Thinking about what technologies would work best at Ku-ring-gai library I came to the realisation that gauging what would be accepted and what would be useful is extreemly tricky. Because of the conservative and also elderly inclination of the residents of the council area, change is rejected unless it comes slowly, and even then not much changes.
Therefore any new technologies cannot be too fancy or else the residents of the area will not use it. Of course there are students and young people too, and they would accept technology easily, but the predominant clientelle of the libraries are the older generations...making intergrating technology tricky.
Microblogging/twitter - As used at Dublin City Libraries. It provides small updates that can be sent via text message. As the older generation are slowly starting to use mobile phones, this sort of technology is more accessable for them. It could be used to spread news about events, or local news, and new things occuring at the Library.
Podcasts - As used at National Library of Medicine. Used to document local history, and also reference materials. Getting epcialists to discuss topics is extreemly useful for students as well as older generations. My father for example enjoys listening to scientific podcasts, and I can assure you that he's no scientist.
Flickr - As used by Hillsdale library. A lot of libraries use Flickr to reach out to teenagers. It would be useful for Ku-ring-gai to reach out to their student base by employing the use of the social medias.
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