Technology: Pied Piper or playground bully? or, creating meaningful measures using emerging technologies: separating the reality from the myths

摘要

This paper discusses rapidly changing technology's blessing and curse, for library practitioners, administrators, and researchers. Four projects are reviewed within the real-world context of a decade plus of library research.The projects were primarily affected by the: 1) lack of availability of technology; 2) lack of standardized data collection methods; 3) resistance by the profession to utilize available technology; and 4) lack of professional agreement on policy and standards issues. Finally, the realities and the myths of technology's role in data analysis and data collection will be discussed.