7. A library …
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8. A library has been
described as many things
by many people …
9. "In a library we are surrounded by many
hundreds of dear friends
imprisoned by an enchanter in paper and
leathern boxes."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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10. "A library is not simply a
repository of books, it is the
symbol and center of our culture
- a door and a window for
those who might not
otherwise have such
doors and windows."
Amy Tan
Author
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11. "The library is a societal tent pole,
There are a lot of ideas under it.
Knock out the pole and the tent comes
down“
Michael Connelly
Author .
12. "Libraries are raucous
clubhouses for free speech,
controversy, and community."
Paula Poundstone
Comedian
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13. Libraries store the
energy that fuels
the
imagination."
Sidney Sheldon
Author
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14. "Libraries are the latest
fashion for the brain."
E. Jean Carroll
Author
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15. "A good library is a place, a palace where the
lofty spirits of all nations and generations
meet."
Samuel Nig
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16. "We all love to hear a good
story. We save our stories
in books. We save our
books in libraries. Libraries
are the storyhouses full
of all those stories and
secrets."
Kathy Bates
Actor
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17. "Libraries
are places
where the
imaginatio
n begins."
Heather Barbieri
Author
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18. "A library, to modify the famous
metaphor of Socrates, should
be the delivery room for
the birth of ideas - a place
where history comes to life."
Norman Cousins
Political Journalist & Author
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19. "A library is a true fairyland, a very palace
of delight, a haven of repose from the storms
and troubles of the world."
Avebury
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21. "A library is both comfort
food and inspiration,
opportunity for growth, and
the place where anyone can
come for personal
enrichment."
Judy Strong
http://www.flickr.com/photos/smanography/3056487326/
Author
23. "Libraries are the air an author
breathes. The creative
storehouse for the writer's soul.
The single indispensable
link to the next generation of
readers."
Andy Straka
Author http://www.flickr.com/photos/dearbarbie/2105903679/
24. "Libraries: cafeterias
for food that feeds
the mind."
Louise Yelin
Author
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25. But perhaps one of my favorite thoughts on
libraries comes from the Father of Modern
Librarianship himself …
(be sure to pay special attention to his caveat)
26. A library's function is to give the
public in the quickest and
cheapest way information,
inspiration, and recreation. If a
better way than the book can
be found, we should use it."
- Melvil Dewey (1851-1931)
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28. "What matters here is technical capital, it's social capital. These
tools don't get socially interesting until they get
technologically boring. It isn't when the shiny new tools
show up that their uses start permeating; it's when everyone is able to
take them for granted.“
- Clay Shirky, Ted Talk 6/09
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29. "Too much light often blinds gentlemen
of this sort. They cannot see the forest
for the trees."
- Musarion [1768], Canto II
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31. Reality ► The digital book is changing everything.
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32.
33. Reality ► Mobile builds bridges faster
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
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34.
35. Reality ► Augmenting is the new information window
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39. “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 )
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45. It’s not the
death of the
book to
fear…
it’s our
dependency on
formats
as our community
(service delivery)
value!
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46.
47. The Information Age, is an idea that
the current age will be characterized by the
ability of individuals to transfer
information freely, and to have instant
access to knowledge that would have
been difficult or impossible to find
previously.
- Wikipedia, 9/09
59. YouLit Magazine is an online arts and literary publication for teens by teens. We feature
poetry, photography, essays, illustrations and design created by teens out of Youmedia in the
Chicago Public Library. youlitmag.tumblr.com
109. Modern Librarianship IS about an APPLIED SERVICE…
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110.
111. • Knowledge consumption -> knowledge creation
• Brings world to community -> Bring community to
themselves
• Promote the library -> Customers to market the value
• Community services -> Community Impact
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118. Helene Blowers
Digital Strategy Director
Columbus Metropolitan Library
Slides @
Slideshare.net/hblowers
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Editor's Notes
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Rember I’m a trend watcher. So this is what I’ve noticed
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/03/02/un-telecommunications.html http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-41586-113.html Two thirds of the world’s cell phone subscriptions are in developing nations, with the highest growth rate in Africa where a quarter of the population now has a mobile, a United Nations agency said on Friday. While just 1 in 50 Africans had a mobile in the year 2000, now 28 percent have a cellular subscription, according to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). The world has more than three times more mobile cellular subscriptions than fixed telephone lines, and in some countries in Asia and Europe people have more than one contract each, pushing the mobile access rate above 100 percent.
Sportsvision’s “1st and ten” system premiered in fall of 1998 – 1 st augmented reality application for mass market.
he handprint to the right is a cave painting drawn 32,000 years ago and is the oldest portrait of man. On the walls of Chauvet Cave in southern France, the artist used the technology of his day, tinted charcoal dust blown through a straw, to create a simple, yet powerful icon of human-ness. This image captures the essence of human-centered computing. Much like the Paleolithic beings, we still use technology to relate to, understand and depict the world around us, still trying to say "I am here. I am human."