what's on the technology horizon?

A centre of expertise in digital information management

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Brian KellyUKOLNUniversity of BathBath, UK

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What’s On The Technology Horizon?

Technical opportunities available in the ‘New Normal’


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Technology Outlook for UK Tertiary Education 2011-2016

Selected highlights from the Technology Outlook for UK Tertiary Education 2011-2016, a collaboration between the NEW MEDIA CONSORTIUM and the JISC Innovation Support Centres (UKOLN and CETIS)

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Develop Your Action PlansArea Notes and Actions

Mobile and Tablet Computing

Cloud Computing

Open Content

4Timeframe for adoption: one year or less

At end of session we invite suggestions for Library action plans which you feel you should be taking in the various areas. Feel free to tweet your ideas!


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Develop Your Action Plans

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Area Notes and ActionsGame-Based Learning

Learning Analytics

New Scholarship

Semantic Applications

Timeframe for adoption 2-3 years


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Develop Your Action Plans

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Area Actions

Augmented Reality

Collective Intelligence

Smart Objects

Telepresence


Learning Analytics

New Scholarship





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It’s Here!

Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One year or less• Cloud Computing• Mobiles• Tablet Computing• Open Content

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Your Thoughts

#ili11 #a101 Why not share your thoughts on Twitter on:

(a) relevance to libraries and (b) what you should be doing now


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Be Prepared!

Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two-three years• Game-based Learning• Learning Analytics• New Scholarship• Semantic Applications

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Keep An Eye On!

Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four-five years• Augmented reality• Collective Intelligence• Telepresence• Smart Objects

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It’s Here!: Cloud Computing

What?• The service / data / infrastructure isn’t

hosted within the institution• “I think there is a world market for maybe

five computers” (Watson, IBM)?

Implications• Policy, legal and cultural assumptions

about ownership of IT need addressing• Continue what you’ve been doing with

Social Web services

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It’s Here!: Mobile / Tablets

What?• Access to the service / data / infrastructure

is in your hand; not on your desktop• “In the future the power of the mainframe

computer will be in your pocket”

Implications• Shouldn’t information professionals be pro-

active in using mobile devices?• Are you engaging actively with this talk?

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It’s Here!: Open Content

What?• Content (including data) which is licensed

to permit/encourage reuse• “In the future we’ll be more efficient by

reusing existing information”

Implications• Particularly relevant for public sector/HE• Are you licensing your content with CC?• Are you using content provided by others?

If not, aren’t you being inefficient?

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Open DataGovernment to ‘force’ Unis to publish data about courses, student experiences, …• Builds on Labour’s

Open Gov initiative• An opportunity to be

welcomed? • Can take initiative in

publishing open data about uses of social media

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It’s Coming!: Learning (Academic) AnalyticsWhat?

• Measurement, collection, analysis & reporting of data about learners & their contexts, for purposes of understanding & optimising learning & the environments in which it occurs

• See also Academic Analytics

Implications• Evidence-based approaches in education• Builds on (open) data• Privacy implications - data can be open but

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Library Learning Analytics

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Library Impact Data Project (#lidp):• Funded by JISC as

part of Activity Data Programme

• “Is there is a … significant correlation between library activity data & student attainment?”

See Dave Pattern / Byony Ramsden’s talk later today to find out!

See LIDP project blog ( ) and papers ( )


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It’s Coming!: New Scholarship

What?• Pre-publication of research; non-traditional

channels; visualisation of data; new ways of peer-reviewing; non-traditional scholarly objects; …

Implications• Addressing limitations of current practices &

cultural barriers (no rewards for blogging)• Beyond Impact: ideas for reward mechanisms for

researchers beyond traditional peer-reviewed papers

• Opportunities for information professionals

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Keep Watching!: Collective IntelligenceWhat?

• Knowledge embedded in large groups• Can be explicit e.g. collective intelligence

produced Wikipedia • Tacit knowledge can be gathered by

analysing data from large numbers over time.

• Analysis of tweets to predict • Earthquakes Flu epidemic (Google

search)• Elections Cultural trends• …

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“Because of the numerous earthquakes and the large number of Twitter users throughout the country, they were able to detect an earthquake with high probability (96% of earthquakes of Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) seismic intensity scale 3 or more are detected) merely by monitoring tweets.”

Twitter is full of trivia?Can you afford not to engage?


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Collective IntelligenceUsing Twitter, Facebook status updates, Google search terms, … to:

• Make predictions: earthquakes, flu epidemics, riots, …

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Implications for libraries, for society?

From the expert (the Chief Librarian, CIO, …)

to the crowds

• Take actions: making plans for evacuation, medical supplies, arresting dissidents?


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Keeping up-to-date with ‘weak signals’: using Scoop.it to curate stories weeky about Collective Intelligence

http://www.scoop.it/t/about-collective-intelligence

Note personal curaration for keeping informed is done in the open – openness should be happening now!


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Your Action PlansArea Notes and Actions

Mobile and Tablet Computing

Personal use of mobile phones & tablets in order to gain experiences of new working practices; experiences of accessing library services, etc. Update Acceptable Use Policies to address use of mobile devices. Update Web developments tools and standards to ensure mobile access is treated as ‘first class citizen’.

Cloud Computing

Staff development to provide better understanding of Cloud Computing concepts and implications. Update Acceptable Use Policies to address use of cloud services. Ensure potential risks are understood as well as opportunities. Develop risk minimisation strategies.

Open Content Staff development to provide better understanding of open data as well as open access including licensing issues for open content. Understand personal and organisational barriers to provision of open content as well as consuming open content. Seek ways in which the Library can provide open content.

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Your Action Plans

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Area Actions

Augmented Reality


Smart Objects

Telepresence


Learning Analytics

New Scholarship



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Implications For YouWhat should you be doing:

• Using the technologies which have arrived (mobile, tablet, Cloud, open content)

• Ensuring that you have appropriate policies, plans, updated AUPs, etc.

• Provide staff development/awareness raising for technologies arriving < 3 years

• Encourage staff with interests in new technologies to continue horizon-scanning

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“It’s science fiction?” Look at how technologies have transformed Library landscape in 13 years of ILI. Will this slow down?


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Questions

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what's on the technology horizon?

Education

publishing open data

open data government

adoption horizon

activity data programme

analysis reporting of

years timeframe

years area actions

years area notes