At the 2012 American Library Association (ALA) Midwinter Meeting, held January 20-24 in Dallas, LJ was on the exhibit floor taking a look at library tech companies’ latest wares. Here are a few of the highlights.
ALA Midwinter 2012 Tech Highlights: iPad Kiosks, Social Integration, Freading, and More
By on January 26, 2012
ALA Midwinter 2012: From Consumer Electronics Through Post-ILS, Top Tech Trends Run the Gamut
By on January 22, 2012
This morning’s Top Technology Trends (TTT) panel at the American Library Association Midwinter Meeting in Dallas, TX, attracted its usual large audience as speakers singled out topics like user expectations, analytics, systems integration, and data interoperability as areas for the library community to watch.
CES 2012: The Shapes of Things To Come
By on January 17, 2012
Square was in at the 2012 International CES, but a triangle—between content, devices, and connectivity—told the real story.
Visual Storytelling Site Cowbird
By on January 16, 2012
Telling a brief story around a single photograph seems like such a simple idea. Add to that a sharing element and you think: another clever web platform. But there’s a lot more to Cowbird.
SLJ’s Top Ten 2011: Technology
By on December 2, 2011
These picks aren’t so much about products, things you should run out and buy, but rather the overarching concepts that’ll potentially shape and be shaped by our collective imagination.
A New Website Promotes Libraries as Incubators of the Arts
By on November 30, 2011
A trio of library students in Wisconsin create a website they envision as a hub where librarians and artists can collaborate and, in the process, showcase their value to the rest of the world.
