Comments on: planning for tech workshop @ IL 2005 http://www.walkingpaper.org/213 A library design consultancy, shop and blog by Aaron Schmidt Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:25:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: aaron http://www.walkingpaper.org/213/comment-page-1#comment-172 aaron Sun, 06 Nov 2005 21:09:58 +0000 http://walkingpaper.org/wordpress/213#comment-172 Meredith, Sure, I’ll admit it is a skewed group of people. However, I’m sure that if I would have asked this question 2 years ago, there wouldn’t have been 100% saturation. My point here is that progress has been made with wifi, so interest will continue on to more small/rural libraries soon. the “getting the info to the people” issue certainly is important, but perhaps a bit different. Meredith,

Sure, I’ll admit it is a skewed group of people. However, I’m sure that if I would have asked this question 2 years ago, there wouldn’t have been 100% saturation. My point here is that progress has been made with wifi, so interest will continue on to more small/rural libraries soon.

the “getting the info to the people” issue certainly is important, but perhaps a bit different.

]]> By: meredith http://www.walkingpaper.org/213/comment-page-1#comment-171 meredith Sun, 06 Nov 2005 21:09:42 +0000 http://walkingpaper.org/wordpress/213#comment-171 It’s very cool, but I don’t know if it’s all that encouraging that people attending Internet Librarian all work at libraries with wifi. You’re speaking to an audience that obviously is interested enough in technology to come and/or who have employers smart enough to send them. The questions is, how to we reach the librarians: 1. whose libraries don’t have wifi 2. who don’t live in metropolitan areas 3. whose libraries don’t have the budget to travel to out of state conferences and 4. who don’t know/care about technology or what it can do for them and their patrons. I see a lot of that in Vermont (even in academia). How do we get the message out to these folks who don’t read blogs, aren’t really that interested in technology, and can’t get to conferences outside of VT? Still wish I were there, though :( Have fun!!! It’s very cool, but I don’t know if it’s all that encouraging that people attending Internet Librarian all work at libraries with wifi. You’re speaking to an audience that obviously is interested enough in technology to come and/or who have employers smart enough to send them. The questions is, how to we reach the librarians:

1. whose libraries don’t have wifi
2. who don’t live in metropolitan areas
3. whose libraries don’t have the budget to travel to out of state conferences
and 4. who don’t know/care about technology or what it can do for them and their patrons.

I see a lot of that in Vermont (even in academia). How do we get the message out to these folks who don’t read blogs, aren’t really that interested in technology, and can’t get to conferences outside of VT?

Still wish I were there, though :( Have fun!!!

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