The Future Is Here, So Now What?

The future is here, so now what?

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25.4 million Americans reported using their public library more than

20 times in the last year, up from 20.3 million in 2006.

Source: ALA Library Fact Sheet, http://goo.gl/DhXxg

Proposed Library Funding Cut Is Too Deep and Damage Is Too Severe!

http://capwiz.com/ala/fl/home/

Take action!

If not now, then when?If not me, then who?

State Aid to Public Libraries Funded at $21.3 Million – We did it again!!!

Applause!

In this session, we’ll:highlight a few maturing Web tools that have for years made

sharing information and ideas easy while bringing more visibility to libraries.

learn what libraries are doing to help construct a learning environment that is conducive to information discovery, sharing, and lifelong learning.

explore mobile devices that are filled with amazing possibilities and truly becoming connections to a world of information.

take a glimpse into the future and imagine what library resources and services could become.

fu·ture/ˈfyo4oCHər/ - going or likely to happen or exist at a later time."

"I never think of the future. It comes soon enough." Albert Einstein

What do you see?

What Creative Industries Need

Source: Peter Kageyama, http://goo.gl/P98cZ

Scenius

Has the simplicity and ubiquity of

helped to make your library a center of learning and a hub for participation?

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!

Reply!

Use Facebook to reach out to your users and share your library.

Talk to your users within Facebook!

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

Ugh, text on a screen should be simple!

DRM, .aeh, .azw, .djvu, .epub, .exe, .fb2, .html, .lit, .lrf, .lrx, .pdb, .pdf, .prc, .mobi, .ps, .rgo, .tr2, .tr3, .txt, .wol

Be an advocate for all of your

readers no matter how or what they

chose to read!

The form of the book has changed over time.

The ‘book’ is the content, not the package!

So, what happens when the package undergoes a drastic

change?

Just as digital music turned this…

…into this

ePublications turn this…

…into this

I am upset! This is so frustrating! I

don’t care what all this stuff is called; I JUST WANT to read

an eBook!

A reader who has figured it out

… and librarians can help empower them!

How would you repurpose your space and/or your staff?

Be available to help your users when

they need it!

After 3 minutes of no activity

this window

displays on our

website.

Source: NYTimes, http://goo.gl/m4g9f

Discovery!

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

A Sample of Innovative Collections

• East Palo Alto Library will have a collection of circulating guitars and will provide two 8-week lesson programs.

• SPC Libraries digitized, then shared their CD collections using iTunes.

• Mills Music Library has an Album Cover Art Exhibits Archive.

• George Washington’s beer recipe is at the New York Public Library.

If libraries are no longer storage spaces, I think they become

knowledge performance spaces .

Source: @rmazar

Jazz in the Stacks live streaming event!

Why libraries should have a mobile presence.

“Mobile phones create new kinds of bounded places that merge the infrastructures of geography and technology, as well as techno-social practices thatmerge technical standards and social norms." (Moll, 2007, p.12)

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 PCsand landline phones combined, so your potential audience is huge!

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

Uploaded to Flickr on November 29, 2006 by Michael Casey

“Fundamentally, 'mobile' refers to the user, not the

device or application.”

Barbara Ballard Designing the Mobile User Experience

Mobile-optimized Web Sites

… can help one decide what to include.

Note: with Google Analytics you can determine how your user’s are accessing your mobile site (e.g., mobile devices, carriers, browsers , OS’s, screen resolution etc.)

Native Apps vs. Web AppsIssues Native apps Web apps

Internet access Not required Required, except for apps written in HTML5 (offline capabilities)

Shareable content (Twitter etc.) Only if it is built in to the app Web links can be shared. Social API’s allow 1-click posting

Access to hardware sensors Yes: camera, gyroscope, microphone, compass, accelerometer, GPS

Access thru browser is limited. Geolocation works!

Development Build app for target platform (Android, iOS etc.)

Write once, publish once, view it anywhere.

Distribution Most app stores require approval. No hassles.

Source: http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/08/how-do-native-apps-and-web-apps-compare/Shortened URL: http://goo.gl/PyvJ

The Future of Mobile App Development?

Look at other industries, be an “innovator,” and challenge something!

Calvin Klein using QR codes

http://www.mobilebehavior.com/

Personal iPhone stations at Japanese Burger Kings

http://www.mobilebehavior.com/

Library of Congress ‘Passport to Knowledge’

“Ten years from now, what is going to have the maximum

impact on humanity?”

Source: Larry Page. Google CEO

6 Laws of Customer Experience

1. Every interaction creates a personal reaction.2. People are instinctively self-centered.3. Customer familiarity breeds alignment.4. Unengaged employees don’t create engaged

customers.5. Employees do what is measured, incented, and

celebrated.6. You can’t fake it.

Source: experiencematters.wordpress.com

Measurable Value?

• Improved access to information via sharing tools.

• Marketing services and resources to help provide more visibility.

• Instant and inexpensive (oftentimes free) communication with staff and patrons.

• Interaction• Enhanced learning?

Change Lives

Rethink Possible

If not now, then when?If not me, then who?

Some ideas …

• Host a TEDx and/or a crowdcasting event.• Use the “cloud” (Google Cloud Print etc.)• Go green. Use Open Source. • Use Get Glue to showcase collection.• Become a recommendation engine.• Crowd source and help save lives by