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What’s Going On Out There?What s Going On Out There?Ohio Library Council’s
Innovative Environments ConferenceInnovative Environments ConferenceColumbus, OHNov. 5, 2008
Stephen Abram, MLS, FSLAPresident 2008, SLA
Vice President, Innovation, SirsiDynix
Chief Strategist, SirsiDynix Institute
SlidesSlides
• These PPT slides will be at my blog ‘Stephen’s Lighthouse’
http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com
RetronymsRetronyms• The top retronym terms that were submitted for a p y
non-Internet librarian were:1. Shelf-pointer librarian2 Analog librarian2. Analog librarian3. Librarian unplugged4. 3×5 Librarian5. Internot Librarian6. Retrobrarian7 [insert supervisor's name] Librarian7. [insert supervisor's name] Librarian8. Wallenda Librarian (flying high without a 'net)9. Winner10.Librarian 1.011.Or Unemployed
Let’s Look At the Supposed ppLimits to the Future
Happily There Are NoneHappily, There Are None.
Libraries Need to be Ahead of the Curve
What’s New (or new enough)?What s New (or new enough)?• Socially aligned apps for Social Institutions• Semantic Web (Twine)• Semantic Web (Twine)• The Cloud (Google, Zoho and MS etc.)• No choice search engines• GIS oriented search and ads • Virtually unlimited fulltext books – searchable from the
OPAC• Streaming media and spoken word search• Personalization 3.0 like MyFace• MicrobloggingMicroblogging• Registries and SaaS• Device proliferation (Kindle, iPhones, etc.)
What’s old? Attacks on research rights intellectual• What’s old? Attacks on research, rights, intellectual freedom, access, filters, blacklisting, copyright balance, privacy, DRM, patents, trademarks, voice, etc.
• You can’t wait• You can t wait for everyone to change at once.once.
Being Globally CompetitiveOn Target
Minus 25K!!!!!
Plus 20%
!!!!!
Global ChangeGlobal Change
Be a Lab Rat!Be a Lab Rat!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nessman/2590572476/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/briansolis/2735401175/
Be Where Your Users AreBe Where Your Users Are
Get Good at The CloudGet Good at The Cloud
TheSharingSharing
Economy
2 0 Influencers2.0 Influencers1. YouTube2. Second Life3. MySpace4 F b k4. Facebook5. Wikipedia6 Ning
Top 10 Most Influential web tools for the
SAll
FREE6. Ning7. Twitter8. Mozes
2008 US electionsFREE
8 o es9. NowPublic10.MyBlogLog
How many are wealready using?
DeviceDevice Agnostic &DRM Wars
AAMainlyMainly Mobile FFocus
Our Careers Have Seasons
AssociationsAssociations
What’s happening pp gin your user groups
User Expectations 2.0
• Tell me your• Tell me your demographic profile
• Tell me your top 20Tell me your top 20 Reference questions
• Tell me your 100 mostTell me your 100 most borrowed books
• Tell me what circulates after one year in DVDs
• Tell me each item by its market
Tradition
• Is it workin’ for ya?D fi i• Define it.
• What exactly does it deliver?
• If it works, why can’t it , ywork better with 2.0 ideas?
Traditional Value
• Can this be a strength?g• Dos anyone in your community not know
you do books?C d ib i t ibl l ?• Can you describe your intangible value?
Studying theStudying the Future
• How much time do you spenddo you spend having a clear view?view?
• How is it shared across the organization?
Your Website –S lSooooo last century
Innovation for Lib iLibraries
• RSS feedsRSS feeds• Delicious + Wikis
Bl Fli k• Blogs + Flickr• Tags + Recommendations• Streaming Video• Author InterviewsAuthor Interviews• YA Podcasts
St t lli• Storytelling• Etc.
EnergizingEnergizing The Library
Be More Open to New Members (and their cel phones, skateboards, coffees, juice, backpacks, and thecoffees, juice, backpacks, and the whole messiness of humanity…)
2 0 is about play2.0 is about play
A Key InterventionA Key Intervention
Blowers’ 23 Learning 2.0 Things• Week 1: Introduction and Adult Learning
• Week 2: Blogging• Week 2: Blogging
• Week 3: Photos & Images
• Week 4: RSS & Newsreaders
• Week 5: Play Week• Week 5: Play Week
• Week 6: Tagging, Folksonomies & Technorati
• Week 7: Wikis
• Week 8: Online Applications & Tools• Week 8: Online Applications & Tools
• Week 9: Podcasts, Video & Downloadable audio
Learning 2.1T h l P tti Z
Technology ScholarsTechnology Petting Zoos
5 Weeks to a Social LibraryTechnology Scholars
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The Internet Can Change Your LifeThe Internet Can Change Your LifeSirsiDynix Institute, WebJunction, y , ,
OPAL, etc.
Build a Petting ZooBuild a Petting Zoo
• Real devices: iPods MP3 players videoReal devices: iPods, MP3 players, video, smart phones, texters, etc.
• Special PC’s: disability compliance• Special PC s: disability compliance, streaming media, IM groups, VR (both kinds)kinds)
• Gaming stations• Free SirsiDynix Institute in November
Build a SandboxBuild a Sandbox
It can’t work without you
Sh Id
It can t work without you
Share IdeasComment
PlaySupportSupportRespectIterate
CollegialityCollegiality
Can we start a major post 1972 big cooperative . . . ?j p g p
Be the Change You Want to Seeg
Remove the Borders In the Lib C itLibrary Community
Remove theBorders BetweenBorders Between Library Members
Be the Change We Want to See.
Be The Change WeChange We Want to See
Remove the Borders Between Librarians and Influencers
Be Important
K Wh t M k U ( dKnow What Makes Us (and You) DifferentYou) Different
Fi d O V i d U ItFind Our Voice and Use It
Honest to G*d – Have FunHonest to G d Have Fun
Being Open to Standing OutBeing Open to Standing Out
We librarians must learn that when we study something to death, Death was not our original g ggoal.
Just do itJust do it
A Third Path
Be The Change You Want To See
Stephen Abram, MLS, FSLAStephen Abram, MLS, FSLAPresident 2008, SLA
VP Innovation, SirsiDynixChief Strategist, SirsiDynix InstituteChief Strategist, SirsiDynix Institute
Cel: [email protected]
http://www.sirsidynix.comp yStephen’s Lighthouse Blog
http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com
