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2016 SXSW for Libraries Len Bryan Henry Stokes

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2016 SXSW for Libraries

Len Bryan

Henry Stokes

SXSW Interactive

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Preview the Future

The Source

Big Data in the Cloud …now what?

source: www.stockmonkeys.com

How do we give it meaning?

In public spaces

• Internet of Things (IoT) • Smart Cities • Autonomous Cars

To improve our lives

• Our decision-making • Our health • Our education

At the point of need

How will we interact with the data?

Conversational UI

With our hands in AR

In Virtual Reality

Who is providing the meaning?

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Answer: Artificial Intelligence

• Health • Education • Societal Problems • Humans 2.0?

AI will be our data scientist …and our savior?

Emphasis: Tech Diversity

Emphasis: Do Good Work

Library as Incubator

Madison Public Library’s Bubbler www.madisonbubbler.org

www.libraryasincubatorproject.org

Community Crowdsourcing for Libraries

Smithsonian: Transcription of Digital Collection https://transcription.si.edu

British Library: Georeferencing Digital Map Collection http://www.bl.uk/maps/

lib*interactive

www.lib-interactive.com

For the past several years, a core group of passionate librarians have attended, presented and actively recruited their colleagues to join them at Austin’s annual SXSW Interactive Festival.

• Pull ideas from other industries to innovate and remain relevant • Be seen nationally as creative innovators and community connectors

Humans within Space

How we will interact with spaces? • Drones and IoT in the physical world • AR to enhance our world

Humans within Space

How we will interact with spaces? • VR to experience places we can’t reach (Sistine Chapel at the library?)

The importance of public community spaces, like libraries, and their ability to facilitate and foster social collaboration

How does a place (library) interact with you, serve your needs, the communities’ needs, once it becomes smarter?

Tools that can help us use data within the spaces to solve challenges (find better housing, jobs, food, the right book).

The importance of ensuring our devices, or augmented realities, or app interfaces don’t hinder social connection or our relationship to our fellow humans.

Crowdsourcing = a conversation to create the data, as well as a way to generate more conversation and make meaning. Bringing in artists & makers to libraries/public spaces is a form of crowdsourcing. Both Library Maker Spaces and Digital Volunteering Programs are hosting a party, creating a relationship that has a real world impact. Both are virtuous cycles.

The library itself is a crowd-sourced creation: the community is lending its skills/knowledge and the library is sharing it back.

Libraries with scanned heritage collections and the fitness wearables industry are both facing a Semantic Gap.

Final Thought: “I want LIBRARIES to:

Teach Coding/STEAM”

SXSW Education

What We Learned

What We Learned

What We Learned

What We Learned

What We Learned

Telling Stories

A Sobering Reminder

An Opportunity for Libraries

Major Themes

• OER = Open Educational Resources

– Open does not mean free

– Use textbook $ to pay staff (Librarians!) to curate

• Growth Mindset

– We must embrace challenges

• Education MUST Evolve

– The 19th century factory model no longer works

Growth Mindset

Takeaways – What’s Next

• Stay in touch! Use Twitter to connect with other Texas school librarians: #txlchat is every Tuesday at 8:00 Central.

• “If you’re not at the table, you might be on the menu.” – get involved in your governing organization.

Thank you!

• Henry Stokes | Library Technology Consultant

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• Len Bryan | School Program Coordinator

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