“For the full potential of the Internet of Things to be realized, however, cloud computing is fundamental. The whole idea behind the connected objects is that the data they collect is mostly streamed online, so that applications can gather, parse, and act on this data efficiently….The cloud is the natural home for these applications.”
via The cloud is fundamental to the Internet of Things | TechRepublic.
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“The Raspberry Pi is a wonderful little computer that fits in the palm of your hand, yet packs enough power to run your home media center, a VPN, and a lot more. Before you can do anything awesome, however, you need to configure it and install an operating system.”
via A Beginner’s Guide to DIYing with the Raspberry Pi | Lifehacker
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A Librarian’s Guide to Makerspaces: 16 Resources – iLibrarian | The Modern MLIS
Manufacturing Makerspaces | American Libraries Magazine – The Modern MLIS
A Librarian’s Guide to Makerspaces: 16 Resources – iLibrarian.
“Makerspaces, sometimes also referred to as hackerspaces, hackspaces, and fablabs are creative, DIY spaces where people can gather to create, invent, and learn. In libraries they often have 3D printers, software, electronics, craft and hardware supplies and tools, and more. Here are some excellent resources for anyone thinking about setting up a makerspace in their organization.”
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Manufacturing Makerspaces | American Libraries Magazine – The Modern MLIS
Apps
Free Software for Libraries Ideas Exchange – iLibrarian
50 Great Mobile Apps for Librarians – Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog
Technology
Internet Librarian: Speed Technology Dating – Librarian in Black (30 technology recommendations – from Raspberry Pi to Liquid Space)
How to Create Your Own Knowledge Base – iLibrarian
Library Now! Google now technology applied to libraries? – Musings about Librarianship
What To Do with a Raspberry Pi (The New $35 Computer That Could Replace Your Opac Terminals) – The Digital Shift
Digitally Embedding the Law Library – Ellyssa Kroski
Web Design and Websites
Responsive Web Design and Libraries – iLibrarian
Transforming the Library Website: You and the IT Crowd – iLibrarian
Blogging Mega-post: 21 Resources for Tips, Strategies, and Content Ideas – iLibrarian
10 Essential Tools for the Lean Web Developer – Mashable
Emerging Technologies in Libraries…02.19.13 « The Proverbial Lone Wolf Librarian’s Weblog
Slide presentation which covers digital delivery of products (such as library websites on mobile devices), gamification, cloud computing and makerspaces. Ideas including “third places,” massive online open courses (MOOCs) and hackathons are also highlighted.
SLJ’s Top 10 Tech: 2012 | The Digital Shift
Trends include curation for discoverability, online open courses, flipping and makerspaces.
We practiced flipping in my Emerging and Innovative Technologies LIS class. Through flipping I have increased my ability in critical thinking, assessment and evaluation, but this method did make the class more burdensome on the students to generate discussion in class and complete required readings before class.
These are all great ideas but I particularly like “use crowdsourcing to create a collection.” With this initiative you can invite employees and patrons/visitors to participate and the collection can have a local or community focus as a result.
10 Great Technology Initiatives for Your Library | American Libraries Magazine.
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THE TECH SET® #1-10 – Edited by Ellyssa Kroski from ALA TechSource
The newest TECH SET® offers 10 guides to today’s best library technologies – ALAnews
Your Database Is Probably Terrible | TechCrunch.
Quoteable: “So the database(s) you’re using at your workplace? They’re probably not the best available; in fact, they’re probably pretty bad, relatively speaking; and that’s probably not going to change anytime soon. It’s food for thought the next time you expect some new technology to thoroughly revolutionize the world just because it’s better than all its competition. Most of the world doesn’t want to be revolutionized. Most of the world likes its databases just fine. You can’t convince them to change; you have to drive them to it.”
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Best Databases 2012 – Library Journal
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