Tech Trends for Libraries david
lee king | topeka & shawnee county public library | davidleeking.com in 2016

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10 year cycles
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What’s NEW
for you?

1The Internet
of Things

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the library?

2mobile
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not a
good
idea

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64%of US Adults own smartphones

design for
mobile

teens…

cell
mostly

what do your mobile users
need? flickr.com/photos/beavis/2425374221/

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BYOD
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What’s this mean for the
library?

3Consumer
Technology
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stuff we use

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smartphones,
tablets, laptops

gaming - HUGE
changes
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Television
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connected cars
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Batteries!
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What’s this mean for the
library?

4wearable
tech-
nology
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Google Glass
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smart watches
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health monitor
bracelets
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what’s this mean for the
library? flickr.com/photos/intelfreepress/9690003914/

5smart
machines
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robotics

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the library?

6Grassroots Tech
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what’s going
on here?
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3D printers &
makerspaces

makerbot.com

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more than 3D printers drill
presses vacuum cleaner CAD/CAM software computers CNC router normal shop tools scroll saws laser cutters power tools

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Digital
Media
Labs

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Co-Working
spaces

other
cool
stuff

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check out
guitars!

What’s this mean for the
library?

7Payment
Systems
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library? flic.kr/p/bm7FGx

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8
Drones!

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the library?

9Rise of the App
Store

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the library?

0Web Changes!

from Wikimedia

watching
video
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listening
to music

78%of US Adults watch online
videos

every company is a media
company

What’s this mean for the
library? flickr.com/photos/oppl/5867907324/

Trends vs. Fads
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Fad
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Trend
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how to
prepare

don’t be held back by
tech!

thank you!
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