This document summarizes emerging technologies that may impact higher education over the next 1-5 years according to the Horizon Report. It identifies mobile computing, open content, electronic books, simple augmented reality, gesture-based computing, and visual data analysis as technologies that could be adopted in higher education within the next 1-5 years. It also discusses implications of these technologies for academic libraries, such as supporting users who expect to work and learn anywhere and enabling more collaborative work between students and departments.

1. Over the Horizon:
Connecting Technology Trends with the
Library of Tomorrow
Mark A. Smith
SUNY Ceramics at Alfred
Joan Getman
Cornell University
Dr. Harry Pence
SUNY Oneonta - Emeritus

2. The Wannabes
Sometimes you just end up in the wrong profession

6. Honorable Mention

7. The Horizon Report
New Media Consortium / EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI)
Emerging technologies impacting teaching, learning or creative expression
within higher ed.
Time to adoption: One Year or Less
•Mobile Computing
•Open Content
Time to adoption: Two to Three Years
•Electronic Books
•Simple Augmented Reality
Time to adoption: Four to Five Years
•Gesture-based Computing
•Visual Data Analysis
4 TRENDS / 4 CHALLENGES

8. THE ABUNDANCE OF RESOURCES & RELATIONSHIPS MADE EASILY
ACCESSIBLE VIA THE INTERNET IS INCREASINGLY
CHALLENGING US TO REVISIT OUR ROLES AS EDUCATORS IN
SENSE-MAKING, COACHING, & CREDENTIALING.
Implications for Academic Libraries include:

9. People Expect To Be Able To Work, Learn,
& Study Whenever
& Wherever They Want To.
Implications for Academic Libraries include:

10. The Technologies We Use Are Increasingly
Cloud-based,
& Our Notions of IT Support Are Decentralized
Implications for Academic Libraries include:

11. The Work Of Students Is Increasingly Seen As
Collaborative By Nature, & There Is More
Cross-campus Collaboration Between Departments
Implications for Academic Libraries include:

12. So What Does All This Mean for
Academic Libraries?

13. LITA Top Tech Trends 2010 1
Horizon Report 2010
UX - User Experience
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Mobile, A.R., Gesture Comp., E-Books
Discovery Systems
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Mobile, Open Content, A.R., Visual
Data Analysis
Augmented Reality
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A.R., Mobile, Gesture Comp., Vis. Data.
Analysis
Discovery Systems Beyond Federated
Search
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A.R., Vis. Data Analysis, Open Content
Mobile Tech in Libraries
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Mobile, E-Books, A.R., Gesture Comp.
End of Apps? – new html/css code &
mobile-optimized web portals
Mobile, Open Content
Reinvention of the Book
1 Hardo,
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Mobile, E-Books, A.R., Open Content,
Vis. Data. Analysis
Josh. "ALA 2010 Midwinter Meeting: Top Tech Trends Panel Focuses on End Users and Ebooks." Library
Journal. 01/19/2010. Web. 5 Jun 2010. <http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6715484.html>

14. Thanks for Your Attention
Any
Questions?
Fire Away!
Mark Smith – msmith@alfred.edu
Joan Getman – jmf4@cornell.edu
Harry Pence – pencehe@oneonta.edu