Finding Pheonix Athens
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The document discusses trends in digital media and mobile technology and their implications for libraries. It notes that e-readers like Kindle are growing in popularity, more people have mobile phones, and mobile networks are expanding access in developing areas. While print is at risk, this also presents opportunities for libraries to rethink their services and focus on engaging experiences rather than just collections. The future of libraries depends on adapting to changing formats and finding new ways to contribute to knowledge production and consumption in their communities.
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Finding Pheonix Athens
- 1. Finding the Phoenix Feathers, Flight & the Future of Libraries Helene Blowers Digital Strategy Director Columbus Metropolitan Library Athens, November 2009 http://www.flickr.com/photos/aussiegall/408516412/
- 3. Columbus Metropolitan Library 21 branches 1.7 million items circ/ year 750 card members
- 5. http://www.flickr.com/photos/johndecember/2914192044/ Trend ► Kindle rekindles the flame for the digital book
- 6. In 2008, Amazon’s Kindle, sold 500 thousand units, 32% more than the iPods sold in the year of debut of Apple’s player. - Citi Investment Research estimate based upon Sprint network activations http://www.flickr.com/photos/nydiscovery/2212528583/
- 8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/wink/192265445/ 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 Trend ► Mobile builds bridges faster
- 9. While just 1 in 50 Africans had a mobile in the year 2000, now 28 percent have a cellular subscription. – UN Report, March 2, 2009
- 10. Countries by advanced information and communications technology (ICT) : 1) Sweden 2) South Korea (nation-wide gigabit bb 2012) 3) Denmark 4) Netherlands 5) Iceland 6) Norway 17) United States - UN report, March 2009
- 11. Trend ► Print is in peril
- 14. Distribution Center Distribution Agent Distribution format
- 15. Distribution Center Distribution Agent Distribution format
- 17. It’s not the death of the book to fear… http://www.flickr.com/photos/aprilzosia/2585184283/ it’s our dependency on formats as our community (service delivery) value! Change
- 18. . . .today's challange
- 19. http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxtongue/206292827 Story of the Phoenix
- 22. Latin, librarius of books, from libr-, liber inner bark, rind, book
- 26. Chauvet Cave – 32,000 yrs old
- 29. knowledge consumption knowledge production
- 30. knowledge consumption knowledge production
- 32. http://www.flickr.com/photos/owl/2696325046/ What’s the experience? What’s the experience?
- 33. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimntonik/2758303137/ What’s the experience? What’s the experience?
- 34. consumption & use creativity & production http://www.flickr.com/photos/kubina/50366633/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lkusuma/818295509/
- 35. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Soap_bubbles_2.jpg Books Programs information storytimes Media Computers Services Engagement Experiences
- 39. Helene Blowers Digital Strategy Director Columbus Metropolitan Library [email_address] My Slides are @ www.LibraryBytes.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregwake/2961213279/ σας ευχαριστούμε
Editor's Notes
- Rember I’m a trend watcher. So this is what I’ve noticed
- http://mediamemo.allthingsd.com/20090203/citi-says-amazon-sold-500000-kindles-last-year-12-billion-business-next-year/ http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20090208/BIZ/702089935
- 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.
- www.textually.org/.../1022720488_0a1b779fc8.jpg
- http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-41586-113.html
- The story of the Phoenix is as old as time. The tale of a bird burning itself every 500 years in order to renew its immortality has been passed through all major civilizations since the ancients Greeks. Sensing old age and lackluster, the mystical bird collects kindling and fans its own fire while nesting upon the flames. From the ashes of the old Phoenix, a young and beautiful Phoenix is reborn. By overcoming fire, death, and old age, the Phoenix represents triumph over adversity and rebirth into glory, thereby providing hope and constancy.
- http://www.flickr.com/photos/distortedsmile/18500026/
- 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."