Technology Innovation in Academic Libraries: Rocking the Boat or Unfurling the Sails?
Session Format: Panel Session
Track: Libraries and the Imagination
Theme: Rocking the Boat (innovations)

Saturday, March 31    8:00 AM - 9:00 AM    

Session Number/Code: PN
Room:  Baltimore Convention Center – 309

Presenter(s):
  • Mary  Mallery 
     Associate Dean for Technical Services, Montclair State University 
  • Nancy Davenport
    TBD, TBD 
  • Eric  Schnell 
     Associate Professor, Ohio State University 
  • Jim  Robertson 
     Director of University Web Services, New Jersey Institute of Technology 

Mary Mallery  Jim Robertson 
Program Description:
Panelists will discuss from the different perspectives of technology innovator, administrator and user:

  • The benefits and disadvantages of introducing disruptive technologies;
  • Successful methods for fostering technology innovation in libraries; and
  • Best practices for planning and implementing innovations in libraries.


Learning Objectives
  • Identify models for successful technology innovation in libraries;
  • Describe the benefits and disadvantages of introducing disruptive technologies; and
  • Define best practices for planning and implementing innovations in libraries.