If you're looking for a quick wrap-up of stories and activities from the library world of last year, check out the LIS News Ten Stories That Shaped 2006 . There are a goodly number of technology-related happenings to take note of (or that update ongoing issues noted in the book). I especially liked the bonus quote in #6, and the link to a discussion of barriers that tech-savvy library staff.
To post occasional new thoughts or links to new developments in library technology. Want to see something more here? Do you have a suggestion for an addition to the book or a problem you'd like me to discuss? Please email me at techcompanion@gmail.com or add a comment to an existing post. Thanks!
John J. Burke is the director of the Gardner-Harvey Library on the Middletown
regional campus of Miami University. John holds an MSLS from the
University of Tennessee at Knoxville, and a BA in history from Michigan State
University. He is the author of the Neal-Schuman Library
Technology Companion: a Guide for Library Staff (5th edition, 2016) and Makerspaces: a Practical Guide for Librarians (2014).