What's trending in libraries from the internet cybersphere – alternate technology use – 03 – 2016. Issue 10 (7th November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Oyelude, Adetoun A.
• Is Part Of: Library hi tech news. Volume 33:Issue 10(2016)
• Page Start: 15
• Page End: 16
• Publication Date: 2016-11-07
• Subjects: Internet -- Rural users; Library science -- Technological innovations -- Periodicals; Libraries -- Automation -- Periodicals; 025.020285
• DOI: 10.1108/LHTN-11-2016-0056
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0741-9058

Abstract

Abstract : Purpose: This last edition of the column begins with the disadvantages of sleeping in the library and ends with 60-year-old overdue loans, but in between are alternate ways of using different technology to access information! Design/methodology/approach: Sleeping in the library is trending on the internet, not because it is a nice pastime, but because it is one of the most viral trends of the year. Findings: The real advice is that falling asleep in public places such as libraries is not good. A lot of wild reactions to the picture of a girl sleeping in a university library has caused all sorts, as "photo-shoppers"have had a field day, putting the sleeper in all sorts of situations – in Drake's "Hotline Bling" music video, dancing with Michael Jackson and more. Social implications: Derrick Lewis on 26th August reported that an Orange County library had made wi-fi devices available for rural internet users. Originality/value: It is helping rural families make faster connections, and it is free to try the device which can be borrowed for 3 weeks and renewed twice if no one else has booked to use it.