LTI About Us
About Us
About the LTI Lab
The Library Technology Integration (LTI) Lab at the San José State University School of Information brings together students, faculty, libraries, and community partners to explore how emerging technologies can support the information professions.
The lab provides a space for experimentation, research, hands-on learning, and collaboration. Rather than focusing on technology alone, the LTI Lab explores how emerging tools can be applied to real needs in libraries, education, cultural heritage, information access, and community engagement.
Our Mission
Our mission is to explore, test, and demonstrate emerging technologies while preparing students and information professionals to make thoughtful decisions about how those technologies are used.
The LTI Lab supports experimentation with technologies such as artificial intelligence, extended and virtual reality, robotics, digital storytelling, and other emerging tools while considering accessibility, responsible use, and the needs of the communities these technologies are intended to serve.
What We Do
The LTI Lab connects emerging technology with practical learning and real-world applications. Our work includes:
- Research and Experimentation — Exploring emerging technologies and their potential applications in libraries and information environments.
- Student Learning — Giving students opportunities to develop practical skills through hands-on projects, research, testing, design, and documentation.
- Technology Demonstrations — Creating opportunities for students, faculty, librarians, and community members to experience and evaluate emerging technologies.
- Project Development — Designing and testing prototypes, virtual environments, digital resources, and other technology-supported experiences.
- Community Partnerships — Working with libraries and other organizations to explore technology-supported projects and services.
- Knowledge Sharing — Developing demonstrations, documentation, presentations, and resources that help others understand and use emerging technologies.
Learning Through Experience
Students are central to the work of the LTI Lab. Through internships and project-based opportunities, students can work alongside faculty, other students, libraries, and community partners while gaining experience with emerging technologies.
Depending on the project, students may contribute to research, technology testing, prototyping, virtual environments, artificial intelligence projects, robotics, oral history and digital heritage projects, web development, user experience, documentation, presentations, and project evaluation.
The goal is not simply to learn how a technology works. Students have opportunities to consider where a technology is useful, how people interact with it, what limitations it may have, and how it can be applied responsibly in professional settings.
Our Story
The Library Technology Integration Lab was founded by Dr. Anthony Chow to bring students, libraries, and technology together through research, experimentation, and hands-on learning.
Since its founding, students have played an important role in developing the lab. LTI Lab interns have contributed their backgrounds in librarianship, archives, education, design, data, technology, accessibility, digital preservation, and community engagement to projects exploring the changing role of technology in the information professions.
Our Community
The LTI Lab is built around collaboration. Students bring different professional experiences, interests, and perspectives to the lab, while faculty and community partners help connect emerging technologies with real questions and needs.
Past and present participants have explored areas including virtual and extended reality, artificial intelligence, digital archives, accessibility, digital literacy, user experience, data, multimedia, oral history, and emerging library technologies.
Founder
Dr. Anthony Chow
Dr. Anthony Chow founded the Library
Technology Integration Lab with a vision of bringing students,
libraries, and technology together to explore how emerging
technologies can be integrated into library services,
programming, resources, and learning.
His work has emphasized technology and digital literacy, equitable access to emerging technologies, experiential learning, and collaboration between students and information professionals.
Learn more about Dr. Anthony Chow
Student Interns and Contributors
A core part of the LTI Lab has been the students who have contributed to its projects and development. Since the lab’s founding, interns have brought a wide range of professional experience, academic interests, and technical skills to the lab.
We recognize the contributions of our past and present interns and collaborators whose work has helped shape the LTI Lab.
2025
- Ahtziry Ruiz
- Araceli Argueta
- Celinka Krapes
- Eddie Lagos
- Homeyra Banaeefar
- Jazmina Isordia
- Myles Cunningham
2024
- Tania Isidra-Damaso
- Chelsey Layug
- Jonathan Ivan Velázquez
- Melanie Ballesteros
- Erika Naulu
- Jessie Amato
- Maeve Matthews
- Teuila Petaia
- Ryan Bersamira
2023
- Rosine Rigot Bingol
- Samantha Barnthouse
- Pamela Huerta
- Nick Beber
- Jennifer Emery
- Chase Allgood
- Jahaani Bradley
Founding Contributors
- Rosine Rigot Bingol — Fall 2022 Founding Intern
- Tyler Livy — Fall 2022 Founding Intern
- Irene Miller — Fall 2022 Founding Intern
- Dan Lou — Founding Member
Work With the LTI Lab
Students
Interested in gaining hands-on experience with emerging technologies?
Libraries and Community Partners
If your organization has a project, challenge, or emerging technology you would like to explore, we would like to hear from you.
Questions?
Contact the LTI Lab to learn more about the lab, current projects, or opportunities to participate.