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Michael Porter ‒ libraryman.com ‒ michael.libraryman@gmail.comwww.delicious.com/libraryman/gadgets

Hi!Hi!I’m Michael andIm Michael and I’m a giant nerdIm a giant nerd.

Michael Porter ‒ libraryman.com ‒ michael.libraryman@gmail.comwww.delicious.com/libraryman/gadgets

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Orientation to Gadgets: types of gadgets‒single and multipurpose -patrons use each for -ebook readers -mp3 players -tablets -flip video devices -brands/models for each

type of gadget -Intro to audio/visual file types and related software -WMA -MP3 -EPUB -DRM -yp g g ypContent model-licensing v. buying -commercial proprietary, incompatible content -ability to move from device to device -ability to share -ability to transform ‒Interface-touch v keyboard/mouse -

peripherals -page turning display -accessibility issues -easy for reluctant readers -durability -Application support-Flash -Windows -Open Office -WMA -OverDrive -PDF -Google Chrome/ pp pp p gGoogle Docs ‒Purchasing-Price comparisons -Getting a hand-on demo -Free or Discounted

hardware -Grants -Free or discounted software (e.g. free Kindle apps, feedbooks.com) -Lending -How do you allow borrowing of books on ipad? -Time limits -Damage, theft, loss -Getting around

setup for individual in order to loan out

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brandsfeatures functionality brandsfeatures functionality

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C l k h fConceptual market shift:iStuff and Ereading

What’s behind it all?Technical progress human needs motivationTechnical progress, human needs, motivation, interface, old and new

D i lDevice examplesLibrary examplesLibrary examplesThe future & predictions

Why?…does the concept of “gadgets” get many people so excited?

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…to understand (or not) the current state of gadgets?…give a hoot about the current state of gadgets?

Wh t?…is the gadget evolution doing to libraries?

What?…is the gadget evolution doing to libraries?

…do libraries need to do about gadgets right now?…what will gadgets mean for libraries in the coming decades?

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Concept al shiftConceptual shift:iStuff and EreadingiStuff and Ereading

ConceptualpMass

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ConceptualMassM k tMarketShiftShift

http://www.cosla.org/documents/COSLA2270_Report_Final1.pdf

“nook, Kobo, COOL-ER, and SONY readers ARE compatible with some OverDrive andARE compatible with some OverDrive and NetLibrary titles because they are in Adobe Di it l Editi PDF f t ”Digital Editions or PDF formats” -Sue Polanka

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What’s behind it all?What’s behind it all?Technical progress, human needs,Technical progress, human needs,motivation, interface, old and new

interface is keyinterface facilitates accessinterface is keyinterface facilitates access

Interface is the sweet spotInterface is the sweet spot

structurestructuresimplicity

l /l i l/i t iticlear/logical/intuitivefeedbacktolerantreusablereusable

Interface is the sweet spotInterface is the sweet spot

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sweetspot

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D i lDevice examples:Mobile supporting nestingMobile supporting nesting,comfort & customization

alexvaranese.com

iPad Cases

fInterface + human need

interface

InterfaceInterface

Touch

GestureGesture

Books are the library’s brand.

That will need to change.

C h b d d bContent is what our brand needs to become.

Content and Community.

That already really is our brandThat already really is our brand.

Libraries = Content + CommunityB t d t ff t t i f t t b d b h i l t iBut we need to offer content in formats not bound by physical containers(books, DVD’s, etc).

Gadgets are a big part of the key to that.

Actually, the term “gadget” really is just a name that holds significance, cultural meaning and currently has positive connotations and reactions.

Th l i i l h h h h i i h fThe real point is to get people what they want, when they want it, in the format they want it…through the library, regardless of the interface or device needed.

In this task “gadgets” will be a critical key in the coming decades.g g y g

They really are critical to the success of libraries.

Even now, when our brand is still books and not content.

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eReaderseReaders,eh?

Bookens,BenQ,BVelocity,iPad,Sonys,Kindles,,Asus,nook

commerciallyil blavailable

eReadingeReadingdevicesdevices

“One in Ten Americans Use an eReader;One in Ten Likely To Get One in Next Six Months”y

-Sept 2010 Harris Poll“First, those who have eReaders do, in fact, read more. Overall, two in five Americans (40%)

d b k h f d b k ( )read 11 or more books a year with one in five reading 21 or more books in a year (19%). But among those who have an eReader, over one-third read 11-20 books a year (36%) and over one-quarter read 21 or more books in an average year (26%). EReader users are also more likely to buy books One in five Americans (21%) say theyEReader users are also more likely to buy books. One in five Americans (21%) say they have not purchased any books in the past year compared to only 8% of eReader users who say the same. Just over one in ten Americans purchased between 11 and 20 books (11%) or 21 or more books (12%) in the past year. Again, eReader users are more likely to h b ht d l d d b k 17% h d b t 11 d 20 d 20%have bought, or downloaded books, as 17% purchased between 11 and 20 and 20% purchased 21 or more books in the past year.

Likelihood to get an eReader gAmong those adults who do not currently have an eReader, just over one in ten (12%) say they are likely to get one in the next six months. However, 21% are not very likely to purchase an eReader and three in five (59%) are not at all likely. Those in the West (16%) and East (14%) are more likely to purchase an eReader in the next six months whereasand East (14%) are more likely to purchase an eReader in the next six months, whereas seven in ten Midwesterners (69%) say they are not at all likely to do so. Age wise, Gen Xers (those aged 34-45) are most likely to say they will purchase one in the next six months (15%).”

Research in High Performance MobileResearch in High Performance Mobile Platforms is centered around:

ipower consumption,connectivity,sensing andg

increased computational power.

The mobile phone itself will soonThe mobile phone itself will soon become part of a network of distributed

computers, both adding to and benefiting f th f bl dfrom the power of capable peers and

servers in the cloud.-Nokia Research

everybody wants ineverybody wants in

A Linux-based open sourcemobile operating system projectmobile operating system project

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Oth d tOther gadgets(not phones/tablets/eReaders)(not phones/tablets/eReaders)

USB !USBs!

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Librar e amplesLibrary examples

Library examples :)Library examples :):(:(:)

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The f t re and predictionsThe future and predictions

-It isn’t smart to make predictions

predictionsIt isn t smart to make predictions.-Amazon will become a larger player in media access via gadgets:

-will launch a multimedia mobile device (imagine something like the iPad but likely using Android OS)I d di h i d ll ti i i f bil d h-Improved media purchasing and collection organizing for mobile and home-Likely larger partnership with Netflix for streamlining access via mobile devices

-Computing interfaces will incorporate more voice and gestural activity, accentuating and possibly eliminating most “mouse centric” hci.p y g-A master mobile device: Imagine and iPad/cell phone/laptop/Kindle combo (possibly with Bug-like functionality). Two display screens (for heavy readers) until eye strain issues are resolved with new display technology.New widely adopted players in both the content consumption and acquisition-New, widely adopted players in both the content consumption and acquisition marketplace as well as the community interaction marketplace will appear and gain wide adoption on par with Twitter, facecook, iTunes, etc. Millions will wonder “how’d we ever get by without that” and “Why didn’t I think of that?!”. y y-Libraries might not remain relevant. -More likely, libraries will figure out how to be more relevant, useful, valuable and vibrant than ever before. This will be largely *because of* gadget related activities and their interplay with human need and what libraries are designed to do But it is up to us youinterplay with human need and what libraries are designed to do. But it is up to us, you and me, to make it work in our favor.

Good luck! Be thoughtful and brave. We can do it!

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Michael Porterlibraryman.comy

michael.libraryman@gmail.comtwitter.com/librarymany

www.delicious.com/libraryman/gadgets

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