Yale Libraries 2011 Symposium

1. Future Ready: Academic Libraries on the Edge Stephen Abram, MLS Yale Library Research Education Symposium New Haven, CT June 9, 2011

2. Change These slides are available at Stephen’s Lighthouse blog

3. We Only Get So Many Once-in-a-Lifetime Chances To Do Great Things

4. News Flash “The Internet and technology have now progressed to their infancy”

5. News Flash News Flash Tech Shift Happens

7. You don't know what to do

8. You don't know how to do it

9. You don't have the authority or the resources to do it

10. You're afraid

11. Once you figure out what's getting in the way, it's far easier to find the answer (or decide to work on a different problem).

14. Buildings

15. Search

16. Reading is Fundamental

17. Patrons

18. Outreach

19. Circulation

21. Bricks and Clicks and Tricks

22. Communities of Knowledge and Practice

23. Research Impact

24. Partnerships

25. Information Literacy Programs

27. Learning

28. Discovery

29. Progress

30. Research (Applied and Theoretical)

31. Cultural & Knowledge Custody

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36. Magellan Columbus Cook

39. Questions for Academic Libraries Today: Are the priorities right? Are learning, research, discovery changing materially and what is actually changing? Books. Meh. What is the role for librarians in the real future (that is not an extension of the past)?

42. Students are focused at the lesson and event (essay, test, exam) level

43. Researchers are connected beyond the host institution.

45. Grocery Stores

46. Grocery Stores

47. Grocery Stores

48. Cookbooks, Chefs . . .

49. Cookbooks, Chefs . . .

50. Meals

51. The new bibliography and collection development KNOWLEDGE PORTALS KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING, INFORMATION & RESEARCH COMMONS

52. Chefs, counsellors, teachers, magicians Librarians play a vital role in building the critical connections between information , knowledge and learning.

54. Take Out

55. Private Dining Rooms

56. Private Chefs

59. Technology literacy

60. Information literacy

61. Media literacy

62. Adaptive literacy

63. Research literacy

64. Academic literacy

65. Reputation, Etc.

66. Reading literacy

67. Numeracy

68. Critical literacy

69. Social literacy

70. Computer literacy

71. Web literacy

72. Content literacy

74. Stop Making it so Hard!

76. Steal This Idea

78. Answers (answers.com)

79. Answer Bag (answerbag.com)

80. Articles Base (articlesbase.com)

81. Ask (ask.com)

82. Associated Content (associatedcontent.com)

83. BizRate (bizrate.com)

84. Buzle (buzzle.com)

85. Brothersoft (brothersoft.com)

86. Bytes (bytes.com)

87. ChaCha (chacha.com)

88. eFreedom (efreedom.com)

89. eHow (ehow.com)

90. Essortment (essortment.com)

91. Examiner (examiner.com)

92. Expert Village (expertvillage.com)

93. )

94. Experts Exchange (experts-exchange.com)

95. eZine Articles (ezinearticles.com)

96. Find Articles (findarticles.com)

97. FixYa (fixya.com Helium (helium.com)

98. Hub Pages (hubpages.com)

99. InfoBarrel (infobarrel.com)

100. Livestrong (livestrong.com)

101. Mahalo (mahalo.com)

102. Mail Archive (mail-archive.com)

103. Question Hub (questionhub.com)

104. Squidoo (squidoo.com)

105. Suite101 (suite101.com)

106. Twenga (twenga.com)

107. WiseGeek (wisegeek.com)

108. Wonder How To (wonderhowto.com)

109. Yahoo! Answers (answers.yahoo.com)

113. The nasty facts about Google & Bing and consumer search: SEO / SMO Content Farms Advertiser-driven Geotagging GOOG

114. Have Students Changed?

115. YES (duh!)

121. My son: Zachary

123. Educational attainment up, a lot

124. Reading up, markedly

125. Brain & Developmental Changes

126. Eye Movement Changes

127. Massive Behavioural Changes

128. Major Decline in Crime Rates – down 65%

130. Gaming too. . . Mothers in their 30’s

131. Social networks fastest growing populations are seniors and is more international and less urban and less English dominated.

132. eBook reader usage is largely middle-aged.

135. 59% are female.

136. 29% are college students.

137. 5% are professors and 6% are teachers.

138. On any given day, 35% of our users are there for the very first time!

139. Only 29% found the databases via the library website.

140. 59% found what they were looking for on their first search.

141. 72% trusted our content more than Google.

143. 71% of instructors that rated student engagement levels as “high” as a result of using technology in courses.

144. 71% of students who are employed full-time and 77% of students who are employed part-time prefer more technology-based tools in the classroom.

145. 79% of instructors and 86 percent of students have seen the average level of engagement improve over the last year as they have increased their use of digital educational tools.

146. 87% of students believe online libraries and databases have had the most significant impact on their overall learning.

147. 62% identify blogs, wikis, and other online authoring tools while 59% identify YouTube and recorded lectures.

148. E-books and e-textbooks impact overall learning among 50% of students surveyed, while 42% of students identify online portals.

149. 44% of instructors believe that online libraries and databases will have the greatest impact on student engagement.

150. 32% of instructors identify e-textbooks and 30% identify interactive homework solutions as having the potential to improve engagement and learning outcomes. (e-readers was 11%)

151. 49% of students believe that online libraries and databases will have the greatest impact on student engagement.

155. Bricks, Clicks and Tricks Gambling

157. Encyclopedia.com

158. HighBeam & Questia

159. WorldCat

160. AccessMyLibrary iPhone App for public, school and higher ed – iPhone, iPad, iTouch and Droid!

161. Geo-IP features and measures

163. Change can happen very fast

164. Sensemaking

165. 5 Things have Changed . . A LOT! Cardholders, Users, Members, Patrons, Clients, Customers, Learners, Students, Scholars, Researchers, Teachers, Professors Books & Media & Collections Mobility Learning & Research Government The History of Unintended Consequences & Unpredictability

166. “Strategy is a Choice. . . To be a victim and feel these changes are fated and blamestorm OR Create the future we need and take collective responsibility for the conversation and development of the future.” Find Reasons not Excuses.

167. As technology advances

168. Emboldened Librarians hold the key

169. So how must library and educator strategies change?

170. Discovery & Ideas

171. Has academic research focus shifted entirely?

172. Has the future changed?Has our future changed?

175. COWS, etc.

180. fMRI and The Brain

181. Cloning

182. Trucking and GPS

183. Wind and other energy

184. Nanotechnology

185. Robotics

186. Massive Book Digitization

187. Music

188. Translation

189. Streaming Media

191. Books

192. We have a shallow understanding of the Codex – the book format(s)Transition from scrolls – illumination – codex – and beyond

194. The Chapter and Paragraph Universe

195. Integrated with Visuals – graphics and charts

196. Integrated with ‘video’

197. Integrated with Sound and Speech

198. Integrated with social web

199. Integrated with interaction and not just interactivity

204. So how must library and educator strategies change?

205. Mobility

209. Net neutrality, kill switches . . .

210. Local wired, mobile access ‘everywhere’ to the home and workplace on a personal basis

211. Geo-awareness: GIS, GPS, GEO-IP, etc.

212. Wireless as a business strategy (Starbucks)

214. The Fanboys are failing us.

215. The Physical Act of Reading

223. Speaking of e-Books...

226. Borders Kobo, B&N Nook, Amazon Kindle, Apple iPad, Sony, etc. . . .

255. Can we frame the e-book issue so that it can be addressed rationally?

256. Books

257. Fiction

258. Non-Fiction

259. E-Learning

262. What do we need to know? What are we going to do next?

263. StrategicAnalytics

266. Who are our core virtual users? Are there gaps?

267. Does learning happen? How about discovery?

268. What are user expectations for true satisfaction?

269. How does library search compare to consumer search like Google and retail or government?

270. How do people find and connect with library virtual services?

271. Are end users being successful in their POV?

273. Save the User!

274. What Would You Attempt If You Knew You Would Not Fail?

276. Buildings

277. Search

278. Reading is Fundamental

279. Patrons

280. Outreach

281. Circulation

283. Bricks and Clicks and Tricks

284. Communities of Knowledge and Practice

285. Research Impact

286. Partnerships

287. Information Literacy Programs

289. The power of libraries

291. Stephen Abram, MLS, FSLA VP strategic partnerships and markets Cengage Learning (Gale) Cel: 416-669-4855 stephen.abram@cengage.com Stephen’s Lighthouse Blog http://stephenslighthouse.com Facebook: Stephen Abram LinkedIn / Plaxo: Stephen Abram Twitter: sabram SlideShare: StephenAbram1