[Web4lib] Kindles and Androids and Nooks (oh my!)

[Jesse Ephraim]

That's the problem with our profession as a whole - the tendency to view
change as "scary" and "overwhelming" (particularly if it involves
technology) rather than see such things as bright new opportunities and
chances for us to find new ways to be relevant to our patrons.  

Jesse Ephraim

Director, Roanoke Public Library
308 S. Walnut
Roanoke, Texas 76262
(817) 491-2691
jephraim at roanoketexas.com



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Brian Gray
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 7:10 PM
To: Norma Jean Hewlett
Cc: Publib; web4lib at webjunction.org
Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Kindles and Androids and Nooks (oh my!)

I think it is a "scary" because the information producers are heading
down a
road of technology, standards, and licenses that can actually leave
libraries out of the picture if librarians are not proactive in working
with
the information providers. It is also critical we take and make the
opportunities. Not all in the library profession are looking at e-books
this
way and feel it is safer for libraries if we protect the print world
that
most libraries flourish. The strategies be discussed by some are
protecting
what we have always done rather than adapting with the users we serve.

Brian Gray
mindspiral at gmail.com
bcg8 at case.edu


On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 7:21 PM, Norma Jean Hewlett
<hewlett at usfca.edu>wrote:

> Why is this scary?
>
> Technically challenging, yes, but it's an incredible opportunity to
share
> information.
>
> Jean Hewlett, MLIS
> University of San Francisco
>
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Robert Balliot <rballiot at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > The scary new road for librarians:
> >
> >
> >
>
http://bestofpublib.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/kindles-and-android-and-noo
ks-oh-my/
> >
> >
> > R. Balliot
> > http://oceanstatelibrarian.com/contact.htm
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