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First
Some info about the world.
first, some info about
THE WORLD
We already know Shift Happenswe already know that
shifthappens
What does this mean for the information profession?
What does this mean for the information profession?
People of the world you need us now more
than ever.
consider this
THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE ALIVE
THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE ALIVETHERE ARE MORE PEOPLE ALIVE THAN DEAD
WTF?
WTF?
More people are alive now, than have lived and died in the entirety of human history put together
More than 150 million people will be born this year...
More than 150 million people
will be born this year…
More than 150 million people will be born this year...
More than 150 million people
will be born this year…
…they will be born intoan information economy
Never has information been so important.
Never has technology been so focused on the access of information.
The world has never changed so quickly
The top 10 jobs of 2010 didn’t exist in 2004.
Who can provideup to date info onthese roles for which none of us are educated
because the jobs didn’t exist when we were educated?
Correct!
Librariescan.
Over 2 billion people use the Internet now
Libraries can help people use it safely
Libraries can help people use it safelyand use it well
Libraries can provide access to it
Libraries can provide access to itacross the digitial divide
How many
have there been today?searches
How many
have there been today?searches 1 billion?2 billion?
By the end of the day
it’ll be over
3 billion
Want to know a secret?
Librarians used to be a bit scared
Librarians used to be a bit scared
of
But now we areevolving
The evolution of library manBefore: Threatened by / dismissive of Google >>>>>
the three ages of library man
Before: threatened by / dismissive of Google
The evolution of library manBefore: Threatened by / dismissive of Google >>>>>
the three ages of library man
Now: yes Google is useful, but you need libraries too
The evolution of library manBefore: Threatened by / dismissive of Google >>>>>
the three ages of library man
Next: you know what, just let us help you use Google better...
Because we live in a world of
INFORMATION OVERLOAD
If a week’s worth of the New York Times
Contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a
lifetime in the 18th century...
Then now more than EVER the world needs information
professionals to sort, assess,
collate and present information
If a we’re to generate more unique information this year
we
If a we’re to generate more unique information this year
we
Than in the previous 5000 YEARS put together
000
Then now more than EVER the world needs information
professionals to sort, assess,
collate and present information
If things move so fast that the stuff students learn in their first year of University
If things move so fast that the stuff students learn in their first year of University
is outdated by the time they graduate…
Then now more than EVER the world needs
information professionals to sort, assess,
collate and present information
Then now more than EVER the world needs
information professionals to sort, assess,
collate and present information
EDUCATION IS ONGOING
It has never been easier to access information without libraries
Yet information professionals have never been so vital
TOO MUCH INFORMATION
is as bad as too little
We’ll help you with either.
We can help you navigate through the tyranny of choice.
We can help you navigate through the tyranny of choice. Information overload is your enemy.
Librarians are yourfriend…
Librarians are no longer
the gatekeepers of information
The gates are wide open. We’ll show you the path once you’re through them.
We used to be the information vault
NOW WE’VE BECOME THE LAUNCHPAD
We will subscribe to e-journals, purchase e-books and audio-books, and pay for access to databases
on your behalf
We will subscribe to e-journals, purchase e-books and audio-books, and pay for access to databases
on your behalf
We will give your communitysomewhere safe and comfortable to go
(We’ll even let you drink coffee in the library now…)
We’ll entertain your kids
We can teach you about all kinds of stuff
We will help you finda job
And we still have, you know, books, too.
Sometimes, people knock libraries
“The demise of libraries is well overdue” - Frank Skinner, The Times, September 2010
Then they actually go to one…
“Why I’m on a new page with local libraries – it was my ideas that were dog-eared, not the places themselves.” - Frank Skinner, The Times, October 2010
H a ve you be en to you rs re ce ntly ?
Have you been to yours recently?
I bet it is way cooler than you imagine.
Vancouver public library
Have you been to yours recently?
I bet it is way cooler than you imagine.
Humbolt University Library, Berlin
Have you been to yours recently?
I bet it is way cooler than you imagine.
Seattle Public Library
Have you been to yours recently?
I bet it is way cooler than you imagine.
Stockholm Library
Have you been to yours recently?
I bet it is way cooler than you imagine.
National Library of Spain
Have you been to yours recently?
I bet it is way cooler than you imagine.
Vancouver Public Library (interior)
Maybe it has changed its name. But don’t get too caught up in that.
Libraries are
changing to suit you.
We’ve always been about providing information.
That information used to be mainly in books.
We’ve always been about providing information.
That information used to be mainly in books.
Now it’s in all kinds of things.
We’ve always been about providing information.
That information used to be mainly in books.
Now it’s in all kinds of things.
We try and give you access to all of ‘em.
So.
Come on in.
NOWThe time for libraries is
For ideas about information, go to thewikiman.org/blog
Ned Potter
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