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Ohio’s Excellent LibrariesNeed Excellent Electronic
Content
Matt WeaverBoard Member,Library Renewal Web Librarian,Westlake Porter Public Library
@mattrweaver
Eli NeiburgerAssociate Director forIT and Production
Ann Arbor District Library
@ulotrichous
Libraries arescrewed.
Then, the format changed, like it had so many times before, a wave passing through society, changing everything it touched just like the codex had so many years ago.
B u t t h i s t i m e . s o m e t h i n g w a s fundamentally, hauntingly different. The age of Licenses had begun.
So, what canLibraries expectin this century?
openmarket
closedmarket
KindleStore
AppStore
eBrary
Overdrive
AndroidMarket
Big BoxRetailers
FleaMarkets
TheWeb
GarageSales
eBay
Publishing Thrives
Apple
Amazon
Newspapers
Candle Industry
Travel Agents
Buggy Whip Industry
Publishing Dies Back
Neo Renaissance
Low Price PointsLots of Pro Output
No DRMDevices don’t matterDeals with many PubsLibs buy & distribute
Free Culture Society
Free is Dominant PriceWide quality range
No DRM / Access barrierDevices don’t matter
Death of the Pub DealLibs collect & store
DRM Dystopia
Prices stay highLots of Pro OutputDRM everywhere
Device Exclusivity FightsIntermediated Pub DealsLibs take what we can get
Platform Wars
App Store PricesHuge quality range
DRM triumphCreator Exclusivity DealsNo more deals for Libs
Libs find a new way
OpenMarkets
ClosedMarkets
PublishingThrives
PublishingDies back
What to do now?
What to do now?Build up StorageInfrastructure.
What to do later?
What to do later?Make deals withRightsholders.
Back to roots:
Libraries provide access to the content of the
community, not content for the community
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The future canchange quickly.
Diversifyyour value nowto hedge against
rapid demandshifts.
Later,be positioned to
pick up the piecesafter the pub
bubble bursts.
“ H e ’ s o n e b a d mother...”“Shut your mouth,”
The20th Century
Library broughtthe world to its
community;
The21st Century
Library bringsits communityto the world.
WHY?
Ereader Boom 2
Holidays 2011 – Here we go again!
Sub-$100 ereaders
Ereader shipments to reach 27 million units for 2011
To create the primary access point for electronic content for
users of libraries.
By libraries, with libraries, for libraries.
Bylaws and mission ensure that our mission is that of libraries.
Parterships. Relationships. Research. Solutions.
Phase I: what have we done so far?
libraryrenewal.org
More than 1,500 subscribers
1,507 followers
2,671 “likes”
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Advocates and PartnerLibraries
libraryrenewal.org/partners
New separate Advocates/Partners sections coming in November
PartnerLibraries
Group #1: Readers advisory work. reviews, book lists, etc.
Group #2 - writing and presenting at the local level.
Group #3 – Anything else you want to do to help! Seriously!
PartnerLibraries
Partner libraries will ensure that what is built is what they and their patrons actually need.
PartnerLibraries
Four partner libraries on board
PartnerLibraries
Santa Monica Public Library
PartnerLibraries
Two Rivers Public Library (WI)
PartnerLibraries
Newark (TX) Public Library
PartnerLibraries
King County Library System (WA)
PartnerLibraries
Five hours/month2 hours for monthly meeting1 hour – one-on-one conversations to discuss infrastructure features, etc.2 hours reading/answering emails
PartnerLibraries
Sign non-disclosure agreementOne contact person at the libraryLibrary director must meet with LR
PartnerLibraries
Financial contributions are NOT required.
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