ALA Annual Tech Wrap-up: July 2017

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ALA Annual Tech Wrap-up
Marshall Breeding, Tabatha Farney, & Mirela Roncevic
Friday, July 7, 2017

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ALA Annual Tech Wrap-up: 2017 | Breeding, Farney, & Roncevic
Marshall Breeding
 Consultant, speaker, author, creator and editor of Library
Technology Guides and editor of Smart Libraries Newsletter
Tabatha Farney
 Director of web services for the Kraemer Family Library at
the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Mirela Roncevic
 Editor, writer, content developer, consultant, and director of
No Shelf Required
All 3 panelists have authored issues of Library Technology Reports,
a publication that helps librarians make informed tech decisions.

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Ebooks and Econtent: Trends and Possibilities
ALA Wrap-Up
Mirela Roncevic

4. distributors
aggregators
publishers
ebook players
tech
companies
bookstores
online repositories
libraries
learning platforms
schools &
universities

5. distributors
aggregators
publishers
ebook players
tech
companies
bookstores
online repositories
libraries
learning platforms
schools &
universities

6. distributors
aggregators
publishers
ebook players
tech
companies
bookstores
online repositories
libraries
learning platforms
schools &
universities

7. Companies and
organizations
redefine and
expand their
roles
Content types
merge and co-
exist on the
same platforms
More bold
moves with
business
models inside
and outside
libraries

8. “The only really necessary people in the publishing
process now are the writer and reader.”
Guy Kawaski

9. More
options
More
simplicit
y
More
opportuni
ties
More
flexibilit
y
More
partners
hips
More
leadersh
ip
More
accountab
ility

10. More
options
More
simplicit
y
More
opportuni
ties
More
flexibilit
y
More
partners
hips
More
leadersh
ip
More
accountab
ility

11. Some
questio
ns
Should ebooks be subject to borrowing/lending?
What are ebooks teaching us about categorization
and curation?
Have we (really) listened to the user?
Have libraries been too dependent on the big
players?
Have publishers been open to experimentation and
working with libraries?

12. https://www.alastore.ala.org/detail.aspx?ID=4221
4-week ALA course
Begins July 10, 2017

13. Mirela Roncevic
mirelaroncevic@gmail.com
mirela@noshelfrequired.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mirelaroncevic/
Thank you.

14. Leading in
Library Tech
Tabatha Farney
Director of Web Services & Emerging Technologies
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
tfarney@uccs.edu | @sharebrarian

15. AvramCamp Structure
• Based on AdaCamp
• Talked about Imposter Syndrome
• Determined our own themes we’d discuss
Two amazing
facilitators!
Margaret
Heller
Evviva
Weinraub

16. Insight 1:
Learn how to
take (and give)
compliments.

17. Insight 2: Hire the attitude;
people can learn on the job.

18. Insight 3:
You can be a
library tech
leader.
“First Step,”
https://cdn.theyogalunchbox.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/First-Step.jpg

19. Final Shout Out
LibTechWomen
• Monthly IRC chat today at 2pm EDT
• Find more info at: libtechwomen.org

20. Technology Observations
Marshall Breeding
Independent Consultant, Author, and
Founder and Publisher, Library Technology
Guides
http://librarytechnology.org/
http://twitter.com/mbreeding
July 7, 2017
2017 ALA Annual Conference Chicago
American Libraries Live Webinar

21. Top Technology Trends Panel
 Panelists:
 Margaret Heller, Session Moderator, Digital Services
Librarian, Loyola University Chicago
 Emily Almond, Director of IT, Georgia Public Library
Service
 Marshall Breeding, Independent Consultant and
Founder, Library Technology Guides
 Vanessa Hannesschläger, Researcher, Austrian
Centre for Digital Humanities/Austrian Academy of
Sciences
 Veronda Pitchford, Director of Membership and
Resource Sharing, Reaching Across Illinois Library
System (RAILS)
 Tara Radniecki, Engineering Librarian, University of
Nevada, Reno

22. Topics:

23. Cloud Computing
 Replace standard desktop arrangement with
Chrome Books and centralized resources
 Major trend for all types of software
 Questions about security:
 More reliance on vendors to provide adequate
security framework
 Observation that libraries are very lax about
implementation of privacy and security
mechanisms
 Low rates of implementing https on library websites

24. Open source Disruption
 Major impact on library software environment
 Open source not achieved dominance, but is
mainstream (Koha, Evergreen)
 Rate of adoption has been constant, but not
aggressive
 Open source used inside proprietary systems
 Open source raises the bar for innovation,
downward pressure on costs
 New disruptive possibility in FOLIO

25. Uneven access to technology
 Very large gaps between municipal libraries
and those serving rural areas and small towns
 Hundreds, of small public libraries in the US
with no automation or modern website
 Pricing of tech products and services remains
out of reach

26. Makerspaces in Libraries
 Beyond 3D printing: many types of specialized
manufacturing and prototype devices offered
in UNLV engineering
 Investment in equipment, staff expertise,
ongoing maintenance and consumables

27. Open Data Licensing
 Libraries as data creators
 Libraries working with data creators in their
communities

28. Executive Perspectives
Eric Keith
SirsiDynix
Matti Shem Tov
ProQuest
Todd Litzsinger
Follett
Sarah Pritchard
Northwestern Univ
Marshall
Breeding
A Conversation on the Future of the Library Technology Industry
https://librarytechnology.org/web/breeding/ALAExecPanel/

29. Themes
 Convergence of technology, content, and
services
 What are the synergies that companies expect
to achieve as they delve into both technologies
for the management and access of content
when they are also content suppliers
 What kinds of synergies, bundling, or
interoperability advantages will libraries
tolerate?