Battledecks Il09

DEALING WITH DIGITAL NOW AND BEYOND

Rockin’ Battle Decks

Internet Librarian 2009

Amy Buckland, McGill University

Nancy Dowd, State Library of New Jersey

David Lee King , Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library

Michael Porter, WebJunction

Greg Schwartz, Louisville Free Public Library

Battle Deck Competitors

Sarah Houghton-Jan, San Jose Public Library

Aaron Schmidt, District of Columbia Public Library

Amanda Etches-Johnson, McMaster University

Jeff Wisniewski, University of Pittsburgh

Battle Deck Judges

Rockin’ Battle Decks 2009Official Rules

•Each contestant will present on the topic: of “Dealing with Digital Now and Beyond”

•There are 5 unique slide decks of 15 slides each to be used in battle

•Slide decks are assigned at random

•Each contestant has 7.5 minutes to complete their presentation

•Judges will score each presentation on 5 criteria and assign a final score out of 25

•Scores will be combined during musical interlude to determine the winner

•In the event of a tie, we will use the audience applause-o-meter to determine a winner

All competitors shall achieve fame and glory for their bravery in

competing in the first ever Battle Decks to be held at an

Information Today Conference

Rockin’ Battle Decks 2009Official Scoring Categories

Content and Credibility (did it make any sense?)

Poise and Gestures (were they comfortable?)

Flow (minimal pauses and stammering)

Audience response (was there any?)

Getting through all the slides!

Let the Battle Begin!

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Dealing with Digital

NOW and Beyond…

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How dowe really feel about Technology?

Dewey or don’t we?

Or will we defend a 16th Century vision?

Relationships

Personalization

My "Portal"

(1) Spreadsheet

(2) Wordprocessing

(3) Graphics

(4) eMail

(5) Exit

Enter Option:

?Next: Hologram

information

The digital future exploded: is your head in the sand?

Dealing with Digital

NOW and Beyond…

Too Much Security

Simplicity

Fuzzy logic, Artificial Intelligence, Faceted display and search . . .

Search vs. Find

Can we do better than GM did in adapting to change?

Does the IKEA Strategy work for GM. End User - Assemble it yourself!

No Dead Ends!

Comfort

Except When…

Can we make it scalable?What is the difference between and author and publisher?

What will the new text experience be for books, news, scholarship and magazines?

Can we assemble them like IKEA? Or on the fly?

New version of 1970’s timeshare systems

Cloud computing:

Dealing with Digital

Now and Beyond

Play

Mobility

Can we design a 21st Century book experience?

Newspapers: Assemble them yourself.Re-imagine the book, the

textbook, the video, the coursepack, and the experience.

Community

Connection

Or will we defend a 16th Century vision?

Dealing with Digital

NOW and Beyond…

One experience, one web page, one book, one article is not sufficient.

Is the traditional book or text book now a hollow experience?

WTF

Retro Forward Fashion

SOCIAL NETWORKS AREN’T WHAT THEY SEEM

Vook: blends book, high-quality video and social media

Embedded video into print magazines

Users Need to Get the Experience that They want in the End

Dealing with Digital

NOW and Beyond…

Too Much Security

PUBLISHING AIN’T WHAT IT USED BE

Users Need to Get the Experience that They want in the End

Sushi – not just for breakfast anymore

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