• About Michael Sauers

    Michael Sauers is currently the Technology Innovation Librarian for the Nebraska Library Commission in Lincoln, Nebraska and has been training librarians in technology for more than 15 years. He has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller. He earned his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany’s School of Information Science and Policy. Michael’s eleventh book, Semantic Web Technologies and Social Searching for Librarians was published May 2012 and has two more books on the way. He has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, runs Web sites for authors and historical societies, takes many, many photos, and reads more than 100 books a year.

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    Ebooks leave librarians out of work

    by  • May 14, 2013 • ebooks, Libraries • 0 Comments

    This story is from China. First, I doubt it’s that simple and second, what is the definition of “librarian” in this context? Are we talking trained individuals with degrees or clerks that fetch books? Ebooks might be convenient, but they come at a cost. The spread of ebooks has driven circulation down in China’s...

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    What’s a Library?: Written by a man rich enough to live on W. 53rd St. who’s never been to the library and Googles everything

    by  • May 13, 2013 • Libraries • 3 Comments

    I read the article in question this morning and chose to ignore it. Magpie Librarian, not so much… There are several things you can count on in this world: Every now and then, the New York Times will write a 10 years too late article about hipsters and Brooklyn; someone will start an essay about...

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    Color eInk Kindle?

    by  • May 13, 2013 • ebooks • 0 Comments

    Color Kindle suddenly seems a lot more likely. Nate at The Digital Reader reports on Amazon buying Liquavista, maker of Color eInk and potentially Color Kindle screen technology. The key points - Amazon bought Liquavista from Samsung. Perhaps for a bit under $100 million. Amazon used a Delaware LLC to try and hide the...

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    ARSL Conference Scholarships

    by  • May 13, 2013 • Libraries • 0 Comments

    Scholarship applications for the 2013 conference, to be held in Omaha, NE on September 26-28, are being taken now, until June 15, 2013 at 5:00 Central Time. Apply Now >> The Association for Rural and Small Libraries currently offers three annual conference scholarships to promote the organization and the conference. They are the Dr. Bernard...

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