the role of libraries in the new age: a view from abroad
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The role of libraries in the digital age
A View from Abroad
Chris Coward
Floro SemanaBogota, Colombia16 October, 2013
Outline
Part I – Worldwide impactPart II – InnovationsPart III – Partnerships
Services people want
e-book classes
Mobile app for library services
Mobile GPS app to find library resources
Online accounts with recommendations
50% 55% 60% 65% 70%
Series 1
Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life ProjectLibrary Services in the Digital Age
“Very important” services
Borrowing books
80%Reference librarians
80%
Free access to computers & internet
77%
Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life ProjectLibrary Services in the Digital Age
THE CRITICAL FIRST TOUCH
Bangladesh Brazil Chile Ghana Philippines0
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First use of computer at public access venue First use of Internet at public access venue
% o
f users
For more than half of the user survey respondents, a public access venue provided them with their:• first ever contact with computers (50%) • first ever contact with the Internet (62%)
DEVELOPMENT OF ICT SKILLS
Users identified public access venues as the most important place for development of their computer (40%) and Internet (50%) skills
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ComputerInternet
% of households with internet at home
Quick, Prior, Toombs, Taylor and Currenti (2013): Cross-European survey to measure users’ perceptions of the benefits of ICT in public libraries
Countries with highest levels of library computer usage: Denmark and Finland
Library innovations
Romania: EU agriculture funding Ghana: Health information Worldwide: Innovation spaces• Co-working spaces• Hackerspaces
Partnering with libraries
42%
31%
23%
4%
Very likelySomewhat likelyNot very likelyVery unlikely
Fellows, M., Coward, C., & Sears, R. (2012). Beyond Access: Perceptions of libraries as development partners
What is the likelihood of your organization supporting a program that involved a partnership with public libraries?
Technology & Social Change GroupUniversity of Washington Information School
tascha.uw.edu | @taschagroup
Chris [email protected]
THANK YOU