do you know what your patrons know?

Do You Know What Your Patrons Know?John Blyberg, Darien Library, Darien, CT

Oct 19, 2007

Central CT State University

Are we here...

...or are we here?

Source: www.opte.org

We don’t always need to understand the big picture...

...we just need to know how to be part of it.

83% of online Americans use the internet to seek information about their hobbies

29% do every day

It’s as popular as online shopping, getting news, and surfing for fun

(Pew Internet & American Life Project)

(Pew Internet & American Life Project)

57% of all internet users watch videos online

19% of all internet users watch videos every day74% of all broadband customers watch videos online

57% of video-watchers share links to the videos with friends

(Pew Internet & American Life Project)

36% of online American adults consult Wikipedia

The Internet consumes 9.4% of all electricity generated in the US(350 Billion kilowatt-hours / yr)

(David Sarokin, Uclue.com)

What about libraries?

Goods

Service

(Books ‘n Stuff)

(People)

The Traditional Library

Experience

Service

Goods(Books ‘n Stuff)

(People)

(Participation)

Transformation

The Transformative Library

The Information Experience

What role does Technology play?

Participation

Collaboration

Innovation

Distribution

Metcalfe’s Law:

n * (n - 1) / 2

The Network Effect

(Dion Hinchcliffe, web2.wsj2.com)

Open Source

Open Standards

Open Dialogue

Open ProcessesOpen Minds

Open Meetings

Open Data

Open Spaces

Cooperate!

Check your priorities

Initiate contact

Offer help

Build your networks

Do a gut-check

Cooperate & Share!

Thank-you!John Blyberg (john@blyberg.net)