Weekly Ed-Tech / Digital Scholarship Trends: March 6, 2013

SXSWedu

South by Southwest Edu (SXSWedu) is in full swing. Expect a spate of blogposts with the words “launch,” “game-changer,” “dynamic,” “app,” “tablet,” and “future” to burst forth on the web. You can follow along on Twitter and play bingo on your own.

(more…)

Continue ReadingWeekly Ed-Tech / Digital Scholarship Trends: March 6, 2013

3D Printers Won’t Kill Your Library

3d-printer

Some of the conversations about 3D printers in libraries seem to be more about a disagreement on what librarians do, and what services libraries provide, than on 3D printers. Should your library provide 3D printers? I’m not sure. I don’t work at your library. Each library is different. Each library serves a unique community. Hugh Rundle will say that 3D printers are a form of mission creep and will not save your library and R. David Lankes will say that Hugh is missing the point on 3D printers.

I agree that 3D printers won’t save your library, but they sure won’t kill it either. (more…)

Continue Reading3D Printers Won’t Kill Your Library