Author Archives: Michael Stephens

About Michael Stephens

Dr. Michael Stephens is an Assistant Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at San Jose State University. His research focuses on use of emerging technologies in libraries and technology learning programs. He currently writes the monthly column “Office Hours” in Library Journal exploring issues, ideas and emerging trends in library and information science education. Stephens has spoken about emerging technologies, innovation, and libraries to audiences in over 26 states and in nine countries. He is fascinated by library buildings and virtual spaces that center around users, participation, creating content, and encouraging the heart. As a professional he worked 15 years in public libraries.

Inspiration: Anythink Nature Library

As a public library, Anythink provides access to knowledge in a free, safe and trusted space available to all. As an experience library, Anythink is even more uniquely qualified to build a nature library – using spaces, experts, TryIts and other resources to help people find their place in nature. Inspired by the Environmental Kinship […]

Hyperlinked Environments Continue!

Hello all! Choose your own adventure continues this week with Hyperlinked Environments. Note:  we will spend two weeks on this module to really give you time to explore the resources! ➡️➡️➡️ FLUID DUE DATES are in effect. Use the original due dates as a guideline, but take the time you need to create meaningful and […]

Scotland Bound

Greetings all – As I said in our class chat I am leaving for Scotland today! I will just be an email away if you have questions, etc. My plan is start reading all of your blog posts as I travel so watch for comments from me over the next few days. Remember next week […]

Fluid Dates

Hey all – I’ve heard from some of you that there’s just so much going on in personal life as well as in the world. (Same here!) To help ease the pressure, I’d like to propose FLUID DUE DATES for the rest of the term. This means you can work on assignments as you are […]