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1. The Future:
FrankenLibraries or Librarytopia?
Stephen Abram, MLS
Frisco Texas Public Library
Frisco, TX
These slides are available at Stephen’s Lighthouse blog Nov. 11, 2011
13. se·duc·tion (s-dkshn) n.
1. a. The act of seducing.
b. The condition of being seduced.
2. Something that seduces or has the
qualities to seduce; an enticement.
[Latin sducti, sductin-, from sductus, past
participle of sdcere, to lead astray : s-, apart;
see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots + dcere, to
lead; see deuk- in Indo-European roots.]
17. 7 Gifts to Libraries, Publishers & Booksellers
1. The book isn’t dead or dying. It is evolving.
2. Our users/customers are improving.
3. Technology is going social and can support social
acts.
4. The PC isn’t dead, but, again, it’s evolving and more
mobile.
5. We know more about our customers than ever
before.
6. Talent, Insight, Community, have social value.
7. Opportunities always exist more in times of change
36. Why do people read?
1. To learn
2. To engage in hearing other’s opinions (to agree or disagree or understand)
3. To develop more knowledge about myself and develop as a whole person
4. To be entertained and laugh, to engage and interact
5. To address boredom and the inexorable progress of time
6. To research and keep up-to-date
7. To participate well in civil society (everything from news to voting)
8. To be informed (and maybe smarter)
9. To understand others (individually and culturally)
10. To escape our day-to-day lives
11. To stimulate the imagination and be inspired or spiritual
12. To write and communicate better through reading others
13. To teach
14. To have something to talk about
15. To connect with like-minded people
52. The nasty facts
about Google &
Bing and
consumer search:
SEO / SMO
Content Farms
Advertiser-driven
Geotagging
Whack-a-Mole:
Farmer
Panda
Panda Silver
57. What are your top 10-20 questions?
What is the service portfolio model
that goes with those?
58. The Baker’s Dozen: LVA Top 13
1. Health and Wellness / Community Health / Nutrition / Diet /
Recovery
2. DIY Do It Yourself Activities and Car Repair
3. Genealogy
4. Test prep (SAT, ACT, occupational tests, etc. etc.)
5. Legal Questions (including family law, divorce, adoption, etc)
6. Hobbies, Games and Gardening
7. Local History
8. Consumer reviews (Choosing a car, appliance, etc.)
9. Homework Help (grade school)
10. Technology Skills (software, hardware, web)
11. Government Programs, Services and Taxation
12. Self-help/personal development
13. Careers (jobs, counselling, etc.)
14. Readers Advisory was 14th
59. Top 12 Patron Hobbies
Recreational Reading
Cooking & Recipes
Computers
Movies & Film
Exercise, Cycling & Walking
Traveling, Tourism & Vacations
Music
Pets
Gardening
Television Shows
Arts & Crafts
Knitting & Needlecrafts
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
69. What does all this mean?
The Article level universe
The Chapter and Paragraph Universe
Integrated with Visuals – graphics and charts
Integrated with ‘video’
Integrated with Sound and Speech
Integrated with social web
Integrated with interaction and not just interactivity
How would you enhance a book?
How do Libraries play the game?
70. What Are Libraries Really For?
• Community
• Learning
• Discovery
• Progress
• Research (Applied and Theoretical)
• Cultural & Knowledge Custody / Conservation
• Economic Impact
71. Questions for Libraries & Publishers Today:
1. Are our priorities right?
2. Are learning, research, discovery changing
materially and what is actually changing?
3. Books. Meh.
4. What is the role of information and
recreational reading in the real future (that is
not an extension of the past)?
5. Are we for the 21st Century world that will be
or the 20th Century one that was?
78. Fun Program Ideas
Act Like a User Day (signs, sign up, ADD, kids)
Librarian for a Day – Homework Peer Coaching
Fraud and ID Theft Prevention
Facebook for Teens – Study, Sharing and Social Safety
Facebook for Adults – Work, Reputation, Jobs
Top 20 Questions Portals Focus Groups
eBay (Cameras, How to, Books, etc.)
Perennial Trade / Garden Days
Collections Slap Down
Research Success for Adult Learners
Download Faire / Digital Days
23 Things TNG
79.
80.
81.
82. The Virtual Handout
The Value of Public Libraries
http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/04/06/the-value-of-
public-libraries/
The Value of School Libraries
http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/04/06/the-value-of-
school-libraries/
The Value of Academic and College Libraries
http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/04/07/value-of-
academic-and-college-libraries/
The Value of Special Libraries
http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/04/07/value-of-
special-libraries/
Library Advocacy: Save the Library Campaigns
http://stephenslighthouse.com/2010/04/01/save-the-
library-campaigns/
94. The New Social Skills
Credulity (tricks, SEO, SMO, spam, phish, farms)
Transparent distrust and radical intellect
The Filter Bubble
Finding black hole data (like non-digital)
Networking with a Closed Circle
Beyond search to find/discover, choose/use,
understand/internalize and FORGET.
Tagging and organizing – offline remembering
Information ethics and creation
Curation
95. How would this look?
Top Reference and Research Questions
Do you know them? Or do you know retail
sales numbers or circulation numbers better?
Health . . .
Career Advice and Job Finding
Genealogy
Homework
Etc.
96. Chefs, counsellors, teachers, magicians
Librarians, Publishers and Booksellers play a
vital role in building the critical connections
between information , knowledge & learning.
101. Summary
End User Psychographic Centricity
Focus on the Questions (Needs, CRM)
Build or Buy Knowledge Portals (Meals)
Emphasize Content Quality (not books)
Expand Social Media Programs on Information
Literacy
Advocate and Align with the Listener
Tell Stories, Have users tell stories
Invest in Strategic Analytics – Measurements of
Impact, ROI and Value
Collaborate vs. socialize
103. Focus on the Shifts
And Innovate THERE
The biggest shift from the internet and the
web has been the social web.
104.
105. Learn to tell a
story for
influence and
not just
Information
and
entertainment
106.
107. Stephen Abram, MLS, FSLA
VP strategic partnerships and markets
Cengage Learning (Gale)
Cel: 416-669-4855
stephen.abram@cengage.com
Stephen’s Lighthouse Blog
http://stephenslighthouse.com
Facebook or Google+: Stephen Abram
LinkedIn / Plaxo: Stephen Abram
Twitter: sabram
SlideShare: StephenAbram1
108. In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
John McCrae