where do you find the time to write this? :-) So what I want to know is – where do you find the time to write this?

]]> http://tametheweb.com/2007/03/09/ten-tech-trends-for-librarians-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-6 Kathryn Deiss Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:30:17 +0000 http://tametheweb.com/wordpress/?p=158#comment-6 Great post, Michael! You said: ""We can all be trendspotters. We can all watch for trends that impact not only the profession but our specfic communities and user groups." and that is the key -- we cannot prophecy or predict the future but we can discover what is going on for our users: what is making them work differently, what are they using as helpmates, how do they perceive their future work, what is exciting to them, what is easy for them, what is hard for them. If we ask them about their work and not about what they need from the library we will find out where we can intersect with their lives and bring forward useful products, services, and dialogues. Great post, Michael! You said: “”We can all be trendspotters. We can all watch for trends that impact not only the profession but our specfic communities and user groups.” and that is the key — we cannot prophecy or predict the future but we can discover what is going on for our users: what is making them work differently, what are they using as helpmates, how do they perceive their future work, what is exciting to them, what is easy for them, what is hard for them. If we ask them about their work and not about what they need from the library we will find out where we can intersect with their lives and bring forward useful products, services, and dialogues.

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