News Highlights: Libraries and invasive Technology | American Libraries Magazine
The top Tech Trends on-demand session at the American Library Association’s Midwinter Meeting & Exhibits Virtual took a different turn this year. Rather than highlighting a range of new services or gadgets, moderator TJ Lamanna, emerging technology librarian at Cherry Hill (NJ) Public Library, stated that the panel’s aim this time was to talk about the dangers inherent in some of the technologies that can be libraries. interested in using.
John Mack Freeman, manager of the Suwanee branch in Gwinnett County (Ga.) Public Library, opened with a clip that appeared to show former US President Barack Obama voicing his support for the villain from the Black Panther film Erik Killmonger . (The clip was actually a BuzzFeed-produced PSA from director Jordan Peele, mimicking Obama’s speech patterns with cleverly synced video.)