Emerging Technologies Librarian

Essential Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

for an Emerging Technologies Librarian

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Radniecki, 2013

Technology Development: Problem Definition, Data Collecting, Conceptual Design, Detailed Design, and Implementation.

She contends that new competencies must be defined and that “everyone who works in a

library must stay nimble and ready to receive new knowledge and skills” (Gutsche, 2010, p. 31)

Gutsche (2010) observed that an increasing number of positions in libraries are moving closer to the

technical end of the scale and that consequently technology competencies are starting to comprise an “ever growing piece of the performance pie,

impacting every job in the library” (p. 30).

“Successful librarians in the Web 2.0 world (and beyond) need to be aware of, and have some fundamental understanding of, the emerging technology—what is available and what it can do and how to make it do what is needed—but they do not need to be IT professionals per se”(Partridge, 2010).

Technology & Librarians

Creativity & Innovation

“Technology & Librarians

BUDGETING

Budget- "Finding Funding to (keep a library technologically fit)

and maintain other library services

desired by our users tests our creativity & ingenuity. Being an effective steward of funds & balancing all your user's needs and wants against available resources will be one ongoing challenge" Evans & Alire 457.

Job Duties

Survey

Radniecki, 2013

PLANNING & MANAGE TECHNOLOGY

Technology planning is more than about hardware and software; it requires understanding the organization, its purpose(s), and its customers" Evans & Alire 466.

Mackenzie (2007) suggest that Library 2.0 has forever changed the “library brand.” Libraries are no longer about books or even information. Instead, libraries are about “facilitating people to participate, interact, and create, to provide the means for that to happen” (p.120).

Technology & Patrons

“Technology has changed the expectations of library patrons; people today expect to be able to find and access information from wherever they are” (Rendon, 2014).

“Technology & Patrons

Team Building, Team Work,

& Teams

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LEADERSHIP

Radniecki, 2013

Drive the Library Forward,

Manage Change,

Develop the Vision for the Library. E&A 325

Organization Direction

OR Visions

that is EXCITING, REALISTIC & DOABLE. E& A 321

ORAL

New Ideas, Changes, & Innovation are essential for the library.

WRITTEN

EFFECTIVE LISTENING

ORAL

WRITTEN

ORAL

WRITTEN

"To Survive, Libraries must embrace technology in all its form" (Evans & Alire 457).

EFFECTIVE LISTENING

WRITTEN

“To survive today, libraries must embrace technology in almost all its forms” (Evans & Alire, 457).

Technology & Libraries

A Study on Emerging Technologies

Librarian Positions

Communication?

CONCLUSION

Presented by

Brittany M. Garcia

SJSU

Libr. 204-11

Spring, 2015