Presentation @ UNR
- 1. Wil Weston Engineering Librarian and Head of Collection Development at San Diego State University. (2006 – current) Engineering Librarian at University of New Orleans. (1999 – 2006) Comments, questions, and further discussion: https://twitter.com/WilatUNR
- 2. How can emerging technologies aid an Academic Library in community building and the delivery of scientific/technical information? A look at the 2010 Horizon report from EDUCAUSE.
- 3. What do we mean by “emerging technology” and “community building”?
- 4. Emerging Technology? Is a technology whose science, basic principles and theory are generally understood. Is a technology whose base of knowledge and application is expanding and undergoing innovation. Is a technology where some benefit of its application is generally recognized. - Australian Government Information Management Office, Dept. of Finance and Deregulation.
- 5. A catch all phrase for the innovations and trends that we are watching. The faint signals from the “alpha geeks” who are creating our future. - O'Reilly Media
- 6. Community Building? Learning and Research Community. Sharing a consensual goal to support each other in learning and research. High levels of dialogue Interaction Collaboration; requires a common focus and incentive to work together.
- 7. EDUCAUSE Horizon Report Near Term Horizon (12 months) Mobile Computing Open Content Second Adoption Horizon (2-3 years) Electronic Books Simple Augmented Reality
- 8. Mobile Computing Implementation of QR codes and SMS messaging in Catalog. SDSU Catalog Making use of social networking-powered mobile Web application. Twitter Hotseat at Purdue
- 9. QR code and SMS and Mobile PAC
- 10. Mobile Web Applications Hotseat @ Purdue
- 11. Open Content Collective Knowledge Course Materials made available online. MIT OpenCourseWare Open Michigan dScribe Project Creative Commons Legal tools for creating open content Copyright experts
- 12. Electronic Books User POV Potential for carrying hundreds of volumes. Potential for reduced costs Contribute to environmental efforts Library POV Ebook is a moving target. (Format, terms, permissions, also hardware) Licenses – Often behave much like a Serials. Perpetual Access vs. Subscription
- 13. Scribd.com
- 15. Simple Augmented Reality Augmented Stacks and Signs. Reference to other sources, subject guides, assistance. Augmented Books Augmented Text that already exist. (pop-ups) Library Augmented? ( inGlobe )
- 16. Thank You! Questions? This Presentation is on Slideshare. Further questions & comments? Send me a tweet @ https:// twitter.com/WilatUNR