Finding the Phoenix Feathers, Flight & the Future of Libraries Helene Blowers Digital Strategy Director Columbus Metropolitan Library GOLD/GALILEO Conference July 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiegall/408516412/

Columbus Metropolitan Library

The Library Brand … CC Cindi Trainor http://www.flickr.com/photos/trucolorsfly/352573802/ http://www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/Percept_all.pdf

"Too much light often blinds gentlemen of this sort. They cannot see the forest for the trees." - Musarion [1768], Canto II http://www.flickr.com/photos/rowmuse/309542801/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/johndecember/2914192044/ Trend ► Kindle rekindles the flame for the digital book

In 2008, Amazon’s Kindle, sold 500 thousand units, 32% more than the iPods sold in the year of debut of Apple’s player. - Citi Investment Research estimate based upon Sprint network activations http://www.flickr.com/photos/nydiscovery/2212528583/

Google deal brings classic books to Sony Reader March 19, 2009 Sony's e-book reader is about to get a little help from Jane Austen in its battle with the Kindle. Sony announced a partnership with Google that will bring a half-million classic books to the Sony Reader Digital Book. Users will now be able to access the free book downloads through Sony's eBook Store. For years, Google has scanned books and converted them to digital format--at least in part--for its Google Book Search project. For now, Google is providing books to Sony whose copyrights have expired, which means most of the new additions to the Sony Reader will have been published before 1923, according to The New York Times.

Photo: Bryan Derballa/Wired.com Release Date: June 10, 2009

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rumour's are flying

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wink/192265445/ Six in 10 people around the world (60%) now have cellphone subscriptions, signaling that mobile phones are the communications technology of choice, particularly in poor countries . – UN Report, March 2, 2009 Up from 2002 – 15% Internet worldwide: 11%- 2002 >> 23% - 2008 Trend ► Mobile builds bridges faster

While just 1 in 50 Africans had a mobile in the year 2000, now 28 percent have a cellular subscription. – UN Report, March 2, 2009

The world has more than three times more mobile cellular subscriptions than fixed telephone lines. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecmorgan/3271187857/

Countries by advanced information and communications technology (ICT) : 1) Sweden 2) South Korea (nation-wide gigabit bb 2012) 3) Denmark 4) Netherlands 5) Iceland 6) Norway 17) United States - UN report, March 2009

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365.2.72 reading my vampire stories Phot:o carrieoke13 | http://www.flickr.com/photos/carrieoke13/3359310659/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kanjiroushi/107257226/ In 2007, cell-phone novels ( keitai shosetsu) held four of the top five spots on the literary best-seller list . $240 million market ‘07 Trend ► Cell-phone novels aren’t so novel anymore. They’re serious business

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Trend ► Print is in peril

“As many newspapers struggle to stay economically viable, fewer than half of Americans (43%) say that losing their local newspaper would hurt civic life in their community "a lot." Pew Research Study: Stop the Presses (March 12, 2009 ) http://www.flickr.com/photos/gog/21039882/

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http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/10/economics-labor-industry-biz-beltway-cx_jz_bw_0410dying_slide_12.html?thisSpeed=15000 Forbes: April 08

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Distribution Center Distribution Agent Distribution format

Distribution Center Distribution Agent Distribution format

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It’s not the death of the book to fear… http://www.flickr.com/photos/aprilzosia/2585184283/ it’s our dependency on formats as our community (service delivery) value! Change

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxtongue/206292827 Story of the Phoenix

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Latin, librarius of books, from libr-, liber inner bark, rind, book

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Chauvet Cave – 32,000 yrs old

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knowledge consumption knowledge production

knowledge consumption knowledge production 

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A different look at the bubbles?

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/owl/2696325046/ What’s the experience? What’s the experience?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimntonik/2758303137/ What’s the experience? What’s the experience?

consumption & use creativity & production http://www.flickr.com/photos/kubina/50366633/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lkusuma/818295509/

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Books

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To enable our customers to personalize their library experience allow our community to celebrate themselves . Engage Enrich Empower Enable our customers to connect with library staff, its services, and with each other in meaningful ways. Provide our customers with a rich online experience that enhances their local branch experience and daily lives . Framing a vision for a new generation of library services for a n ew generation of library users.

means… Engage Enrich Empower … that the community becomes our DNA ! The DNA of the Community

The evolution of idea exchange

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Photo: Aaron Schmidt | walkingPaper.org

Photo: Aaron Schmidt | walkingPaper.org

Livebrary http://www.flickr.com/photos/bertabetti/96068714/ Library

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Helene Blowers Digital Strategy Director Columbus Metropolitan Library [email_address] My Slides are @ www.LibraryBytes.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregwake/2961213279/