Tech Trends in the Library Landscape, 2009
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Tech Trends in the Library Landscape, 2009
- 1. Waxing and Waning: Tech Trends for the Library Landscape Karen G. Schneider October, 2009 http://www.geekologie.com/2007/06/24-week/
- 7. waxing: the quest for narrative
- 8. “ Speak with a human voice.” — Michael Stephens
- 9. With the aim of improving our service and our efficiency, the circulation area at the Main Library will be remodeled for better patron accessibility and oriented toward increased self-checkout options . To this end we’re adding two more self-checkout stations, for a total of four. … We’ll have the same number of circulation clerks …
- 11. waning…
- 15. allowed
- 16. welcome
- 17. permitted
- 18. encouraged
- 19. not here
- 20. in this zone
- 21. waxing: ubiquitous informal engagement
- 22. Embrace the blur
- 25. waxing & waning: traditional circ
- 26. waning: paper
- 29. waxing: centralized mass storage
- 31. reorient services and assessment from ownership to access
- 32. waning: the locally-installed catalog
- 33. rethink staffing and workflows
- 35. brace for cloud-based disasters
- 37. question the duplicate-record model
- 38. waxing:
- 39. be open to open
- 40. waxing: pretty-good, unified discovery
- 41. think like it’s 1877
- 42. & think like it’s 1963
- 44. embrace the mesh
- 45. waxing: the library as destination
- 49. waxing: the experience library
- 66. “ Perceptions of librarians are highly related to support.” -- OCLC, From Awareness to Funding
- 67. what’s your narrative? where are you waxing and waning? how will you embrace “yes”?
- 68. you are welcome to remix and reuse these slides. attribution appreciated. thanks! [email_address]
Editor's Notes
- First, a little about me.
- These are the places I have lived, and this is where I live now
- “ We tell ourselves stories in order to live” — Joan Didion
- This is not communication
- “U.S. newsprint capacity, which reached a record 7.46 million tons in 2000, has recorded steady declines since then, falling a cumulative 28.7 percent to 5.32 million tons in 2007. This marked the lowest point for U.S. newsprint capacity since 1980. “
- Librarians can design their own software
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/george_eastman_house/3122866921/
- Typical workflow, Alexandrian library
- Scott Garrison, Western Michigan U: lowering the barrier on learning the tool, raise the bar for information literacy
- 1877 card catalog
- We need different data architecture, so we can be agile in our service models. Courtesy of UOIT.
- Happy patron, Redwood City, CA
- Expats at a library cafe
- “’Passionate librarians who are involved in the community make a difference.” — OCLC "the value of a library is you" -- Dave Lankes