Michael Sauers is currently the Director of Technology for Do Space in Omaha, NE. Michael has been training librarians in technology for the past twenty years and has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller since earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and his fourteenth book, Emerging Technologies: A Primer for Librarians (w/ Jennifer Koerber) was published in May 2015 and more books are on the way. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs The Collector’s Guide to Dean Koontz Web site, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
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3 Replies to “What students want, and don’t, when it comes to tech”
I wonder what changes the numbers make over the last decade or so. I wonder if they are cooling to e-books or it’s just taken this long to get this warm to them.
Would you say they prefer full on laptops to tablets?
Personally, I’m still for the full-blown laptop because I want a nice reliable keyboard, over a tablet. (Yes I know you can get bluetooth keyboards but they only work until they don’t.) I’m currently on a Toshiba Utrabook and I’d put that up against any tablet. (Also, I prefer full programs over apps for most of what I do. i.e. Office.)
I wonder what changes the numbers make over the last decade or so. I wonder if they are cooling to e-books or it’s just taken this long to get this warm to them.
Would you say they prefer full on laptops to tablets?
Personally, I’m still for the full-blown laptop because I want a nice reliable keyboard, over a tablet. (Yes I know you can get bluetooth keyboards but they only work until they don’t.) I’m currently on a Toshiba Utrabook and I’d put that up against any tablet. (Also, I prefer full programs over apps for most of what I do. i.e. Office.)