Agenda
• Intro
• Some facts and figures
• Mobiles = The interface to
information
• The future of „Books“
• Library as a networked service
• Library as „a place“
• The outcome…
• Outro
Les bibliothèques à l’ère du
numérique : problèmes et
perspectives
Dr. Klaus Ceynowa
Journées ABES,
Montpellier, 26-27 May 2010
Intro
Foretelling the Future?
http://www.globecartoon.com, 27. Juli 2009 Patrick Chappatté, in: „Le Temps“ (Genf)
Digital Natives…
Our Digital Lifes…
And where
is the
Library…?
Some facts
and figures
72%
14%
10%
2%
2%
Information Behavior
Advanced Information Behavior
Sharing, privacy and
trust in our networked
world – OCLC report,
2007
http://www.oclc.org/
reports/sharing/defa
ult.htm
Library Web Site: Point of Sale?
Library Catalogs vs. Google Book Search
Mobiles =
The
Interface to
Information
“By 2013,
mobile phones
will overtake
PCs as the
most common
Web access
device
worldwide.”
Mobiles …Mobiles …
Mobiles …
“Regarding pace of
change, we believe more
users will likely connect
to the internet via
mobile devices than
desktop PCs within 5
years…”.
“Rapid ramp of mobile
internet usage will be a
boon to consumers and
some companies will likely
win big (potentially very
big) while many will
wonder what just
happened...“
Morgan Stanley’s Mobile Internet Report, 15.12.09 (www.ms.com/techresearch).
“For many people all
over the world, but
especially in
developing countries,
mobiles are
increasingly the access
point not only for
common tools and
communications, but
also for information of
all kinds, training
materials, and more.“
Mobiles …
“When we get to a point that a mobile
version is expected of whatever content
we want to interact with, not having a
mobile version may cut-off desire to
consume that content.”
Inside Higher ed: Challenges and opportunities of
the small screen, November 19, 2009
Foto: http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/cc964299.aspx
http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenickster/2952878107/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yzo/2987127062
Whatever we want whenever we want…
WorldCat
Library of Congress
Stanza
textunes
Shortcovers
Wattpad
Eucalyptus
Information Services on Mobiles:
OPAC of the
Bavarian State
Library as
Smartphone
Application
(opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de)
„Bavarian State Library Top100“ as iPad-App:
Starting End of June
The future of
“Books”
A. L. Penenberg: Amazon Taps Its
Inner Apple, In: Fast
Company,July/August 2009
“The decay of the printed word on
paper is part of a predictable pattern
of development.
Taking on the characteristics of our
present online habits, and riding a
wave of rapid innovation in screens and
microprocessors, books may soon
become multimedia events.”
Books = „Multimedia Events“ ?!
Steve Haber on the Future of Books…
“It's paper, it's heavy,
it's environmentally
taxing. When we
introduced our Reader,
the biggest resistance I
heard was, 'I like the
smell of books, and I like
the smell of paper. I
can't go digital.' That was
the confirmation for me
that this change will
happen. If the smell of
paper is the biggest push
back, then we're good to
go.”
Fastcompany: May 2009
E-Book Universe
iPad
Flexible E-Book Reader
University of
Washington,
Electrical
Engineering
Department:
“Virtual Retina
Display (VRD)”
Library on a Lense?!
Google Editions (Starting June 2010)
Multimedia Content
from the Cloud,
accessible on any web-
enabled device
The Future of Books…
Library as a
networked
service
…to design solutions that help
users to achieve their desired
outcomes in research, study and
learning
Our job is…
User Workflow and Digital Library Services
Don‘t try to adapt the user-workflows
to the digital library!
Do: Adapt the digital
library to the user-workflows
• Disintegration of all digital
services…
• …by integration into individual
digital user environments
– digital research
environments
– virtual learning spaces
– social networks etc.
• and into the huge
gravitational hubs
on the web
The One-and-only “Point of Sale”:
User Workflow
OPAC
Virtual
Libraries
Virtual
Research
Environments
Regional
Catalog
„German
Digital
Library“
Regional
Portals
Content: Local – Coverage: Global
The „brand“-problem…
“WorldCat.org,
the destination
for search and
discovery of
library materials
on the web.”
Library as
“a place”
Library as „a place“?!
“The library‘s leaders are seeking ... to
become vague learning environments
which, when boiled down to their
essence, are nothing more than
computer labs with sofas and coffee.”
Inside Higher ed: Reviving the Academic Library,
November 19, 2009
Bild: Franckesche Stiftungen, Halle: (c) Ingo Gottlieb
Place for culture
and communication
Place for concentration
(learning & thinking)
Location for Events,
Exhibitions, Meetings etc.etc.
The “physical” library does not work as a
“library” anymore, but as a
Library-as-place: Functional Change
Architecture as “unique selling point”
Library-as-place: the wow! factor
Library-as-place - the future?!
reliability communication
real-time-independence
contemplation thinking/reading
authority exclusiveness
discussion reflection precision
concentration serendipity
Library-as-place - the future?!
“Always-on backlash: In reaction to
increased, pervasive connectivity, there
must be an 'always-on backlash' en masse.
There will not just be niche communities
choosing to 'opt-out', but it will
become culturally, socially necessary and
desirable to be offline. The ability to
gracefully disconnect and go 'dark' must
become a USP for many products and
services.”
Timo Arnall
Design Researcher at Oslo School
of Architecture and Design
The
outcome…
Libraries – in the future…
To go:
Library as an
institutional,
organisational und
functional
entity
To come:
Variety of diversified
services in an
all-inclusive, mobile digital
information infrastructure
To stay:
„A place” in cultural life
Imperative 1:
Library as a service – become invisible!
(and deal with the “brand problem”)
Imperative 2:
Library as a place – become visible!
(and deal with the problem of not
being perceived as “a library”)
• Accessing information
will be by web-enabled
mobile devices only…
• And mainly via the huge
gravitational hubs on
the web…
• or via highly specialized digital
workplaces.
But all these “nomadic workers“ need a
place…
for inspiration, communication,
concentration…
Imagine the future…
Wired US, Aug 2009
Library
Everywhere/
Anytime
Outro
No problems at all?!
Does the Bavarian State Library
make you happy?
Relax... Future is bright for information
professionals!
But if you
strongly
disagree…
M. Pamela Bumsted Bumsted, Biocultural Science & Management,
http://13c4.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/50-reasons-not-to-change/
Thank you
very much
for your
attention!

Jabes 2010 - Conférence inaugurale "Les bibliothèques à l’ère du numérique"

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    Agenda • Intro • Somefacts and figures • Mobiles = The interface to information • The future of „Books“ • Library as a networked service • Library as „a place“ • The outcome… • Outro Les bibliothèques à l’ère du numérique : problèmes et perspectives Dr. Klaus Ceynowa Journées ABES, Montpellier, 26-27 May 2010
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    http://www.globecartoon.com, 27. Juli2009 Patrick Chappatté, in: „Le Temps“ (Genf) Digital Natives…
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    Sharing, privacy and trustin our networked world – OCLC report, 2007 http://www.oclc.org/ reports/sharing/defa ult.htm Library Web Site: Point of Sale?
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    Library Catalogs vs.Google Book Search
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    “By 2013, mobile phones willovertake PCs as the most common Web access device worldwide.” Mobiles …Mobiles …
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    Mobiles … “Regarding paceof change, we believe more users will likely connect to the internet via mobile devices than desktop PCs within 5 years…”. “Rapid ramp of mobile internet usage will be a boon to consumers and some companies will likely win big (potentially very big) while many will wonder what just happened...“ Morgan Stanley’s Mobile Internet Report, 15.12.09 (www.ms.com/techresearch).
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    “For many peopleall over the world, but especially in developing countries, mobiles are increasingly the access point not only for common tools and communications, but also for information of all kinds, training materials, and more.“ Mobiles …
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    “When we getto a point that a mobile version is expected of whatever content we want to interact with, not having a mobile version may cut-off desire to consume that content.” Inside Higher ed: Challenges and opportunities of the small screen, November 19, 2009 Foto: http://expression.microsoft.com/en-us/cc964299.aspx http://www.flickr.com/photos/thenickster/2952878107/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/yzo/2987127062 Whatever we want whenever we want…
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    OPAC of the BavarianState Library as Smartphone Application (opacplus.bsb-muenchen.de)
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    „Bavarian State LibraryTop100“ as iPad-App: Starting End of June
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    A. L. Penenberg:Amazon Taps Its Inner Apple, In: Fast Company,July/August 2009 “The decay of the printed word on paper is part of a predictable pattern of development. Taking on the characteristics of our present online habits, and riding a wave of rapid innovation in screens and microprocessors, books may soon become multimedia events.” Books = „Multimedia Events“ ?!
  • 23.
    Steve Haber onthe Future of Books… “It's paper, it's heavy, it's environmentally taxing. When we introduced our Reader, the biggest resistance I heard was, 'I like the smell of books, and I like the smell of paper. I can't go digital.' That was the confirmation for me that this change will happen. If the smell of paper is the biggest push back, then we're good to go.” Fastcompany: May 2009
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    Multimedia Content from theCloud, accessible on any web- enabled device The Future of Books…
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    …to design solutionsthat help users to achieve their desired outcomes in research, study and learning Our job is…
  • 31.
    User Workflow andDigital Library Services Don‘t try to adapt the user-workflows to the digital library!
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    Do: Adapt thedigital library to the user-workflows • Disintegration of all digital services… • …by integration into individual digital user environments – digital research environments – virtual learning spaces – social networks etc. • and into the huge gravitational hubs on the web The One-and-only “Point of Sale”: User Workflow
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    The „brand“-problem… “WorldCat.org, the destination forsearch and discovery of library materials on the web.”
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    Library as „aplace“?! “The library‘s leaders are seeking ... to become vague learning environments which, when boiled down to their essence, are nothing more than computer labs with sofas and coffee.” Inside Higher ed: Reviving the Academic Library, November 19, 2009 Bild: Franckesche Stiftungen, Halle: (c) Ingo Gottlieb
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    Place for culture andcommunication Place for concentration (learning & thinking) Location for Events, Exhibitions, Meetings etc.etc. The “physical” library does not work as a “library” anymore, but as a Library-as-place: Functional Change
  • 38.
    Architecture as “uniqueselling point” Library-as-place: the wow! factor
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    Library-as-place - thefuture?! reliability communication real-time-independence contemplation thinking/reading authority exclusiveness discussion reflection precision concentration serendipity
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    Library-as-place - thefuture?! “Always-on backlash: In reaction to increased, pervasive connectivity, there must be an 'always-on backlash' en masse. There will not just be niche communities choosing to 'opt-out', but it will become culturally, socially necessary and desirable to be offline. The ability to gracefully disconnect and go 'dark' must become a USP for many products and services.” Timo Arnall Design Researcher at Oslo School of Architecture and Design
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    Libraries – inthe future… To go: Library as an institutional, organisational und functional entity To come: Variety of diversified services in an all-inclusive, mobile digital information infrastructure To stay: „A place” in cultural life
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    Imperative 1: Library asa service – become invisible! (and deal with the “brand problem”) Imperative 2: Library as a place – become visible! (and deal with the problem of not being perceived as “a library”)
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    • Accessing information willbe by web-enabled mobile devices only… • And mainly via the huge gravitational hubs on the web… • or via highly specialized digital workplaces. But all these “nomadic workers“ need a place… for inspiration, communication, concentration… Imagine the future…
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    Wired US, Aug2009 Library Everywhere/ Anytime
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    Does the BavarianState Library make you happy?
  • 50.
    Relax... Future isbright for information professionals!
  • 51.
    But if you strongly disagree… M.Pamela Bumsted Bumsted, Biocultural Science & Management, http://13c4.wordpress.com/2007/02/24/50-reasons-not-to-change/
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    Thank you very much foryour attention!