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    1. revised: 09/02/09
    2. Digital Media, Gadgets,Gizmos, & your Library revised: 09/02/09
    3. Digital Media, Gadgets,Gizmos, & your Library Scott Kehoe, Technology Consultant Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System (NMRLS), Danvers, Mass. 978-762-4433 x16 / scott@nmrls.org / www.nmrls.org IM me @: AOL-bibliotechy / MSN-bibliotekky /Yahoo!-biblioteky links for this workshop and more @: http://del.icio.us/bibliotechy/gadgets Scott’s websites on related topics @: Digital Media & the Library - http://www.nmrls.org/ce/digitalmedia.htm Scott’s Tech Tips / STT blog- http://www.nmrls.org/ce/stt/ revised: 09/02/09
    4. Been to the “record store” lately? Where’s the music?
    5. Been to the “record store” lately? Where’s the music?
    6. Who sells the most music in the U.S.?
    7. Who sells the most music in the U.S.?
    8. Who sells the most music in the U.S.? Apple Inc. ~ iTunes ~ online!
    9. Who sells the most music in the U.S.? Apple Inc. ~ iTunes ~ online! More than Wal-Mart, Best Buy, or Target
    10. TRENDS
    11. TRENDS cheaper iPhone 8GB: June 2007 = $600, June 2009 = $99
    12. TRENDS cheaper iPhone 8GB: June 2007 = $600, June 2009 = $99 WiFi cell phones, smart phones, iPod Touch, Nintendo DSi
    13. TRENDS cheaper iPhone 8GB: June 2007 = $600, June 2009 = $99 WiFi cell phones, smart phones, iPod Touch, Nintendo DSi touch screens iPhone, Blackberry Storm, Palm Pre, Nintendo DSi, Sony Reader
    14. TRENDS cheaper iPhone 8GB: June 2007 = $600, June 2009 = $99 WiFi cell phones, smart phones, iPod Touch, Nintendo DSi touch screens iPhone, Blackberry Storm, Palm Pre, Nintendo DSi, Sony Reader e-book readers Sony & OverDrive, K-12 market
    15. TRENDS cheaper iPhone 8GB: June 2007 = $600, June 2009 = $99 WiFi cell phones, smart phones, iPod Touch, Nintendo DSi touch screens iPhone, Blackberry Storm, Palm Pre, Nintendo DSi, Sony Reader e-book readers Sony & OverDrive, K-12 market Apps software to on smart phones/touch screen devices
    16. What’s an App?
    17. What’s an App? • Apps = programs that perform one task or related tasks on a portable device / smart phone.
    18. What’s an App? • Apps = programs that perform one task or related tasks on a portable device / smart phone. • App Examples = calendar, address book, stocks, weather, Google Maps, Facebook, Texas Hold’Em ...
    19. What’s an App? • Apps = programs that perform one task or related tasks on a portable device / smart phone. • App Examples = calendar, address book, stocks, weather, Google Maps, Facebook, Texas Hold’Em ... • Mobile devices using Apps: iPhone Google phones Blackberry Palm Treo & Pre iPod Touch
    20. What’s an App? • Apps = programs that perform one task or related tasks on a portable device / smart phone. • App Examples = calendar, address book, stocks, weather, Google Maps, Facebook, Texas Hold’Em ... • Mobile devices using Apps: iPhone Google phones Blackberry Palm Treo & Pre iPod Touch
    21. An App in Action Accessing the New York Times 1: Press NYTimes icon 2: Choose your section 3: Font size, email, save
    22. An App in Action Accessing the New York Times 1: Press NYTimes icon 2: Choose your section 3: Font size, email, save
    23. An App in Action Accessing the New York Times 1: Press NYTimes icon 2: Choose your section 3: Font size, email, save
    24. An App in Action Accessing the New York Times 1: Press NYTimes icon 2: Choose your section 3: Font size, email, save
    25. Apps working with other Apps 1: choose earthquake app 3: goto USGS website for details, pinch & slide to enlarge an earthquake 4: goto the map 2: choose an earthquake
    26. Apps working with other Apps 1: choose earthquake app 3: goto USGS website for details, pinch & slide to enlarge an earthquake 4: goto the map 2: choose an earthquake
    27. Apps working with other Apps 1: choose earthquake app 3: goto USGS website for details, pinch & slide to enlarge an earthquake 4: goto the map 2: choose an earthquake
    28. Apps working with other Apps 1: choose earthquake app 3: goto USGS website for details, pinch & slide to enlarge an earthquake 4: goto the map 2: choose an earthquake
    29. Apps working with other Apps 1: choose earthquake app 3: goto USGS website for details, pinch & slide to enlarge an earthquake 4: goto the map 2: choose an earthquake
    30. Your TV & DVR in your pocket? watch & record with i.TV app ... kinda ... Pick a show. View clips, previews, reviews. Wikipedia, photos. Pick a show. Record on TiVo Add to Netflix. Email a reminder.
    31. Your TV & DVR in your pocket? watch & record with i.TV app ... kinda ... Pick a show. View clips, previews, reviews. Wikipedia, photos. Pick a show. Record on TiVo Add to Netflix. Email a reminder.
    32. Your TV & DVR in your pocket? watch & record with i.TV app ... kinda ... Pick a show. View clips, previews, reviews. Wikipedia, photos. Pick a show. Record on TiVo Add to Netflix. Email a reminder.
    33. Your TV & DVR in your pocket? watch & record with i.TV app ... kinda ... Pick a show. View clips, previews, reviews. Wikipedia, photos. Pick a show. Record on TiVo Add to Netflix. Email a reminder.
    34. Your TV & DVR in your pocket? watch & record with i.TV app ... kinda ... Pick a show. View clips, previews, reviews. Wikipedia, photos. Pick a show. Record on TiVo Add to Netflix. Email a reminder.
    35. Your TV & DVR in your pocket? watch & record with i.TV app ... kinda ... Pick a show. View clips, previews, reviews. Wikipedia, photos. Pick a show. Record on TiVo Add to Netflix. Email a reminder.
    36. Scott’s Ideal Library App NOBLE MVLC
    37. Scott’s Ideal Library App • access my patron record • renew & reserve items NOBLE • view my overdue & Like hold notices This! • search catalog • download e-books, MVLC audiobooks & video directly to my device • IM with a Librarian MassAnswers
    38. Cell Phones Jitterbug iPhone T-Mobile G1 “Google Phone”
    39. Smart Phones Not-So-Smart-Phones • Apple iPhone started a revolution! • -introduced June 2007 • Simple basic phones that just make calls -iPhone 3G, 3 million sold in first weekend, July 2008 -17.5 million total iPhones through Dec. 2008 -In 2 years Apple becomes 3rd largest phone • Jitterbug manufacturer behind Nokia & Samsung • Google piles on! • Phone companies want to be Hollywood ... T-Mobile G1 using Android • sales forecasts over a half million by end of 2008? • Overpriced music and video and pictures and text messages ... • More all-in-one touch-screen devices! Smart Phones are expensive! EXAMPLE iPhone = $199 • Bluetooth (hands-free, “safe” for driving) 2-year contract @ $70/month = $1680 Total after 2 years = $1879* • Unlocked phones! Phones not tied to *does NOT include 15¢ ~ 20¢ per Text-Message or accessories (cases, cables, software Apps). carriers or contracts!
    40. iPods
    41. iPods • Apple has sold over 150 MILLION iPods in since 2001, 26 million iPhones since 2007 • Chrysler has sold 12 million mini-vans in 25 years ... since 1982 • Apple sells at least 10 million every three months (Ars Technica, 4/23/08) • iPods hold nearly 80% of U.S. market-share (Digital Music News June 23, 2006, NPD Group) • iPod-ready cars & airlines • Apple iTunes #1 music retailer in U.S. (Ars Technica 4/2/08) • iTunes has sold over 6 Billion songs online since 2003 (Ars Technica, 3/09) • April 2009 - Variable pricing - 69cents to $1.29 based on popularity, ALL no-DRM!
    42. other MP3 players ...
    43. other MP3 players ... • Trends: • iPod & iTunes dominance • continued use of DRM (digital right management) • confusing options: devices & services & multiple DRM schemes • more legal MP3s choices - amazon.com MP3 Downloads: http://www.amazon.com/MP3-Music-Download • ... no easy choices for libraries ...
    44. e-readers & e-paper the future of books???
    45. e-readers & e-paper the future of books??? • Amazon.com Kindle 2 (February’09 - $359) / Kindle DX (May ’09 - $489) • continuous WiFi via Sprint cellular network, no docking • The future of Textbooks!? • e-paper: flexible, ultra-thin. Future: wireless, color, cheap • making other gadgets more smaller & slimmer •Sony Reader & OverDrive and your Library???
    46. digital paper • Newspapers • Seattle Post-Intelligencer • Magazines • PC Magazine • Academic Text Books • law, science • large-format e-readers <-link • Kindle DX <-link
    47. DRM & audiobooks
    48. DRM & audiobooks DRM = Digital Rights Management
    49. DRM & audiobooks DRM = Digital Rights Management DRM is software built into the individual ebooks titles
    50. DRM & audiobooks DRM = Digital Rights Management DRM is software built into the individual ebooks titles DRM is software built into the e-readers like the Kindle, iPhone, iPod Touch
    51. DRM & audiobooks DRM = Digital Rights Management DRM is software built into the individual ebooks titles DRM is software built into the e-readers like the Kindle, iPhone, iPod Touch DRM knows where it is allowed to play & where it isn’t!
    52. DRM & audiobooks DRM = Digital Rights Management DRM is software built into the individual ebooks titles DRM is software built into the e-readers like the Kindle, iPhone, iPod Touch DRM knows where it is allowed to play & where it isn’t! Most ebook formats used by Amazon.com, iTunes, Audible.com, and OverDrive use built-in DRM components. (Exception: MP3 audio format)
    53. DRM & audiobooks DRM = Digital Rights Management DRM is software built into the individual ebooks titles DRM is software built into the e-readers like the Kindle, iPhone, iPod Touch DRM knows where it is allowed to play & where it isn’t! Most ebook formats used by Amazon.com, iTunes, Audible.com, and OverDrive use built-in DRM components. (Exception: MP3 audio format) DRM is why you can’t use an iPod with most OverDrive audiobooks
    54. DRM & audiobooks DRM = Digital Rights Management DRM is software built into the individual ebooks titles DRM is software built into the e-readers like the Kindle, iPhone, iPod Touch DRM knows where it is allowed to play & where it isn’t! Most ebook formats used by Amazon.com, iTunes, Audible.com, and OverDrive use built-in DRM components. (Exception: MP3 audio format) DRM is why you can’t use an iPod with most OverDrive audiobooks DRM may go away ... LOL ;-)
    55. Publishing = Big Media Who owns who?
    56. Publishing = Big Media Who owns who? Bertelsmann (Germany) > Ballantine, Bantam, Del Ray, Dell, Doubleday, Fawcett, Knopf, Pantheon, Random House CBS Corp > Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, The Free Press, Scribner Disney > Hyperion, Marvel Comics Hachette Book Group (France) > Little, Brown News Corp > Harper Collins Pearson PLC (U.K.) > Addison-Wesley, Dorling Kindersley, Grosset & Dunlap, Penguin, Prentice Hall, Viking Riverdeep (Ireland) > Houghton-Mifflin, Reed Elsevier Scholastic > Grolier Time-Warner > DC Comics
    57. Who’s got Game? Pew Internet & American Life Surveys Report, Sept. 2008 & Data Memo, December 2008
    58. Who’s got Game? Pew Internet & American Life Surveys Report, Sept. 2008 & Data Memo, December 2008 • 53% of all American adults play video games • 81% of 18-29 year olds play video games • 21% adult gamers play every day • 36% of age 65+ gamers play everyday • 76% teens play online games • 66% of parents with children under 18 play games • 2% of gamers overall / 11% teens visit virtual worlds (e.g. Second Life) • 9% of gamers overall / 21% teens play MMOGs (Massive Multiplayer Online Games: World of Warcraft, Lord of the Rings, Star Wars) • Gamer Profile: 55% male 56% urbanites 57% college educated 62% annual income $50,000+ no significant ethnic differences among game players
    59. Gaming consoles get your exercise!
    60. Gaming consoles get your exercise! ➡ Nintendo Wii ➡ Microsoft XBox 360 ➡ Sony PlayStation 3 / PlayStation 2 ➡ Library games ➡ Dance, Dance, Revolution ➡ Guitar Hero ➡ Wii Sports
    61. Video made easy ~ Flip Video
    62. Video made easy ~ Flip Video • simple digital video camera • includes built-in: USB connector ~ microphone ~ display ~ software • just plug it into your PC or Mac to upload to YouTube or you own website • $130 ~ $180 • Great for Library programs/events/ speakers (with written consent from participants) • a secret ... the digital camera you already own does the same thing and probably better ...
    63. Flash-drives thumb drive ~ flash drive ~ jump drive ~ key drive ~ thumb key ~USB key ~ USB stick ~ USB fob ~ memory stick …
    64. Flash-drives thumb drive ~ flash drive ~ jump drive ~ key drive ~ thumb key ~USB key ~ USB stick ~ USB fob ~ memory stick … PROS • No formatting, just plug and it works on any computer! • Ability to run self-contained software (email, browser, word processor) • Getting cheaper and memory capacity growing, 4GB/$30! CONS • Not a permanent backup device, will wear out from excessive use • Static electricity may damage or ruin
    65. MacBook Air ThinkPad X300 OLPC = One Laptop Per Child Hp Mini-Note UMPC Asus Eee PC Intel Classmate
    66. MacBook Air L apt ops boo ks & ad X30 0 Net A pple M acBoo k Air & ThinkP H p Mini -N ote PC thin: 99) & ultra- PC ($ 2 • h eap: A sus Ee e i le PC) ThinkPad X300 ltra-c tr a-mob • u all: U MPC (ul l assma te ul tra-sm Intel C • O LPC & mis sion: OLPC = One Laptop Per Child a with • Hp Mini-Note UMPC Asus Eee PC Intel Classmate
    67. Blu-ray DVD
    68. Blu-ray DVD high-definition video DVD format stores 25 GB ~ 50GB disc players: $250+ films: $25 - $60 per disc Sony’s gaming console, Playstation3, features a Blu-ray DVD player, both for games and movies another format for libraries to stock ...
    69. Where to get more info from Scott
    70. Where to get more info from Scott • Scott’s gadget, webware, and all-things digital blog: STT http://www.nmrls.org/ce/stt/ • Scott's del.icio.us techy & gadget bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/bibliotechy • Scott’s all-things digital media website: http://www.nmrls.org/ce/digitalmedia.htm • These slides online (for sharing) at Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/skaasz • Scott Kehoe, Technology Consultant, NMRLS scott@nmrls.org / 978-762-4433 x16 IM: AIM-bibliotechy / MSN-bibliotekky /Yahoo!-biblioteky Follow NMRLS on Twitter & Facebook
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