1. Technology in the
Mooresville Public
Library
Crystal Bandel
S603, Summer II 2012

2. Finding the right person to interview
❖ “Technology librarian”
❖ IT Coordinator?
❖ Technical Services Librarian?
❖ Referred to:
❖ Youth Services Assistant (helps with programming
and setting up computers for children to use)
❖ Adult/Teen Program Coordinator (helps with
reference, databases, and OverDrive)
❖ Indiana Room Librarian (in charge of local history
and genealogy room, blogs, YouTube, etc.)
❖ Youth Services Director and Teen Librarian (blogs)

3. Kinds of technology discussed
❖ Hardware ❖ Software
❖ Windows 7 PCs ❖ Databases
❖ AWE Student Learning ❖ Blogs
Centers ❖ Book and program
❖ iPad for programs trailers on YouTube
❖ Nook for lending ❖ OverDrive
❖ Netbooks for lending ❖ Facebook and Twitter
❖ VoIP phones ❖ GoodReads
❖ Digital microfilm ❖ Pinterest
scanner
❖ RFIDs and self-check
out

4. Book and program trailers
❖ What are book trailers?
❖ Genres and ages
❖ How are they made?
❖ What are program trailers?
❖ How are they made?
❖ Trailer soundtrack music
❖ Some of the songs are available on the YouTube channel.

5. Mooresville PL trailer statistics
❖ Have been making book trailers since January 2010.
❖ 166 in many subgenres.
❖ A mixed success in terms of views and check-outs.
❖ Teresa Jacobsen mentioned the mystery/drama book trailer
playlist in the July 2012 issue of Library Journal.
❖ Jaconsen mentions that the “delightful book trailers” “take
readers’ advisory to the next level.”
❖ Added program trailers in August 2010.
❖ Currently have 49, from adults’ to children’s programs.

6. Other videos and statistics
❖ Early literacy videos began in September 2011.
❖ What are they?
❖ Currently have 44.
❖ Most watched video (Animal Alphabet) has 21,000+ hits.
❖ “Cavalcade of Local Talent”
❖ “Treasure Trove (Local History)”
❖ Promoting the library in general.
❖ 300 videos, 150,000 views, 56 subscribers.
❖ Most videos have 100+ views, with some in the thousands.

7. Video-related hardware and the future
❖ One digital camera for staff use.
❖ iPad and smartphones in programs.
❖ Skype availability in computer lab.
❖ Long-range goals for a media lab.
❖ Macs, cameras, video-editing software.
❖ Not short-term due to budget.
❖ Touch-screen AWEs for children.

8. Advice for us as future librarians
❖ Knowledge of technology may not be centralized under one
position.
❖ Don’t be afraid to try something strange or different, like book
and program trailers.
❖ User demographics may influence what technologies you
pursue.
❖ Know about budgets and cycles for replacing technology.

9. Sources consulted
❖ Buckley, W. (2012, June 21). Sti! your source for Mooresvi!e, Indiana history.
Retrieved July 20, 2012, from http://mplindianaroom.blogspot.com/2012/06/still-
your-source-for-mooresville.html
❖ Le Chat, C. (2012, July 16). Book trailers bring out the mystery on your bookshelf.
Retrieved July 20, 2012, from http://mplcatseyeview.blogspot.com/2012/07/
readers-of-library-journal-are.html
❖ Mooresville Public Library (n.d.). Mooresvi!e Public Library: featured videos.
Retrieved July 20, 2012, from http://www.youtube.com/user/MPL46158
❖ Mooresville Public Library (n.d.). Mooresvi!e Public Library staff. Retrieved July
2012, 2012, from http://www.mooresvillelib.org/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=11&Itemid=24
❖ Personal interviews with Kate Meador, Jaymi Edwards, and William Buckley,
conducted July 12, 2012.