Surveying Our Domain: Plugging into Our Professional Perceptions of Technology

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Terms for various technologies buzz and compete for the attention of youth services professionals. Do we need Wii? What about a wiki? Acting on the potential for tech toys and tools to keep young people coming through library doors has become the new norm in many venues. The practice attracts young people and media attention. News outlets from the Des Moines Register to the Los Angeles Times have covered this trend.

Given this environment, the Children and Technology Committee of the American Library Association's Association for Library Service to Children wanted to hear about technology issues that impact librarians and conducted a survey in early 2008 to gather goal-setting …