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Webinar Reminder: Confronting the future of public libraries
Public libraries now confront formidable challenges. The digital transformation of all media affects our resources, services, staff and programs, while changes in users and their needs, the growth of...
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From the “couldn’t have said it much better” file…
Last week ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) intern Lauren Vilbert and I attended the National Journal Policy Briefing: Technology 2012 and Beyond featuring two panels of...
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Join the Edge coalition for an update on the development of public access technology benchmarks that will help public libraries strengthen the quality, efficiency and effectiveness of public access...
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New report outlines power of disconnecting in knowledge economy
The American Library Association (ALA) Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) recommends that you improve your information diet. In a new report, Restoring Contemplation: How Disconnecting...
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Edge & libraries: putting community at the center
Guest blog post by Amelia Bryne, ALA OITP consultant, and Craig Gerhart, ICMA consultant. From 2011 to 2013, the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy and the International City/County...
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(Bene)tech as a leveler
Disability issues are a third rail in our public discourse. To “de-electrify” this rail is no simple task. It requires us to be critical of our own predilections and instincts. Here’s the problem:...
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