Small Library Tech Stack
What you actually need, what you can skip, and realistic alternatives.
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New to the site? These three guides cover the foundations.
AI at the Reference Desk
What frontline staff need to know when patrons ask about AI tools.
Talk to Your Board About cyber security
How to make the case when you have no budget and no dedicated IT team.
WiFi, Printing & the Stuff Nobody Trained You On
WiFi troubleshooting, printer nightmares, public computers, patron device help, and hotspot lending.
Small Library Tech Stack
What you actually need, what you can skip, and realistic alternatives.
One-Person IT Survival Guide
When you are the help desk, the sysadmin, and the trainer.
Open-Source Library Tech Evaluation
Framework for evaluating open-source alternatives to commercial library systems.
Your ILS Is Not Your Enemy
What your ILS actually does, who owns it now, when to migrate vs. optimize, and what open source really costs.
The Tech Stack Explainer Your Board Actually Needs
What your library's technology costs, why it matters, and how to explain it to your board.
Data Privacy Is Not Optional
What patron data your library collects, who has access, and what you are legally required to protect.
Talk to Your Board About cyber security
How to make the case when you have no budget and no dedicated IT team.
British Library & Toronto Ransomware
What the British Library and Toronto Public Library attacks tell us.
US Library Ransomware Attacks
The ransomware attacks you haven't heard about.
Library Ransomware & AI Security
Why the British Library attack should terrify you, and how AI makes it worse.
Ransomware Case Study: British & Toronto
Detailed case study of the twin 2023 library ransomware attacks.
AI in 15 Minutes
What AI actually is, what it's doing in your library right now, and what you should actually worry about.
Frontline Staff AI Guide
What frontline staff need to know when patrons ask about AI tools.
AI Adoption Is Not Your Salvation
Why jumping on the AI bandwagon without a plan is worse than doing nothing.
Automation Won't Save You (But It Might Help)
What library automation actually works, what does not, and where to start.
AI Surveillance & Vulnerable Patrons
AI privacy implications for vulnerable patron populations.
Privacy Policy AI Fixes
Data governance and compliance updates your privacy policy needs.
The Practitioner
AI, agency, and the future of libraries.
Hiring Equity in Tech Roles
Breaking the pipeline problem in library technology hiring.
The Library Workforce Is Breaking
What's happening to library workers and how we start fixing it.
The Digital Divide Is a Library Problem
It\'s not a patron problem. It\'s a systemic failure we can address.
Rural Digital Equity
Rural digital equity and what small libraries can actually do about it.
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