Tom Peters--TechTrends Slides

Remarks made by Tom Peters during the ALA TechSource Webinar Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Info Tech: Not Just a Tool!
Hammer (simple tool)
Web 2.0 (pretty complex, actually)

Portable eReading
Google Editions (didn’t exhibit at ALA)
Contractual agreement with the Am. Booksellers Assoc.
Apple iPad (didn’t exhibit at ALA)
OverDrive
Adding more mobile apps
Adding content
Simplifying the circ process
Certifying devices as library-model-friendly
Blio (Baker & Taylor, Kurzweil, and Nat. Fed. of the Blind)
End-user service may launch this month (they better hurry)
Library-lending module sometime in 2011 (built by B&T)

Gotta Respect Tech Staying Power
Overhead Projector
Playaway audio book

Accessible IT
Special Design
Mainstream Design

Exploring New Revenue Rivulets
OverDrive’s LibraryBIN (Buy It Now)
When readers purchase an ebook or digital audio book, a portion of the proceeds go to a library of their choice.
http://www.librarybin.net
GiveByCell
Enables mobile phone users to make donations to a participating library.
http://www.givebycell.com

Whither Privacy?
Are libraries taking the high road, or are we on a path diverging from our communities?
http://www.bynamite.com
Firefox and Chrome only
Bringing transparency and user control to lucrative online transaction data
By-no-mite!
ReputationDefender
SocialShield

Telling Our Collective Story
Losing Libraries
http://www.losinglibraries.org
Laura Solomon and Mandy Knapp (with support from LJ)
Mashup map of PL “hits” since 2008.
A Nation Without School Libraries
http://bit.ly/ch9svy

Questions, Comments, Rebuttals?
Thanks for your time and attention
Tom Peters
816.616.6746
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