Summary report of the ACRL webinar on emerging technologies in libraries. Reported to the University of Utah RLS Forum in May 2015 and the Marriott Library All-Staff meeting in June 2015.

1. Emerging Technologies
in Libraries
RLS Forum
May 7, 2015
Rebekah Cummings and Anne Morrow
Summary Report of ACRL Webinar on

2. SecurityandPrivacy
Password Systems
● LastPass
● Dashlane
● KeePass
● 1Password
● RoboForm
Privacy
● VPN (virtual private
network)
○ Private Internet
Access
○ CyberGhost
○ TorGuard
● Privacy-based
browsers
○ Tor
○ Epic
○ Comodo
UIT Knowledge Base
https://uofu.service-now.
com/cf/

4. Self / Micro Publishing

5. ○
Crowd*-ing
Crowd*-ing

6. Mobile

7. Wearables

8. 3-D Minecraft
Virtual Mission to Mars
Holographic computer
screens

9. HoloStudio
compatible with
3D Printer
Live demonstration at https:
//www.youtube.com/watch?
v=b6sL_5Wgvrg

10. Internet of Things

11. Library Beacons
● Circulation notifications
● Event notifications
● Shelving notifications
● Opt-in

12. Keeping up with Technology
● Library Journal
● Social Media
● Tech magazines and websites -
Gizmodo, Engadget, LifeHacker,
TechCrunch
● Tech sections of major news
sources - New York Times, Time
Magazine, BBC, CNN, The
Economist
● Technical conferences - session
topics
● Gaming conventions
● South by Southwest
● Google I/O - developer conference
from Google - pre-recorded
sessions online

13. Keeping up with technology
● Don’t try to know everything
● Take time in your current professional
reading schedule
● Focus on learning one tool at a time - learn
about it and play with it

14. Things we might want to take action
on...
● Imprint services
● Crowd*-ing
● Technology petting zoo
● Library beacons
● Expertise inventory

15. webinar archived at:
https://youtu.be/_mfa8JBYwrg