Archive for the 'Library Trends' Category

Future Tech Trends

Posted by John on July 21st, 2006

Ran across this slide presentation entitled Future Tech Trends for Public Libraries by Sarah Houghton. Covers some very interesting ground concerning the future of library provided computers and OPACS.
Sarah Houghton is the e-Services Librarian for Marin County Free Library, President of the California Library Association’s Information Technology Section, serves on LITA’s Top […]

Why OPACs Suck

Posted by John on July 7th, 2006

In the library world OPAC stand for On-line Patron Access Catalog, which is a fancy term for computerized card catalog. MPL will be updating our OPAC in the next few months and I have been doing some research on the topic. One of the more interesting article I found was How OPACs Suck […]

Utne Reader article on Public Libraries

Posted by John on November 16th, 2005

The Utne Reader ran an article last summer on how public libraries have sold themselves out to technology. Makes for some thought provoking reading.