NEFLIN Keynote for Library Maker Fest April 2019.
A discussion about how libraries can be on the cutting edge without forgetting who we are. A chance to explore what we all are doing and what the future might bring.
2. THIS IS A DISCUSSION, NOT A LECTURE
• I hope it will be a very back and forth conversation
• I am going to take up about a half hour of our time
• So you can ask questions and add ideas during our time
together
• We will come up with ideas together that work for you
3. QUOTE
The future is already here,
it is just not evenly distributed – William Gibson
4. THOUGHT
• Be comfortable with looking forward without giving up what
you have
• We should not be about waiting for something to be mainstream we
should be making it mainstream
• You do not need to be cutting edge, you do not need to make
your self bleed but you do not want to be run over by the future
• No one is future proof, how do we help people, and ourselves, prepare
• Being on the cutting edge does not mean thoughtlessly slicing
off what already works.
• It's about moving forward and adding to what we know and do best
5. WHAT TECHNOLOGIES ARE CHANGING
LIBRARIES?
• Three ‘new’ technology ideas to be aware of
• Voice assistants
• How do you feel about customers talking in the library?
• Virtual Reality
• How do you feel about cleaning keyboards? Face masks?
• Augmented Reality
• How do you work with someone who sees something different than you do?
11. THOUGHT
• You do not need to embrace everything in the future
• How do you know what will be important in the future?
• You do not need to be everything to everyone
• Who will be there for what someone needs?
13. WHAT CREATION STATION OFFERS
• 3D printers
• ~What should we print, should that be free$
• Design Studio
• Adobe Creative Cloud, what about 3D design, Coding, Unity,
etc.
• Virtual Reality & Augmented Reality
• Rift, Vive VR & HoloLens, Meta2 AR
• Sewing Machines, Quilting rack, White Boards, Legos
• Counting pieces when things return
• Gear to check out
• Wacom tablets, Sphero, Cameras, etc.
14. POP QUIZ!
•Henry Ford Invented
•A. Automobile
•B. Assembly Line
•C. Both A & B
•D. None of the Above
15. POP QUIZ!
•Henry Ford Invented
•A. Automobile
•B. Assembly Line
•C. Both A & B
•D. None of the Above
16. THOUGHT
• Helping customers reach the future they want to
• What do you see coming that they might not be aware of?
• Be comfortable with looking forward without giving up what
you have
• What are you good at now that people will still need in the future?
17. DEMOCRATIZATION OF
INFORMATION
• Books
• Computers
• Databases
• Internet access
• Shared Resources
• Website & App
“If information is the currency of
democracy, then libraries are its
banks.”
18. THOUGHT
• Being on the cutting edge does not mean thoughtlessly slicing
off what already works.
• What is still needed and what are you keeping just because it has been
there?
• It's about moving forward, growing and re-examing our
mission
• Libraries are going to be relevant in the future, if we make them that way
19. QUOTE
• Do not ask for a rocket, ask for the moon and let me worry
about the rocket
• Rowan Cota, software engineer
• How are you helping your customers build their rockets?
21. THE CUTTING EDGE
WITHOUT BLEEDING
BOB
ranstett@broward.org
creationstation@broward.org
www.robertanstett.com
Hinweis der Redaktion
"Tomorrow's Lawyers: access to justice in the online future - extract" by Richard Susskind, www.theguardian.com. January 18, 2013.
The digital divide is still very real, not everyone has access to the technology. I posted about a young girl I had in one of my career day events who was disappointed about an AR app I showed her because she did not see her self having a phone to be able to use it.
Are you sure librarians are ok with all this blood? Sure they even let us have sharp scissors!
Voice – ease of access, learn to be nice, bone induction is coming too
VR – a new way to use a PC and have a much greater access to immerse in everything, what content will we curate?
AR – replaces phones, computers, becomes our new interface with the world, combines with Voice
Let’s go back to the first technological revolution
Back to the 15 century…
Around the year 1440, Johannes Gutenberg developed the printing press. Before the press, books were hand copied and extremely expensive. The press spread throughout the world and around 200 million copies of books were printed in the 16th Century alone. The printing press was an information revolution. With the printing press, books were more affordable, and available to the masses.
Why is this important now? Name a new invention that we have because of the printing press…… eyeglasses
We give you the space, We give you the Technology and you Create your own future.
Could you have guessed Glasses? What is the next thing coming from Augmented Reality? Tasting colors (synesthesia for everyone)
Libraries missed out on eBooks and establishing how they should be treated, what are we missing out with about VR, AR, Voice?
People that actually read in libraries should be treated like smokers in restaurants /sarcasm
(quote was missing the “should not be treated like” but I took it and made it into sarcasm
Are we going to be an interactive space? Are we going to be a teaching space? Weren’t we that already?
What do you want to check out versus what you want to only use in your building?
He brought the automobile from France and the assembly line from England and combined them in Detroit. He picked a place on the Detroit River where the ships coming from the Great Lakes flowed past on their way to Pennsylvania and New York.
It comes down to democratization of information and evolving demands of technological literacy. It may not be as important for librarians now to know how to use a microfiche machine as it was 30 years ago. Are students today ok with knowing how to use a word processor, or would it be beneficial for them to learn about video/audio production and evolving 3D printing technologies? What might their jobs look like 10 years from now?
You can be cutting edge without cutting your fingers off
Why would you want to cut people’s fingers off? How could they swipe right!