This document summarizes Stephen Abram's presentation on the evolution and revolution happening in libraries. He discusses major changes affecting libraries like e-books, digital content, research culture, and strategic analytics. He emphasizes that libraries must adapt to remain relevant, highlighting opportunities like knowledge portals, digital services, collaboration, and focusing on user needs. Abram argues that libraries hold the key to embracing technology advances and should attempt bold innovations if they know they won't fail.

1. Libraries: Evolution, Revolution and the Two Kinds of Extinction Stephen Abram, MLS MichLA Directors’ Summit April 11, 2011

3. Suggest the ones that matter the most

4. Talk about influence, advocacy and success

6. Stop complicating things!

7. What Can Librarians Do?

8. Extinction

9. Extinction

11. Evolution

12. A Library Metaphor: Dinosaurs didn’t go extinct because the climate changed. They went extinct because the didn’t or couldn’t adapt.

14. Innovation

15. Inspiration

16. Information

17. Ideas

18. Invention

19. Investment

20. Illumination

22. Grocery Stores

23. Grocery Stores

24. Grocery Stores

25. What do real users want? Meals

26. Cookbooks, Chefs . . .

27. Cookbooks, Chefs . . .

28. Chefs, counsellors, teachers, magicians Librarians play a vital role in building the critical connections between information , knowledge and learning.

30. Creativity

31. Collaboration

32. Consortia

33. Cooperation

35. Strategy is a Choice. . . To be a victim and feel these changes are fated and blamestorm OR Create the future we need and take collective responsibility for the conversation and development of the future. Find Reasons not Excuses.

36. Think As technology advances

37. Emboldened Librarians hold the key

38. News Flash “The Internet and technology have now progressed to their infancy”

39. The Top 20

40. What are our libraries’ strategic responses to these environmental factors and changes?

41. 1 E-Books

42. 2 Kindle Singles

43. 3 Google Books

44. How would you enhance the book without the compromises of the 1500’s?

46. Digital is Insufficient

47. 4 Death of Containers

48. 5 No More DVD’s

49. 6 Research Culture

50. 7 Content Farms& SEO / SMO

52. SEO

53. SMO

54. GEO

55. Content farm issues (e.g. Appliances, cars, drugs, consulting, etc.)

56. e-Books and advertising

58. 8 Kindle Formats

59. 9 E-Reader Lending (Lendle)

60. 10 ContentDisaggregation

62. The Chapter and Paragraph Universe

63. Integrated with Visuals – graphics and charts

64. Integrated with ‘video’

65. Integrated with Sound and Speech

66. Integrated with social web

67. Integrated with interaction and not just interactivity

69. E-Learning

72. 12 StrategicAnalytics

74. 59% are female.

75. 29% are college students.

76. 5% are professors and 6% are teachers.

77. On any given day, 35% of our users are there for the very first time!

78. Only 29% found the databases via the library website.

79. 59% found what they were looking for on their first search.

80. 72% trusted our content more than Google.

82. 71% of instructors that rated student engagement levels as “high” as a result of using technology in courses.

83. 71% of students who are employed full-time and 77% of students who are employed part-time prefer more technology-based tools in the classroom.

84. 79% of instructors and 86 percent of students have seen the average level of engagement improve over the last year as they have increased their use of digital educational tools.

85. 87% of students believe online libraries and databases have had the most significant impact on their overall learning.

86. 62% identify blogs, wikis, and other online authoring tools while 59% identify YouTube and recorded lectures.

87. E-books and e-textbooks impact overall learning among 50% of students surveyed, while 42% of students identify online portals.

88. 44% of instructors believe that online libraries and databases will have the greatest impact on student engagement.

89. 32% of instructors identify e-textbooks and 30% identify interactive homework solutions as having the potential to improve engagement and learning outcomes. (e-readers was 11%)

90. 49% of students believe that online libraries and databases will have the greatest impact on student engagement.

96. 13 Whitespace Broadband

97. 14 Free Culture

98. 15 Mobility

100. 16 Digital 1st & Only

101. 17 Peer e-Review

102. 18 Inter-Disciplinary

103. Discovery & Ideas

105. fMRI and The Brain

106. Cloning

107. Trucking and GPS

108. Wind and other energy

109. Nanotechnology

110. Robotics

111. Massive Book Digitization

112. Music

113. Translation

114. Streaming Media

119. 19 Total Integration

121. The new bibliography and collection development KNOWLEDGEPORTALS KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING, INFORMATION & RESEARCH COMMONS

124. We Only Get So Many Once-in-a-Lifetime Chances To Do Great Things

136. Unlocking the Value Conversation

144. Information Commons, Computer Commons. Learning Commons, Knowledge Commons

145. Search – federated and niche

146. Metadata – taxonomies, ontologies, MARC, etc.

147. Flexibility and Nimbleness

148. Transliteracy, Information Literacy, Scholar training, research skills

149. Lecturer engagement and liaison roles

150. The roles of Social networking, Facebook

151. Measurement and statistics – especially value of e-resources

152. Managing the format mix transition – print/digital and serials/book, etc.

153. Differentiation services to undergrads and post-grads, students and professors, admin

154. Privacy, Confidentiality, and research ethics

155. Bookstores, Textbooks, POD, etc

156. Buildings and Green

157. Partnerships

158. Mobile & Device(s) support

159. Wireless

160. GIS, GPS, etc.

161. Statistics and Measurements

162. Changes in Millennial Behaviours

163. Inter-disciplinary and Cross-Disciplinary Research

164. E-Books

165. Repositories and Digital Vaults

166. Digitization (Google, OCA, etc.)

167. Budgeting, Finance and Fundraising

168. Staff development

169. Organization Development, Structure, Governance

170. E-learning and Distance Education

171. Copyright, DRM, Licensing, etc.

172. Learning Management Systems

173. Scholarly publishing

174. Open Access / Linked Data

175. Technology / Open Source / SaaS/ etc.

177. What Would You Attempt If You Knew You Would Not Fail?

178. Cafe Press

179. Don’t Rest on Your Laurels.

180. Reintermediation: Personalize the Service

181. Stand Out!

182. Trust Yourself to Make Difference and Have an Impact

183. Save the User!

184. Tie Your Messages to the Voter!

185. Context is King,Contact trumps Culture Content is a Foundation

186. Community Stories

187. Stories Conversations

188. Stories Relationships

189. Stories The Social Life of Information Community Networks

190. Life Stories

191. Connection Stories

192. Personalization Stories

193. Simplicity

195. Learning

196. Training the researchers of today & tomorrow

197. Discovery & Invention

198. Progress

199. Research (Applied and Theoretical)

200. Cultural & Knowledge Custody & Curation

202. Must do, actually Align communication with political agenda. Know what your users are doing and why (analyze your data, choose the top 5… & focus). Focus on the user psycho-graphics – their goals from their point of view. Invest in Knowledge Portals that support your user’s goals (in person and virtually). Rise above Collecting and truly Support Reading and Research. Build on the foundation toward sense-making. Be aware of the competitive framework and new business models. Understand devices.

203. Cooperate 20 Collaborate Consort

204. The power of libraries

206. Join the Revolution Good Luck

207. 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: Stephen Abram LinkedIn / Plaxo: Stephen Abram Twitter: sabram SlideShare: StephenAbram1

208. Frankenbooks? FrankenSearch? Stephen Abram, MLS CLA Ottawa April 5, 2011

209. Is this graphic correct? What’s wrong?

212. Is the book in your head?

213. Frankenbooks? Emotion? Morality?

216. The Physical Act of Reading

217. Think harder about book components!

221. Whose needs are met by e-books and e-libraries?

224. Welcome Questions for Today: What is REALLY happening with eBooks? Where is all this change taking us? Do people still value the book? What’s next? What is the role for librarians in our info-future?

225. Books

226. Fiction

227. Non-Fiction

228. Encyclopedia

229. Reference

230. Directories

231. Dictionaries

232. Textbooks

233. Scholarly

234. Kiddy Lit

235. E-Learning

236. How would you reinvent the book?

237. Mobility

238. What are the good and bad things about e-books?

240. GOOG

247. The Chapter and Paragraph Universe

248. Integrated with Visuals – graphics and charts

249. Integrated with ‘video’

250. Integrated with Sound and Speech

251. Integrated with social web

252. Integrated with interaction and not just interactivity

254. Borders Kobo, B&N Nook, Amazon Kindle, Apple iPad, Sony, etc. . . .

258. Mobility

260. Local wired, mobile access ‘everywhere’ to the home and workplace

261. Geo-awareness: GIS, GPS, GEO-IP, etc.

262. Wireless as a business strategy (Starbucks)

263. Mobile dominates

265. FrankenSearch

267. SMO

268. Content Farms / Mills

269. AOL, Demand Media

270. White Hat / Black Hat

271. Ads

273. My son: Zachary

274. My son: Zachary

278. Discovery & Ideas

279. Has the future changed?Has our future changed?

283. fMRI and The Brain

284. Cloning

285. Trucking and GPS

286. Wind and other energy

287. Nanotechnology

288. Robotics

289. Massive Book Digitization

290. Music

291. Translation

292. Streaming Media

294. A 1965 iPhone

295. Can libraries keep up with change? Can you recall buying a 45? Can you recall dials on TVs? Can you recall dialling?

300. Can we frame the e-book issue so that it can be addressed rationally?

301. MindMap: What is a book? Reading Learning Pedagogy Research Exploration Reference Engagement Enjoyment Evaluation

304. Mobile will be dominant device

305. eBook formats will be e-reader dependent for a short time

306. eBook format to watch is web-based and involves HTML5

307. Ads vs no ads in books?

308. Social reading behaviours are primary

310. Move Faster Together

311. 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: Stephen Abram LinkedIn / Plaxo: Stephen Abram Twitter: sabram SlideShare: StephenAbram1