Many librarians get freaked out when they hear about adding technology to their library system. Many just shut down completely when something totally new (in the form of technology) is thrown at them. Their initial reaction is to put up a wall and claim that they don't have time to learn or incoporate this new technology into the library.
Technology isn't scary stuff, especially when baby steps are taken towards incorporating it into the library setting. According to the article entitled
Online Cool on a Budget, there are new online tools that make it easy to bring technology about. The authors offer very basic, but dynamic ways of becoming tech-savy within our libraries. The authors suggest starting a blog or getting a flickr account or even just upload a google map to the library's website. Almost all of the online tools mentioned in this article are free, and all of them are very easy and user-friendly. We have come so far from the old librarian with a bun and glasses who shushes everyone. Why not continue to change the face of the modern librarian by incorporating web technology?
