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Options for Libraries
•Does the library have enough power outlets?
•Does the library have enough work space near the power sources?
•How much bandwidth does your library have?
•Does your library checkout mobile devices?
•What are your computer lab policies?
•Can users listen to audio and video? Do you have webcams?
•Can users talk to participate in an online discussions?
•What is your Wifi policy? Is it available when the library isn’t open?
•Can users print from mobile devices?
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Creating Tech Savvy Staff
•Is your staff tech savvy?
•How many own a smart phone or other mobile device?
•How many of your staff know how to use their smart phone?
•How can you convert learning and training into job
performance?
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Technology Challenge
• Read a library or a technology blog
• Listen to a library podcast
• Check out a book from Circulation’s new self-checkout
machine
• Complete an online copyright tutorial
• Catalog some books on LibraryThing or Good
Reads
• Read an e-book with an Amazon Kindle
• Scan photos or copy them from a digital camera
and then burn them onto a CD
• Backup data
• Change computer settings
• Schedule meetings with Microsoft Outlook
• Create a page or comment on a page on the
library’s intranet wiki
• Use one of the library’s music databases to
listen to music
• Use WordPress or Blogger to create a blog
• Post a photo on a blog
• Use Feedly or Bloglines to subscribe to a blog or
news page using RSS
• Reserve and check out a digital camera,
camcorder, DVR, or slide scanner from the
multimedia lab and create something with it
• Convert media on the analog media racks
• Edit a family photograph using photo-editing
software
• Attend a class in the multimedia lab
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Creating Tech Savvy Staff
Do’s and Don’ts
• Do allow freedom to explore and play
• Do give staff time
• Do provide an incentive, give me them something they actually want
• Do participate: lack of management participation serious hinders staff
participation
• Don’t create scheduling conflicts, busy season
• Do focus on resources and tools used/provided by your library
• Don’t make it a one-time thing
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Creating Tech Savvy Staff
• Be sure to practice
intelligent use of
technology
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Library App
CMLibrary, the mobile app
for Charlotte Mecklenburg
Library, lets you locate and
search your library catalog
wherever you are.
http://cm.boopsie.com/