Biography:

Michael Sauers is currently the Technology Innovation Librarian for the Nebraska Library Commission in Lincoln, Nebraska and has been training librarians in technology for more than 13 years. He has also been a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, serials cataloger, technology consultant, and bookseller. He earned his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy. Michael's ninth book, Searching 2.0 was released in February 2009. He has also written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines. In his spare time he blogs at travelinlibrarian.info, regularly contributes to the Uncontrolled Vocabulary podcast, runs Web sites for authors and historical societies, is vice-chair of the Nebraksa Library Association's Information Technology and Access Round Table, takes many, many photos, and reads about 130 books per year.