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The list is out! 25 disruptive technologies in 2016

photo-1422207134147-65fb81f59e38The season of lists is beginning! I will not apologize for sharing them…. I find many in the library field love lists, so lets get started with this annual list that provides opportunity for some bigger picture thinking!

Stephen Abram blogs about library industry trends, innovation, and information. Recently, he shared this popular list of disruptive technologies, and indeed, reviewing this list is enlightening, and in some cases worrisome. I think number 2 is interesting to consider as we think about places where our library users can weigh in on services and materials.

See the full list here….

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Register for the Mid-Winter Library Unsymposium

Image retrieved online at Lake Superior Symposium 11/13/13.
Image retrieved online at Lake Superior Symposium 11/13/13.

The Lake Superior Libraries Symposium was created to help library staff develop enhanced professional networks and promote resource sharing and communication between organizations. Join library staff and technologists from Northwestern Wisconsin and Northeastern Minnesota this January at the Mid-Winter Unsymposium.