Jen Eilers

  

Before enrolling in graduate school I worked in a marketing department where I had the opportunity not only to help manage our social networking sites and website but was also able to build and implement a few databases. Technology is changing rapidly and its effects and effectiveness are not completely understood. At our non-profit we really thought hard about how we were using technology: what is technology doing for us? what isn't technology doing for us? what should it be doing for us? what shouldn't it be doing? I also volunteered in the Community Technology Center at Denver Public Library and was introduced to some very innovative programs the library was using to engage and educate their community. My hopes after library school would be to become a public librarian that is helping her community adjust and embrace the new technologies out there. My hope is to broaden the role the library plays in its community underlining its need and value. Like Carr, I'm hesitant to believe everything about technology is great and realize our brains are changing as a result of its implementation. I'm not sure this is wholly terrible but it is something that needs to be considered with both enthusiasm and caution.