ohio's excellent libraries need excellent electronic content

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

eli@eliworks.com

@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.

But this time. something was 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 RenaissanceNeo Renaissance

Low Price PointsLow Price PointsLots of Pro OutputLots of Pro Output

No DRMNo DRMDevices don’t matterDevices don’t matterDeals with many PubsDeals with many PubsLibs buy & distributeLibs buy & distributeFree Culture Free Culture

SocietySociety

Free is Dominant Free is Dominant PricePrice

Wide quality rangeWide quality rangeNo DRM / Access No DRM / Access

barrierbarrierDevices don’t matterDevices don’t matterDeath of the Pub DealDeath of the Pub Deal

Libs collect & storeLibs collect & store

DRM DystopiaDRM Dystopia

Prices stay highPrices stay highLots of Pro OutputLots of Pro OutputDRM everywhereDRM everywhereDevice Exclusivity Device Exclusivity

FightsFightsIntermediated Pub Intermediated Pub

DealsDealsLibs take what we can Libs take what we can

getget

Platform WarsPlatform Wars

App Store PricesApp Store PricesHuge quality rangeHuge quality range

DRM triumphDRM triumphCreator Exclusivity Creator Exclusivity

DealsDealsNo more deals for No more deals for

LibsLibsLibs find a new wayLibs 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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“Then, we can dig it.”

The20th Century

Library broughtthe world to its

community;

The21st CenturyLibrary bringsits communityto the world.

WH

Y?

Ereader Boom 2

Holidays 2011 – Here we go again!

Sub-$100 ereadersSub-$100 ereaders

Ereader shipments to reach Ereader shipments to reach 27 million units for 201127 million units for 2011

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To create the primary access To create the primary access point for electronic content for point for electronic content for

users of libraries.users of libraries.

By librariesBy libraries, with libraries, with libraries, for libraries.for libraries.

Bylaws and mission ensure that Bylaws and mission ensure that our mission is that of libraries.our mission is that of libraries.

Parterships. Relationships. Parterships. Relationships. Research. Solutions.Research. Solutions.

Phase I: what have we done so Phase I: what have we done so far?far?

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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 meeting

1 hour – one-on-one conversations to discuss infrastructure features, etc.

2 hours reading/answering emails

PartnerLibraries

Sign non-disclosure agreement

One contact person at the library

Library director must meet with LR

PartnerLibraries

Financial contributions

are NOT required.

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