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Note from Michael: Here’s an example of student work from this past school year. This post got lost in TTW drafts – Sorry Red! 🙂 Megan Bergeron, or Red as she prefers to be called, currently works in retail and is working on her Master’s degree in Library […]

Adventures in 3D Printing – A TTW Guest Post by ...

This entry was posted in Student Voices Technology on June 3, 2017 by Michael Stephens

Project Information Literacy (PIL) has just shared the Information Literacy’s latest “Smart Talk” interview with Craig Watkins a leading thinker on social media, connected learning and youth. In the interview, Craig says: “While schools do not always suffer from a lack of technology, they consistently suffer from a lack of […]

Connected Learning: Project Information Literacy Interviews S. Craig Watkins

This entry was posted in Education Libraries Technology and tagged School Libraries on March 17, 2015 by Michael Stephens

NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Higher Education Edition

This entry was posted in Education Technology and tagged Teaching & Learning Technology Trends on February 3, 2014 by Michael Stephens

Visions of the future: http://www.miamistudent.net/news/google-glass-gives-miami-visions-of-future-1.3073029#.UlHDnBZQGIk Waller was one of 8,000 “glassholes” selected to be among the first to play with the new gadget, with the winning tweet: “MT @glennplatt: #ifihadglass my students and I would show that learning is everywhere. We’d help lead our university redefine higher ed.” An innovation […]

News: Jen Waller, Miami Ohio Librarian, and Google Glass

This entry was posted in Technology and tagged Technology Trends on October 6, 2013 by Michael Stephens

Yesterday I was reading Breaking Up With Libraries by Nina McHale. I had a few thoughts. First and foremost, I was bummed that our profession was losing such an amazing and talented person. Nina has done amazing work for libraries and she will be sorely missed in this field. Secondly, […]

Hire awesome people, make rad stuff (by TTW Contributor Justin ...

This entry was posted in Technology TTW Contributor: Justin Hoenke Websites & Resources and tagged Awesome Create DIY drupal Hire Hiring Innovate Justin Hoenke Librarian Libraries Library Library Websites Make websites on June 13, 2013 by Michael Stephens

Don’t miss this by Brian Kenney: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/56190-giving-them-what-they-should-want.html That strategy seems to represent a new chapter in a debate public librarians in America have had for 150 years: should we be providing our readers with the material they want, or should we be providing books we think they should read? Because, […]

Meeting Reader Expectations for Content – Giving Them the E-Books ...

This entry was posted in Librarians, Libraries & the Profession Technology and tagged E-Books on March 5, 2013 by Michael Stephens

http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/trade-shows-events/article/54958-the-p-l-sheet-ala-preview-2012.html Brian Kenney writes his first Publishers Weekly column: What do I want to come in 2013? What I want is simple: more chaos. I have no interest in trying to replicate our old print models or owning e-books. I’m enough of a librarian to want someone out there to […]

If you read anything about e-books this winter, read this…

This entry was posted in Technology and tagged E-Books on December 4, 2012 by Michael Stephens

Only When…

This entry was posted in Technology on November 24, 2012 by Michael Stephens

The most democratic book project I know is about to relaunch – Here is an article I wrote for the German library magazine BUB as member of the Zukunftentwicklers network – With a few corrections because a lot has happened with Unglue.it since the deadline: What is crowd funding and what does it mean […]

Unglue: Giving books to the world by crowd funding ...

This entry was posted in Information Professionals Technology TTW Contributors and tagged E-Books Library Innovators on October 14, 2012 by Michael Stephens

The Pierce County Library System has a mobile catalog for your mobile device. Now you can take us wherever you go!

Take Your Library With You

This entry was posted in Technology Websites & Resources and tagged Library Websites Location Mobile on September 14, 2012 by Michael Stephens