ten technologies & ten ideas

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10 Technologies & 10 Ideas to ImproveLibrary Productivity

Michael StephensDominican University GSLIS

http://tametheweb.com


These things I know.


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The Web has changed everything.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/striatic/101594790

Continuous Computing


The evolving Web is open & social.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/josefstuefer/55109059


“The way that many young people are using information technologies is changing the way the world works. We don’t yet know the full impact of these changes, but we know that they are profound and will alter all manner of dynamics over the coming decades, if not centuries and beyond...”


http://www.flickr.com/photos/fasanfoto/2960655723/


These things are oppourtunities.


http://pewresearch.org/pubs/460/wikipedia

More than a third of American adult internet users (36%) consult the citizen-generated online encyclopedia Wikipedia

And on a typical day in the winter of 2007, 8% of online Americans consulted Wikipedia.


More than 175 million active usersMore than half of Facebook users are outside of collegeThe fastest growing demographic is those 30 years old and older

http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics


http://www.universalmccann.com/Assets/wave_3_20080403093750.pdf


And who is driving this revolution? Teens. For them, this isn't "technology," it's just the way things are.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080930/cm_csm/ycamplese;_ylt=AnX84hh.BQIXnwfR66k_uwWs0NUE

Technology is just a Tool

Understand Technolust

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisheuer/352270858/

Technostress

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndm007/510980765/

Techno-divorce

http://www.flickr.com/photos/margaretv/2766359549

Technoshame

http://www.flickr.com/photos/svenwerk/107267802

Technophobia

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shikasta/30604809/

This world is so SHINY...

How do we go forward?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scampion/2792352899/


Ten Technologies


Help! My Web site looks like this:


1. Blog as Platform


http://www.libraryforlife.org/


http://www.darienlibrary.org/frontdesk/blog/


http://teens.columbuslibrary.org/ebranch/index.cfm?pageid=163


http://www.flickr.com/photos/traceystivers/489936202/


http://www.library.upenn.edu/blos/staffweb


http://reglib.wordpress.com/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/hatchergraduatelibrary/sets/72157602113979751/


http://flickr.com/photos/acplinfo


http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/


Take Aways

• Use OSS blogs for easy Web site creation

• Wordpress is a good choice

• Embed pictures, sound, video

• Invite commenting & respond

• Cost: FREE + Staff Time


Help! The design firm wants $10,000 to do

our site!


2. Beyond Blogs: CMS


http://drupal.org/


http://www.franklinparklibrary.org/


Take Aways

• Explore what Drupal offers

• Add it to your planning?

• Designate staff to take the lead

• Cost: FREE + Staff Time (learning curve)


Help! We need a portal for our library!


3.RSS & Widget Portals


www.netvibes.com


http://www.pageflakes.com/dublincitypubliclibraries/


Planning & Pitfalls

• Cost, development time and ease of delivery pointed Dublin librarians to PageFlakes

• Widget choice helped

• Tech issues sent them to NetVibes

http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2008/11/planning-pitfalls-using-pageflakes-for-a-public-library-portal.html


http://www.netvibes.com/dublincitypubliclibraries#Home


Take Aways

• PageFlakes or NetVibes

• Uses RSS feeds and widgets

• Customizable and personalized

• Create a personal portal

• Create a staff or public portal



Help! We need to organize Web links!


4. Social Bookmarking


http://www.northmetrotech.edu/index.html?lmenu=Library&content=Library/index


McNeese State University Library's Government Documents Department


http://delicious.com/MVCCInformationLiteracy


Take Aways

• Organize sites

• Create subject guides

• Involve users



Help! We want to engage our “tribe!”


5. DIY Virtual Community


http://rosellelibrary.ning.com/


Take Aways

• www.ning.com

• Explore a DIY Community

• Ponder internal/external applications



Help! Folks could use our guidance on the Web!


6. Meebo Embedded Librarians


www.meebo.com


Meebo Benefits

•No viruses

•Connect to multiple services at once

•Voicemail for the Web


http://meebome.com/

2.


Take Aways

• www.meebo.com

• Embed a staff member in your blog

• Or anywhere on your site!

• Cost: Free + Staff Time


Help! How do I reach the Born Digital?!


http://www.flickr.com/photos/mclibdotnet/2876371210/


Let go of control, use evidence, evolve, and listen closely to create spaces, places - and faces - that enable, engage, welcome and inspire your young adults.


http://flickr.com/photos/yarmando/236030044

Teens are “Born with the Chip”


NextGen Library Users will be:

• Format agnostic

• Nomadic

• Multitasking

• Experiential

• Collaborative

• Integrated

• Adaptive

• Principled

• Direct

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA411572.html


Teens write... a lot.

http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Writing_Report_FINAL3.pdf

http://www.flickr.com/photos/niznoz/59876372/


85% of teens ages 12-17 engage at least occasionally in some form of electronic personal communication, which includes text messaging, sending email or instant messages, or posting comments on social networking sites.

60% of teens do not think of these electronic texts as “writing.”

http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_Writing_Report_FINAL3.pdf


Teens use the Social Web

http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_SNS_Data_Memo_Jan_2007.pdf

http://www.flickr.com/photos/josefstuefer/55109059


•Team Oriented

•Immersed in media & gadgets (that are mobile!)

•They use the Social Web (Facebook anyone?)

•Accept loss of privacy for accessibility

•Their learning is shaped by technology &

collaboration

Pew Study: Millennials


• 55% of online teens have created a personal profile online, and 55% have used social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook.

• 66% of teens who have created a profile say that their profile is not visible by all internet users. They limit access to their profiles.

• 48% of teens visit social networking websites daily or more often; 26% visit once a day, 22% visit several times a day.

http://www.pewinternet.org/pdfs/PIP_SNS_Data_Memo_Jan_2007.pdf


Help! What’s the deal with the “Cloud?!”


8. Cloud Computing


http://www.flickr.com/photos/ralph-toyama/2673209625


http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/07/an_extensive_look_at_apples_new_iwork_com_service.html


Levine on “The Cloud”

• There are multiple options

• How to snychronize or back up those files

• How to think about privacy in this context

http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2009/01/14/were-not-all-ready-for-the-cloud-yet.html


The Cloud Librarians


Take Aways

• Understand converged devices are everywhere.!

• Allow unfettered access to the cloud.!

• Understand that the cloud may also be a valuable information resource.!

• Utilize the cloud to save time and money.!


Help! We need to do site updates/alerts!

(and how about another channel?)


9. Micro-Sharing & Micro-Content


http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ugl/


http://twitter.com/askundergrad


http://tametheweb.com/2008/04/24/undergrad-library-twitter-at-uiuc/


Take Aways

• www.twitter.com

• Let Twitters feed make your site updates easier

• Monitor and answer?



Help! Can all of these things work together?!


10. Putting It All Together


Case Study:Nashville Public Library

Teen Web


Ten Ideas



How can we go forward?

1.Let Go of Control

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http://flickr.com/photos/aaronschmidt/96941719/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/1924719853


Who is controlling the story?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrrl/780191578


http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/205664675/

PR 2.0?


Networked conversations are enabling powerful new forms of social organization….

http://www.briansolis.com/2008/08/introducing-conversation-prism.html


Balance is key.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/superfantastic/50088733

2. Let BETA be your friend.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/charlietakesphotos/67929697

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrys/48074984/

Let them help you.

Prototype.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/frinky/2548934532/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/tookie/183503927/

What do they want?


http://allaboutdarien.com/2009/01/the-new-darien-library-its-for-me/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/libraryloft/3023529312/


3. Be Transparent

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Done deal.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/1932087056/

4. Try out some emerging tools


Learn from success and failure


5. Spot trends and make them opportunities.

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SocietyGlobal Risk

Dangerous currents

Possible red herring

* Size of circle denotes likely impact of trend (hey, it’s just an educated guess).

Technology

Economy

Environment

Politics

Business

Family

Media

Trend Blend 2009+a m a p o f t i m e a n d t i d e

L E G E N D

www.nowandnext.com

/gas price spikes

Alternative energy bubble

Outsourcing backlash

Low cost competition

Resource shortages

Skills shortages

Increased regulation

Asset price uncertainty

Networked risk

Rehiring of retirees

Energy insecurity

Web 2.0 campaigning

Immigration backlash

Green taxes

ProtectionismVirtual protests

EMF radiation

Rapid growth oftransnational crime

Map by Richard Watson with help from Ben. More at www.nowandnext.com

Credit default swaps

Collapse of nuclear non-proliferation treaty

Global supply chain disruption

Electricity shortages

People taking trend maps too seriously

Slowdown in growth

Industry consolidation

Growth of autocracy

Rising protectionism

Globalisation in retreat

Fall of US Empire

De-leveraging

Virtualisation

Simplicity

Data security

Energy storage

Telepresence

Device convergence

Cloud computing

Merchantilism

Pensions funding

Prediction markets

Shorter product lifecycles

Re-regulation

Inflation

2-speed economies

Sovereign wealth funds

Deflation

Allowable luxuries

Debt stress

Single person households

IMBYs

Extended financial families

Renting things

Home cooked meals

Unplugging

Middle class unrest

Gated communitiesBack to basics

AgeingGRIN tech

Web 2.0

Green IT

Iran

Utility

Authenticity

Trust

Islands of Tranquility

Enoughism

Old skool

We not meSearch forcontrol

Space weather

Power Shift Eastwards

Climatechange

crisisDigitalisation

Anxiety

Debt

GlobalConnectivity

Sustainability

Uncertainty

Obesity

Volatility

Facebook fatigue

Flight to quality

Seriousness

e-books

Fantasy & escape

Micro-boredom

Digital diets

Digital privacy

Influenza pandemic

Severe heatwaves

Return of SARS

Religious and ethnic tension

Increased societalappetite for risk

Food shortages

Nicole Kidman winsanother Oscar

Major internet

failure

Criticalinfrastructure

attack

Major earthquake ineconomic centre

Severe water shortages

Storytelling

Too muchinformation

Online video

Short formats

Skimming

Urbanisation

Green cities

Nuclear power

Energy dashboards

Negawatts

Peak landfill

Declining water quality

Bio-fuel backlash

Eco-Cynics

Vertical agriculture

Nano-solar

Wind powerClean coal

Oi

Collapse of US dollar

CSR

Transparency

Income inequality

Pakistan

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This map is published under a Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License.

Robotics

Gesture based computing

Mobile computing

Geo-fencing

http://stephenslighthouse.sirsidynix.com/archives/2009/02/2009_trend_map.html


http://blogs.forrester.com/groundswell/2008/10/new-2008-social.html


http://www.flickr.com/photos/25131367@N05/2955749197

6. Offer inclusive learning.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tlang/138827714


http://plcmclearning.blogspot.com/


Play.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaspi/12944421/

7.Overthink and die!


• Learn to have effective meetings

• “Death by Meeting” Patrick M. Lencioni

• “Getting Things Done” by David Allen

• Short timelines for responsive services


1.Set a firm agenda.

2.Assign a note-taker.

3.Carve out micro-meetings.

4.Hold office hours.

5.Discourage politics, use data.

6.Stick to the clock.

http://yahoo.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/sep2006/sb20060927_259688.htm


8. Plan to plan.http://www.flickr.com/photos/garrettc/1743597848


http://www.flickr.com/photos/d_a_v_i_d_m_/84447778/

Focus on Constant & Purposeful Change


http://www.flickr.com/photos/misshaley/515045191


9. Use a mission statement


Society has determined what the library of the past has been, and it is society that will determine what the library of the future shall be.

Jesse Hauk Shera

The Foundations of Education for Librarianship, Shera, 1972. Wiley-Becker and Hayes, p 135.

10. Evaluate.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ansik/304526237


http://www.flickr.com/photos/pgoyette/94520121/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonivc/2283676770/


Bonus!


Be curious.

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To be curious means to explore

first.Seth Godin

Are we too timid sometimes?

Michael Casey | Michael Stephens | The Transparent Library | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0

Technology is just a Tool


The heart of the library is people.


http://www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/hpphotos.cfm


http://www.flickr.com/photos/mclibdotnet/2876371210/

Michael Casey | Michael Stephens | The Transparent Library | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0

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How can we go forward?


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Learn to LearnAdapt to ChangeScan the Horizon

Be CuriousBring your Heart with

http://tametheweb.com/2008/04/26/meme-passion-quilt-or-what-i-want-for-new-librarians/


Michael Stephens

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