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How Did I Become the Computer Geek? The impact of social media and other technologies on library services . Bart Ragon University of Virginia . The Dark Ages…the Mid-1990s. “Help ! Help! I'm being repressed !”. Shift from print to electronic. Rise of the Computer Lab.
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How Did I Become the Computer Geek? The impact of social media and other technologies on library services Bart RagonUniversity of Virginia
The Dark Ages…the Mid-1990s “Help! Help! I'm being repressed!” Shift from print to electronic Rise of the Computer Lab CD-ROMs and Dialogue Database Training
A Ray of Light…2000 – 2005ish PDAs Wireless
Mid to Late 2000s….and then I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of static webpages suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear the web has changed.
How Did I Become the Computer Geek? You’ve always been the computer geek
What library skill doesn’t involve technology? So what’s next…
Back to our roots Be the information scientist
The semantic web is coming …in fact it’s almost here
Don’t be sad, but some thing will change One on one interactions will be less relevant Lit Searching will be less relevant Reference will be less relevant
Library of the Future Ontologiesstructuring data will become more essential Data deeper connections with researchers User Experiencemaking work easier for user populations Search Interfacesbuilding systems from multiple sources New Collaborationsnew skills means new opportunities EMR beyond the infobutton, better healthcare