Technology has changed the face of libraries and is continuing to change how we work and how we deliver services to customers. In fact, the past few years have pushed us, and in some cases made us scramble, to discover and experiment with new technologies and tools, to train our staff and community, and to look for new ways of doing our core activities. This presentation introduces emerging technology trends and how some trends are reshaping library services. Learn what trends to look for, find out the difference between a technology trend and a fad, and get ideas on how your library can respond to technologies as they emerge.

Presented by: David Lee King, Digital Services Director at Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, Speaker & Author at davidleeking.com

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Examples of Emerging Tech in Libraries

• Telehealth at the library
• Public Libraries and Public Health: Partners for Community Health, WebJunction webinar, references telehealth at Pottsboro Library and Community of Practice for Telehealth at the Library
• Launch of Telehealth Kiosk and Device Loaning Initiative Pilot at Delaware Libraries, and Delaware Journal of Public Health - Public Libraries and Public Health
• In Hawaii, Department of Health to bring health/digital navigators and telehealth support services to underserved communities
• Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR)
• The Future Is Now: Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality in Public Libraries, WebJunction webinar
• How Maryland Libraries Are Using Virtual and Augmented Reality (and How Your Library Can Too) 
  
• Virtual Reality in Public Libraries, University of Washington Information School, 2019
• The New York Public Library Opens a ‘Virtual Branch’ on Instagram to Launch #NYPLSummerBookshelf, A Reading Recommendation Project Using Augmented Reality Technology
• VR/AR and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
  
• Current and Potential Uses of AR/VR for Equity and Inclusion
• Doing the Work Externally and Internally: Race, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, WebJunction webinar, references:
• My Life Experience Mobile Empathy Lab, Richland Library, SC
• My Life Experience Mobile Empathy Lab Software & Equipment (doc)
• From Empathy and Virtual Reality to Math Escape Rooms: The Award Winning Work at the Norman North Library!
• VR/AR and Seniors
• Connecting Seniors Through Virtual Reality, Milton Public Library
• VR/AR and Climate awareness
• UW, Seattle Public Library, Seattle Public Utilities collaboration uses VR goggles to visualize sea level rise in Seattle
• Hearst Television Investigation: Virtual reality increasingly used to convey climate urgency
• VR/AR and Mental Health
• Seattle Public Library Helps Teens Explore Mental Health with Virtual Reality
• Three Libraries Work with Teens to Pilot VR Program for Mental Health, Library Journal
• Esports
• Pottsboro library maintains social distancing with drive-in video games, mentioned in WebJunction webinar, Opportunity Out of Adversity: Digital Access in Rural and Small Libraries

Additional links shared in chat

• How to Spot Fake Reviews on Amazon, Wired, 2022
  
• We have to close the digital divide. That means internet access for everyone, CNN, 2021
• Affordable Connectivity Program for subsidies/low prices based on income
• Tech to Go program at the Kansas City Public Library
• Mentor Public Library on YouTube, presenters can agree to allow the library to post video recordings of their presentations. Lots of history programming.
• The Kansas City Public Library posts recordings of Signature Events and smaller online events on YouTube
• Patrons use The Kansas City Public Library Community Connections rooms for all sorts of video meetings (telehealth and telecourt)
• More info on Digital Navigators, see also WebJunction webinar, Growing Digital Equity Through Community Partnerships
• AARP's Senior Planet program
• Tech Access, a free service provided by the Kansas City Public Library to help patrons learn how to use technology and other digital tools in their day-to-day lives.
  
• MediaWise
• Hear the News? Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Will Be Available This Fall, MSN, 2022
• Quick Courses to Sharpen Your Privacy Skills, Library Freedom Project
  
• Tesla owner has a heart attack, Autopilot saves his life, TweakTown, 2020
• Regarding drones and libraries: Looking at Libraries: Biblo Toyen, Norway
• Heads up, gamers! Your library card will soon get you into the state’s first public esports hub, libraries in esports partnerships in Hawaii
• Greece Public Library, 3D Print Request
• Prioritizing Accessibility and Disability Inclusion at Your Library, WebJunction, 2019
• Making the Web Accessible, W3C
• Top Tech Tidbits, adaptive technologies
  
• CNET tech news and TechCrunch
• The U.S. Government Finally Gets Serious About IoT Security, IEEE Spectrum, 2021
• Ars Technica is great for tech news
• 10 For Today from Flipboard