Most everyone is going through a personal “digital metamorphosis” and it will (if it hasn’t already) happen to you too. This presentation highlights some of the emerging technology trends that are impacting most everyone’s lives. In it, I hope to give you some ideas and some insight that you can use in your libraries to help bring more visibility to your resources/services in order to showcase its value.

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7. Future
Shock

9. "Every age thinks it's the modern
age, but this one really is."
Tom Stoppard from 'The Invention of Love'

10. Source: http://goo.gl/fDzxV

12. Offer free workshops for the public
and ask people to bring their devices!

13. Improve access to your technology!

15. Become friends with your IT Department.

16. Librarians and
library staff help
keep people
afloat in hard
times.

17. Be available to
help your
users when
they need it.

18. Many people
don’t need
librarians to
help them
search. They
need help
making sense
of what they
find.

19. After 3
minutes of
no activity
this
window
displays on
our
website.

22. Skype Screen sharing
Join.me

23. Free Learning Management Systems (LMS)
http://coursekit.com/
http://www.joinopenclass.com
http://moodle.org/

24. Embedded Librarianship within an LMS

25. Course e-reserves within an LMS

26. Faculty can easily link to resources!

27. Single Sign-On within LMS

29. Popular Research Tools
Library toolbar/Chrome extension
Facebook Search App.

30. Education For All

31. Harvesting open education?

32. Information fluency is the intersection of information literacy,
computer literacy and critical thinking.

33. So, I think information fluency is …
communicating, problem
solving, evaluating, analyzing,
synthesizing, and reflecting on
the entire process.
… having the ability to think critically while being able to apply this
thinking across a variety of “literacies” (e.g., information,
technological, cultural, scientific etc.) in order to “foster
understanding, support sound decision-making, and guide action” in
the classroom and beyond!

34. Allow the user to do the work and
follow up with them.

35. Widely Share Your Library Resources!

36. Help enhance online
content with
authoritative library
resources.
This will bring more
visibility to your library
and people will trust
the information
presented.

38. Edit Wikipedia articles and include
library resources.

39. Broward County’s idea
spawned another idea. The
key is to at least try
something new.

40. Twitter asks “what’s
happening” and makes the
answer spread across the
globe to millions, immediately.
Source: http://goo.gl/st9DH

41. Find out what is trending on Twitter and
support/enhance it with authoritative resources.
The U.S. Congressional Twitter Directory, http://goo.gl/s1sVZ
New Congressional Committee
Must Put National Interest First.
http://bit.ly/qUrYJr)

43. What Creative Industries Need
Source: Peter Kageyama, http://goo.gl/P98cZ

46. This is probably a more realistic picture.

47. Jazz in the Stacks live streaming event!

49. St. Pete Times article: http://goo.gl/bMi1D
Tweeted Jedi Path video: http://goo.gl/bwSTu

51. Are you
currently
weeding
your
physical
collection?
If yes! Then donate these
books to Open Library. More
information at:
http://openlibrary.org/

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55. Allen County Public Library Creates High-Tech 'Hackerspaces'
Source: http://goo.gl/wHZyR

56. Kinect for Education

57. Kinect in Education
• Robotic controls
• Augmented Reality in Twitter
• Enhance theatre arts
• Navigate locations, operating systems etc.
• Learn to play guitar
• Explore anatomy
• Learn sign language
• Manipulate air drawings (Brainstorming)
• Innovative presentation tool
Source: http://apps.kinecteducation.com/

58. Collaborate

59. Collaboration

60. Discovery!

62. Music discovery! Important:
provide a way for people to
request music!

63. Form partnerships

64. A Sample of Innovative Collections
• East Palo Alto Library will have a collection of
circulating guitars and will provide two 8-week
lesson programs.
• Mills Music Library has an Album Cover Art
Exhibits Archive.
• George Washington’s beer recipe is at the New
York Public Library.

65. Hardly any information technology
goes obsolete. Each new one throws
its predecessors into relief.
James Gleick.

66. In 1971, Michael S. Hart (1947 –2011)
created the first e-book by typing the
Declaration of Independence into a
computer. Project Gutenberg was launched
and now e-books are over 40 years old!

67. Be an advocate
for all of your
readers no matter
how or what they
chose to read!

68. The form of the book has
changed over time.
The ‘book’ is the content,
not the package!

69. So, what happens when the
package undergoes a
drastic change?

70. Just as
digital music
turned
this…

71. …into this

72. e-publications
turn this…

73. …into this

76. Access vs. Ownership?

77. So, will physical books be
completely replaced by … ?

78. And what
happened to
LPs? Are
they dead?

79. Ugh, text on a screen
should be simple! This is
so frustrating! I don’t
care about all these
formats and rules; I
JUST WANT to read an
e-book!

81. E-book sales in
the US double
year-on-year,
paper books
suffer double-
digit losses.
Source: http://goo.gl/K5NFN

82. Source: http://goo.gl/QOfX2

83. Déjà vu?
How would you repurpose
your space and/or your
staff if/when you start to
purchase more e-books?

86. Book Discovery/Recommendations

87. Promote DRM-free e-books
http://drmfree.calibre-ebook.com/ http://www.gutenberg.org/
http://overdrive.com/ http://openlibrary.org/

88. Source: http://goo.gl/RzpB0

89. QR (Quick Response) codes can help guide mobile users in
your physical spaces come visit your digital library spaces.

91. Has the simplicity and ubiquity of
helped to make your library a center of
learning and a hub for participation?

92. According to Wikipedia, “Social media is a
term used to describe the type of media
that is based on conversation and
interaction between people online.”
Sharing is a huge component, so be a
messenger for your library!

93. Reply!
Use Facebook to reach out to your users and share your library.

94. With Social Media, we should
really know our library users.

96. Share your location. Offer incentives for users to check-in
to your library and make it worthwhile for them!

98. Twitter asks “what’s
happening” and makes the
answer spread across the
globe to millions,
immediately.
Source: http://goo.gl/st9DH

99. Chat, screen share, collaborate on documents, watch and comment
on YouTube videos, and even add a mustache!

100. Do our patrons care that their
privacy is eroding? What is the
librarian role here?

101. Watch for new services/apps that can help
make your library more visible/valuable …
… but don’t feel obligated to put your
library in that space!

102. Why libraries should have a
mobile presence.
The mobile web is connecting people to
information while they are on the go,
so this is a great space for libraries!
Plus mobile phones have surpassed PCs
and landline phones combined, so your
potential audience is huge!

103. By the end of 2011, 5 billion
mobile phones were in service in a
world with 7 billion people!
Source: http://goo.gl/kxEAJ

105. Uploaded to Flickr on November 8, 2007 by Travelin' Librarian

106. Uploaded to Flickr on November 29, 2006 by Michael Casey

107. Powered by:

108. “Fundamentally, 'mobile'
refers to the user, not the
device or application.”
Barbara Ballard Designing the Mobile User Experience

109. Example Mobile Library Websites

110. A simple mobile-optimized Website using HTML and CSS
can work on all devices!
<p><a class="call" href="tel:17273417177" accesskey="0">Call the Library</a> | (727) 341-7177<br />
<a href="wtai://wp/ap;+17273417177; SPC%20Library">[Add to Phone Book]</a><br />

112. Or you can build something using HTML, CSS,
and JavaScript that acts like a native app!
Built using jQTouch Built using jQuery Mobile

113. Other Mobile Development Tools

117. Siri
“Siri does what you say, finds the
information you need, then answers you.
It’s like you’re having a conversation with
your iPhone.”
“And Siri is proactive, so it will question
you until it finds what you’re looking for.”

119. Authors are slowly bypassing
publishers and this will continue.
Libraries are a middle-man too.
What will happen to libraries?

120. Help local authors get published

121. A complete self-publishing platform.
Converting text to EPUB format using Calibre
Upload local content to
“Community Reserve.”

122. Institutions are being uprooted.
The Times They Are A-Changin‘

123. Source: http://goo.gl/Wf5Q4

124. Pay attention to proposed legislation
that would probably impact libraries
(e.g., SOPA/PIPA)

125. EVERYTHING will be
a social experience!

127. “Memory Engineering”

128. RFID + IPv6 = Internet of Things?

130. Create your own
infographics!

133. What is your personal
mission statement?
What excites you?
What pushes your
buttons?
What do you stand for?

134. Unexpected Places
Look beyond LibraryLand for work
and/or advisory roles etc.

136. Look to other industries, be an
“innovator,” and challenge
something!

138. It can’t hurt to ask, right?

139. Cognitive Enhancement
Future of e-reading:
Following the eye?

141. Some Examples
• Linux
• Open Office.org
• MIT’s Open Courseware (OCW)
• Flat World Knowledge
• DIY U
• OpenStudy.com

142. Responsive Web Design

143. Bitcoin Payment Options
• Near Field Communication
• Person-to-person payments
• Mobile donations
• Virtual currency
Square
Google Wallet

144. Take advantage of the “cloud.”

145. 3D Printers/Projectors

147. How do you measure value?
• Has access to information improved because of sharing
tools?
• Did marketing services and resources help provide
more visibility to your library?
• Has instant and inexpensive (probably free)
communication tools fostered more collaboration with
staff and patrons?
• Has anything enhanced learning or helped your library
users with their digital transformations?

151. Please consider
sharing your
ideas or your
successes.
https://voicethread.com/share/1447074/

152. Let’s
Hangout!
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