Transforming Our Vision to Enhance Library Services
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The document discusses innovative practices in libraries including the use of technology, social media, and collaborative tools to enhance user engagement and resource sharing. It emphasizes the importance of information fluency, advocacy for diverse reading materials, and adapting to the evolving digital landscape, including e-books and mobile access. Furthermore, it encourages libraries to explore new partnerships and learning opportunities while addressing the changing needs of patrons.
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Transforming Our Vision to Enhance Library Services
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- 7. Future Shock
- 9. "Every age thinks it's the modern age, but this one really is." Tom Stoppard from 'The Invention of Love'
- 12. Offer free workshops for the public and ask people to bring their devices!
- 13. Improve access to your technology!
- 15. Become friends with your IT Department.
- 16. Librarians and library staff help keep people afloat in hard times.
- 17. Be available to help your users when they need it.
- 18. Many people don’t need librarians to help them search. They need help making sense of what they find.
- 19. After 3 minutes of no activity this window displays on our website.
- 23. Free Learning Management Systems (LMS) http://coursekit.com/ http://www.joinopenclass.com http://moodle.org/
- 24. Embedded Librarianship within an LMS
- 25. Course e-reserves within an LMS
- 26. Faculty can easily link to resources!
- 27. Single Sign-On within LMS
- 29. Popular Research Tools Library toolbar/Chrome extension Facebook Search App.
- 32. Information fluency is the intersection of information literacy, computer literacy and critical thinking.
- 33. So, I think information fluency is … communicating, problem solving, evaluating, analyzing, synthesizing, and reflecting on the entire process. … having the ability to think critically while being able to apply this thinking across a variety of “literacies” (e.g., information, technological, cultural, scientific etc.) in order to “foster understanding, support sound decision-making, and guide action” in the classroom and beyond!
- 34. Allow the user to do the work and follow up with them.
- 35. Widely Share Your Library Resources!
- 36. Help enhance online content with authoritative library resources. This will bring more visibility to your library and people will trust the information presented.
- 38. Edit Wikipedia articles and include library resources.
- 39. Broward County’s idea spawned another idea. The key is to at least try something new.
- 40. Twitter asks “what’s happening” and makes the answer spread across the globe to millions, immediately. Source: http://goo.gl/st9DH
- 41. Find out what is trending on Twitter and support/enhance it with authoritative resources. The U.S. Congressional Twitter Directory, http://goo.gl/s1sVZ New Congressional Committee Must Put National Interest First. http://bit.ly/qUrYJr)
- 43. What Creative Industries Need Source: Peter Kageyama, http://goo.gl/P98cZ
- 46. This is probably a more realistic picture.
- 47. Jazz in the Stacks live streaming event!
- 49. St. Pete Times article: http://goo.gl/bMi1D Tweeted Jedi Path video: http://goo.gl/bwSTu
- 51. Are you currently weeding your physical collection? If yes! Then donate these books to Open Library. More information at: http://openlibrary.org/
- 54. G a m Source: http://goo.gl/PUaJp i n Source: http://goo.gl/6mPSd g n i g h t Source: http://goo.gl/SRZ5Q Source: http://goo.gl/tVIc9 s
- 55. Allen County Public Library Creates High-Tech 'Hackerspaces' Source: http://goo.gl/wHZyR
- 57. Kinect in Education • Robotic controls • Augmented Reality in Twitter • Enhance theatre arts • Navigate locations, operating systems etc. • Learn to play guitar • Explore anatomy • Learn sign language • Manipulate air drawings (Brainstorming) • Innovative presentation tool Source: http://apps.kinecteducation.com/
- 58. Collaborate
- 59. Collaboration
- 60. Discovery!
- 62. Music discovery! Important: provide a way for people to request music!
- 64. A Sample of Innovative Collections • East Palo Alto Library will have a collection of circulating guitars and will provide two 8-week lesson programs. • Mills Music Library has an Album Cover Art Exhibits Archive. • George Washington’s beer recipe is at the New York Public Library.
- 65. Hardly any information technology goes obsolete. Each new one throws its predecessors into relief. James Gleick.
- 66. In 1971, Michael S. Hart (1947 –2011) created the first e-book by typing the Declaration of Independence into a computer. Project Gutenberg was launched and now e-books are over 40 years old!
- 67. Be an advocate for all of your readers no matter how or what they chose to read!
- 68. The form of the book has changed over time. The ‘book’ is the content, not the package!
- 69. So, what happens when the package undergoes a drastic change?
- 70. Just as digital music turned this…
- 71. …into this
- 72. e-publications turn this…
- 73. …into this
- 77. So, will physical books be completely replaced by … ?
- 78. And what happened to LPs? Are they dead?
- 79. Ugh, text on a screen should be simple! This is so frustrating! I don’t care about all these formats and rules; I JUST WANT to read an e-book!
- 81. E-book sales in the US double year-on-year, paper books suffer double- digit losses. Source: http://goo.gl/K5NFN
- 83. Déjà vu? How would you repurpose your space and/or your staff if/when you start to purchase more e-books?
- 87. Promote DRM-free e-books http://drmfree.calibre-ebook.com/ http://www.gutenberg.org/ http://overdrive.com/ http://openlibrary.org/
- 89. QR (Quick Response) codes can help guide mobile users in your physical spaces come visit your digital library spaces.
- 91. Has the simplicity and ubiquity of helped to make your library a center of learning and a hub for participation?
- 92. According to Wikipedia, “Social media is a term used to describe the type of media that is based on conversation and interaction between people online.” Sharing is a huge component, so be a messenger for your library!
- 93. Reply! Use Facebook to reach out to your users and share your library.
- 94. With Social Media, we should really know our library users.
- 96. Share your location. Offer incentives for users to check-in to your library and make it worthwhile for them!
- 98. Twitter asks “what’s happening” and makes the answer spread across the globe to millions, immediately. Source: http://goo.gl/st9DH
- 99. Chat, screen share, collaborate on documents, watch and comment on YouTube videos, and even add a mustache!
- 100. Do our patrons care that their privacy is eroding? What is the librarian role here?
- 101. Watch for new services/apps that can help make your library more visible/valuable … … but don’t feel obligated to put your library in that space!
- 102. Why libraries should have a mobile presence. The mobile web is connecting people to information while they are on the go, so this is a great space for libraries! Plus mobile phones have surpassed PCs and landline phones combined, so your potential audience is huge!
- 103. By the end of 2011, 5 billion mobile phones were in service in a world with 7 billion people! Source: http://goo.gl/kxEAJ
- 105. Uploaded to Flickr on November 8, 2007 by Travelin' Librarian
- 106. Uploaded to Flickr on November 29, 2006 by Michael Casey
- 107. Powered by:
- 108. “Fundamentally, 'mobile' refers to the user, not the device or application.” Barbara Ballard Designing the Mobile User Experience
- 109. Example Mobile Library Websites
- 110. A simple mobile-optimized Website using HTML and CSS can work on all devices! <p><a class="call" href="tel:17273417177" accesskey="0">Call the Library</a> | (727) 341-7177<br /> <a href="wtai://wp/ap;+17273417177; SPC%20Library">[Add to Phone Book]</a><br />
- 112. Or you can build something using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript that acts like a native app! Built using jQTouch Built using jQuery Mobile
- 113. Other Mobile Development Tools
- 117. Siri “Siri does what you say, finds the information you need, then answers you. It’s like you’re having a conversation with your iPhone.” “And Siri is proactive, so it will question you until it finds what you’re looking for.”
- 119. Authors are slowly bypassing publishers and this will continue. Libraries are a middle-man too. What will happen to libraries?
- 120. Help local authors get published
- 121. A complete self-publishing platform. Converting text to EPUB format using Calibre Upload local content to “Community Reserve.”
- 122. Institutions are being uprooted. The Times They Are A-Changin‘
- 124. Pay attention to proposed legislation that would probably impact libraries (e.g., SOPA/PIPA)
- 125. EVERYTHING will be a social experience!
- 127. “Memory Engineering”
- 128. RFID + IPv6 = Internet of Things?
- 130. Create your own infographics!
- 133. What is your personal mission statement? What excites you? What pushes your buttons? What do you stand for?
- 134. Unexpected Places Look beyond LibraryLand for work and/or advisory roles etc.
- 136. Look to other industries, be an “innovator,” and challenge something!
- 138. It can’t hurt to ask, right?
- 139. Cognitive Enhancement Future of e-reading: Following the eye?
- 141. Some Examples • Linux • Open Office.org • MIT’s Open Courseware (OCW) • Flat World Knowledge • DIY U • OpenStudy.com
- 143. Bitcoin Payment Options • Near Field Communication • Person-to-person payments • Mobile donations • Virtual currency Square Google Wallet
- 144. Take advantage of the “cloud.”
- 147. How do you measure value? • Has access to information improved because of sharing tools? • Did marketing services and resources help provide more visibility to your library? • Has instant and inexpensive (probably free) communication tools fostered more collaboration with staff and patrons? • Has anything enhanced learning or helped your library users with their digital transformations?
- 151. Please consider sharing your ideas or your successes. https://voicethread.com/share/1447074/
Editor's Notes
- #71: For reading, this…
- #72: …became this.
- #74: Cumbersome became convenient.I used to carry “a” book with me where ever I went. Now I carry a few thousand books with me wherever I go.
- #76: This used to be THE way to watch movies at home
- #78: I was wondering whether this type of book was about to be totally replaced…
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