Ten Top Technologies for 2008 with Michael Stephens

EI Program Calendar Audio Conference Tuesday, January 15, 2008 1:00 pm ET One Hour Member: $54.00 Non-Member: $74.00 What technologies and trends should librarians be watching? What's the next big thing as we move into 2008? Join librarian and Tame the Web blogger Michael Stephens for a discussion of ten technologies to be aware of in now and beyond. We'll touch on planning, people and participation as well. Who Should Participate? Any librarian interested in technology The Key Benefits For Participants: Current awareness for librarians from all types of libraries, will aid in planning for technology, etc. Michael Stephens Holding an MLS from Indiana University, Michael Stephens spent fifteen years in public libraries working as a reference librarian, technology trainer and manager of Networked Resources and Training at the St. Joseph County Public Library in South Bend, IN. His most recent position in the public library setting was as Special Projects Librarian, focusing on technology, policy and planning. In the fall of 2006, Michael joined the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at Dominican University in River Forest, IL as an Instructor. He is finishing up his IMLS funded Interdisciplinary PhD at the University of North Texas. Active in ALA, he has presented at library conferences locally, nationally and on the international level as well as workshops for libraries and library associations. In 2001, he published The Library Internet Trainer's Toolkit --a series of technology training modules in CD-ROM with Neal-Schuman Inc and in the U.K. with the British library Association in 2002. In 2005, he was named a Library Journal Mover and Shaker and served as a Scholar at the Chicago Public Library's Scholar in Residence program. He has written for Library Journal, co-authors a department in Computers in Libraries magazine with Rachel Singer Gordon, and currently writes for the ALA TechSource Blog and his own blog, Tame the Web. His Library Technology Report Best Practices for Social Software in Libraries was published by ALA TechSource in 2006. Developed for the Education Institute by Darlene Fichter’s Northern Lights Internet Solutions, Inc. in Saskatchewan