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Social media allows you to scale up a core librarian practice-connecting your community to information and learning--across geographic boundaries, 24/7. Addressing "e;curation"e; as the term is used colloquially, this issue of Library Technology Reports draws from 17 in-depth interviews to show how libraries are using social media to collect, organize, share, and interpret-in short, how to tell a digital story to a specific audience. Additionally the authors use data, collected through an online survey that encompassed all library types, to offer a snapshot of this important "e;collecting-connecting-curating-contributing"e; practice. Also included is an annotated directory covering 66 tools for social media curation, organized by category with links to the websites.

Computers increasingly collect, manage, and analyze data for scholarly research. Linked data gives libraries the ability to support this e-research, making it a powerful tool. Libraries are at a tipping point in adoption of linked data, and this issue of Library Technology Reports explores current research in linked open data, explaining concepts and pioneering services, such asFive building blocks of metadata-data model, content rules, metadata schema, data serialization, and data exchangeThree case studies-Europeana, Digital Public Library of America, and BIBFRAMEHow libraries, archives and museums are currently addressing such issues as metadata quality, open data and business models, cross community engagement, and implementation

Explores the wide definition of accessibility for library patrons within the area of instruction. This report will encourage readers to think more critically about the technologies that faculty and staff use to address the needs of all patrons served.

Learning design librarian Amanda Clossen explores Pennsylvania State University Libraries' large-scale implementation of Springshare's LTI tool within Canvas. The report covers the technical aspects of implementation; strategies for embedding librarians within learning management systems; assessment efforts; and major roadblocks and pain points.

Sometimes it seems that there is nothing that you can do to protect your data. Luckily, there are strategies you can implement and actions you can take to reduce your risk. Using advice from security experts, this report discusses the difference between possible threats and likely risks. It also provides advice on how to make your own security plan.

Technology has changed the face of libraries and is continuing to change how we work and how we deliver services to our library customers. This issue of Library Technology Reports focuses on personal strategies you can follow to keep up with emerging technology trends and provides suggestions for how you can incorporate these trends into your library.

With new advances in sensor technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, computer vision, and more, we are now beginning to be able to monitor spaces in ways that were previously unthinkable. Jason Griffey explores these technologies and provides librarians and other interested parties with a look into what's possible in the current state of technology for smart library buildings.

While propriety software continues to dominate, open source solutions are presenting an alternative to libraries. This issue of Library Technology Reports provides an outline of the major open source integrated library systems and library services platforms and their influence on the broader library technology industry.

Demonstrates how to develop an evaluation framework for e-book collections using readily available quantitative data sources. This report will guide you through the quantitative analysis process and showcase that analysis methods can be developed for e-book collections regardless of the size of your library or equipment budget.

Offers a comprehensive overview of information visualization, including its definitions, major principles, and common techniques. Author Dr. Hsuanwei Michelle Chen provides an in-depth discussion and demonstration of how information visualization can be applied to a library setting.

Podcasts are experiencing a renaissance today. More high-quality programming is available for more diverse audiences than ever before. And in this report, Nicole Hennig provides a guide that includes some of the best educational, accessible, and diverse podcasts available for your library users.

With ideas for library programming and resources built for mobile devices, this Library Technology Report covers such topics as accessibility features in iOS and Android; apps that make your physical space and your content accessible to people with disabilities; how devices can work together to create an ecosystem; and using mobile devices to create content.

Academic librarians have long sought new ways to reach out to their users and support those users' research needs. Now, learning management system (LMS) embedded librarianship is partnering with faculty to deliver research assistance for students right in their LMS course sites. This title describes the LMS environment alongside the larger online resource environment of academic libraries.

In this Library Technology Report, Fons discusses actions for libraries to take with regard to content exposure systems, vocabularies, content metadata regimes, and system design approaches that will serve the convenience of the end user and thereby contribute to the long-term viability of libraries.

To get to the bottom of a successful approach to Electronic Resource Management (ERM), the author of this title interviewed staff at 11 institutions about their ERM implementations. Among her conclusions, presented in this issue of Library Technology Reports, is that grasping the intricacies of your workflow at the beginning is crucial to selecting and implementing an ERM.

Supplementing your local collection through resource sharing is a smart way to ensure your library has the resources to satisfy the needs of your users. Marshall Breeding's new Library Technology Report explores technologies and strategies for sharing resources, helping you streamline workflows and improve resource-sharing services.

Everyone agrees that innovation is a worthy aim, but what does innovation actually entail? And what does it mean for a library organisation? For this issue of Library Technology Reports, Jason Vaughan reviewed professional literature, both scholarly and mainstream, and surveyed library directors to learn their views on how technological innovation is impacting today's libraries.