Strategies for Keeping Current

摘要

Even as technology makes it easier for us to gather information, the explosion of technology makes it harder than ever to keep up. Ten years ago most libraries weren't on the web. XML was born only five years ago. Yet both technologies are now key pieces of the foundational infrastructure of nearly every major library. But do the math: if you exited library school prior to 1993, you're toast―unless you've kept up. Awareness of new technologies and what they have to offer is one thing, but taking that awareness to the level of knowledge―and eventually experience―is an even greater challenge. How do we maximize the little time we have for professional development?