Tom Stoppard said that “Every age thinks it’s the modern age, but this one really is” and he was spot on because innovation moves so quickly that it seems our world is blurring. All these technology advancements can make it difficult to select the most beneficial one[s] for your library to focus on, if any. In this webinar, discover what groundbreaking technologies will be on the horizon in 2017 and beyond and discuss as a group how all these advancements can fit into a variety of libraries to help them remain a guiding light into the future.
2. Agenda
• Discover what groundbreaking technologies to watch in 2017.
• Discuss how all these advancements can fit into a variety of libraries
to make them shine a bright light into the future.
3. "Every age thinks it's the modern
age, but this one really is."
Tom Stoppard from 'The Invention of Love'
4. Library Stories of 2016
Source: https://goo.gl/63OoW1
1. Carla Hayden Makes History
2. Trump
3. Orlando ALA Conference
4. Google Case Ends
5. GSU Prevails (Again) in E-Reserves Case; Publishers Appeal (Again)
6. Change at the Copyright Office
7. Copyright Reform
8. EveryLibrary Launches ESSA Effort
9. SimplyE, and the State of Library E-books
10.NYPL Labs in Limbo
5. “Stop thinking of the future, and
anchor yourself in the present.”
~ Darth Plagueis
Image source: https://goo.gl/WXirO3
6.
7. Some Common Technologies to Watch in 2017
• Self-driving Cars
• Drones
• 3D Design/Printing
• AR/VR/MR
• Artificial Intelligence
• Security
• Critical Thinking and Learning?
• Blockchain
• Internet of Things (IoT)
• Gaming
• Communication
12. Virtual Reality (VR) is a realistic simulation of an environment, including 3D
graphics, by a computer system using interactive software and hardware.
Augmented Reality (AR) superimposes a computer-generated
image onto a user's view of the real world
Mixed Reality (MR) real and virtual worlds to produce new environments and
visualizations where physical and digital objects co-exist and interact in real time.
13. VR Painting using Quill, powered by the Oculus Rift
Video source: https://youtu.be/EzsG1uqfDTQ
28. www.channel4.com/programmes/black-mirror/
Black Mirror is a great TV show that
highlights our “collective unease about
our modern world.”
Technology is the villain!
When a screen is off it is like a “black
mirror”, so perhaps it is a warning?
Funny thing: we are watching the show
on our screens!
32. Use strong passwords
Use a password vault (e.g., Keepass)
Don’t use the same password
Use Two-factor authentication
Use encryption
Be safe, smart and secure! !
Be skeptical
Verify everything
Read a lot
Ask experts
Think critically
33. B.S. Detector searches all links on a given webpage for references to unreliable sources,
checking against a manually compiled list of domains. It then provides visual warnings about
the presence of questionable links or the browsing of questionable websites:
http://bsdetector.tech/
41. By 2019 more than ten
billion mobile devices will
exchange 35 quintillion (1
followed by 18 zeros)
bytes of information each
month — and that’s just
mobile devices.
Image source: http://goo.gl/7k4efJ
Source: http://goo.gl/cfiS8u
42. Turn on a light and have data transmission more than 100 times faster than traditional WiFi!
57. Workshops filled very
quickly, so we had to create
3 different sessions: 2 for
homeschoolers and the
other for the public.
Check out our Maker Boot Camp documentary: https://youtu.be/kO3_NRWHZ9E
58. The cool thing about Makerspaces
is that you will have a space to
include interesting technologies
that are NOT even invented yet.
Perpetual Beta!
63. Recycle for a good cause!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/GadgetsForGood/
64. Are social networks REALLY about connecting with people? Are we presenting anything meaningful or is the general public
becoming mindless automatons reposting the “news” over and over again? Are we being pulled into “like behavior?”
Pretty soon we’ll have thought bubbles floating over our head and there will be no mystery to our lives.
72. We Need To Talk
About Communication
is a community project.
It’s an online conversation
about what it means to
communicate
in the offline world.
On a web platform powered
by artificial intelligence (AI).
73. an online community where the
contributions and the
conversation shape the website
Splicing the unknown with the known and sharing experiences with others is my main goal in life – professionally and personally. My mission is to give people access to technologies, PEOPLE, organizations, and information so that they can take it to unknown territories and perhaps one day create something that makes lives better! I tell everyone I work with that if they have, what they think is a good idea, to GO WITH IT! Who knows were it will take them. Take things apart, turn stuff upside down so people can view it in new ways … be surprised and inspired. The Innovation Lab: a place to Dream. Think. Create.
Brandon and Stephen, iLab volunteers, working together to revive an archaic PC.
It is my goal to stimulate creativity to enable people to explore their imaginations. I learn so much guiding people to these tools. I am not an expert with technology, but know enough to have a lot of fun.
This was from last year’s first Hour of Code event. Stephen, from the last picture, led the class and it was his first time teaching. He loved it and wants to do it again! Many of our lab volunteers teach classes and do excellent work. They inspire me!
I am very lucky to work with a variety of people in the iLab, which is housed in a joint-use facility: public and academic library. We get, for example, cosplay people who want to 3D print parts for their costumes and gamers who want to create new game pieces; however, we also get inventors who want to test out their ideas. I spoke with a dentist the other day who wants to test some 3D prints for his practice in the lab. It is pretty cool that we could have something to do with an invention or a tool that may change the world.
Watching kids play with these technologies is enlightening. They are not afraid to make mistakes. Adults can learn a lot from kids! I am thrilled to be able to offer technologies through the lab that people, in many cases, don’t have access to. We are a technology playground!
My daughter’s first reaction when using our homemade virtual reality headset. We built one of these to hold our interest until our Oculus Rift Developer Kit arrived.
We built a hologram out of a CD case and cell phone. I am going to do an Instructable for the tablet version next week.
We now let our Raspberry Pi and Arduino kits leave the lab so people can work in the comfort of their own homes. They can check out technology similarly to the way they check out books and other traditional library items.