The document discusses trends shaping libraries, including: 1) Mobile technology is becoming the preferred way for many to access information, especially in developing countries. 2) E-books are growing in popularity, with devices like the Kindle seeing large sales numbers. However, print materials are still in danger of declining. 3) A new "digital divide" exists between those who know how to validate online information and use new technologies versus those who do not.

1. Reality Check 2.010: http://www.flickr.com/photos/faberitius/2285165863 Helene Blowers Digital Strategy Director Columbus Metropolitan Library www.LibraryBytes.com 5 Trends Shaping Libraries

2. "What matters here is technical capital, it's social capital . These tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring. It isn't when the shiny new tools show up that their uses start permeating; it's when everyone is able to take them for granted.“ - Clay Shirky, Ted Talk 6/09 http://www.flickr.com/photos/milivoj/2166043959/

3. The Information Age , is an idea that the current age will be characterized by the ability of individuals to transfer information freely , and to have instant access to knowledge that would have been difficult or impossible to find previously. - Wikipedia, 9/0 9

4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaeming/3788942583/

5. The information age of now … http://www.flickr.com/photos/ekai/473003133/

6. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiP79vYsfbo We Think

7. Web 1.0 Web 2.0

8. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gerlos/3119891607/

9. http://www.flickr.com/photos/johndecember/2914192044/ Reality ► The digital book race is on

10. 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/

11. Google deal brings classic books to Sony Reader March 19, 2009 Sony's e-book reader is about to get a little help from Jane Austen in its battle with the Kindle. Sony announced a partnership with Google that will bring a half-million classic books to the Sony Reader Digital Book. Users will now be able to access the free book downloads through Sony's eBook Store. For years, Google has scanned books and converted them to digital format--at least in part--for its Google Book Search project. For now, Google is providing books to Sony whose copyrights have expired, which means most of the new additions to the Sony Reader will have been published before 1923, according to The New York Times.

12. Photo: Bryan Derballa/Wired.com Release Date: June 10, 2009

15. 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 Reality ► Mobile builds bridges faster

16. 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

17. # 1 WiFi users in US = Smartphones 60% Wi-Fi connections were made by integrated devices, up from 49 % in the previous quarter (AT&T report, Oct 09) http://www.flickr.com/photos/evelynishere/3461088894/

19. http://blippitt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/kindle-app-for-iphone.jpg

20. 365.2.72 reading my vampire stories Phot:o carrieoke13 | http://www.flickr.com/photos/carrieoke13/3359310659/

21. Reality ► Augmenting is the new information window http://blog.stratepedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/42A94156-89A4-4D61-84FA-FE426B647889.jpg

23. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b64_16K2e08

24. Urban Spoon

26. http://realityaugment.com/blog/augmented-reality-toy-concept-by-frantz-lasorne/

27. Reality ► Print is in peril

28. “ As many newspapers struggle to stay economically viable, fewer than half of Americans (43%) say that losing their local newspaper would hurt civic life in their community "a lot." Pew Research Study: Stop the Presses (March 12, 2009 ) http://www.flickr.com/photos/gog/21039882/

29. http://www.flickr.com/photos/smohundro/3362589055/

30. http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/10/economics-labor-industry-biz-beltway-cx_jz_bw_0410dying_slide_12.html?thisSpeed=15000 Forbes: April 08

32. Reality: There’s a new digital divide

34. Those who know how to “think” about search vs. those who don’t. The New Digital Divide

35. Those who know how to “think” about search vs. those who don’t . Those who know how to validate soft information vs. those who don’t The New Digital Divide

36. Those who know how to “think” about search vs. those who don’t. Those who know how to validate soft information vs. those who don’t Those who know where to find information in new “hot” channels vs. those who don’t. The New Digital Divide

37. Those who know how to “think” about search vs. those who don’t. Those who know how to validate soft information vs. those who don’t Those who know where to find information in new “hot” channels vs. those who don’t. Those who understand the current culture of informal languages vs. those who don’t. . The New Digital Divide

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39. Those who know how to “think” about search vs. those who don’t. Those who know how to validate soft information vs. those who don’t Those who know where to find information in new “hot” channels vs. those who don’t. Those who understand the current culture of informal languages vs. those who don’t. Those who know how to get information to travel to them vs. those who still chase it. . The New Digital Divide

40. Those who know how to “think” about search vs. those who don’t. Those who know how to validate soft information vs. those who don’t Those who know where to find information in new “hot” channels vs. those who don’t. Those who understand the current culture of informal languages vs. those who don’t. Those who know how to get information to travel to them vs. those who still chase it. Those who have the knowledge and skills to create and re-mix digital media and those who don’t. The New Digital Divide

42. WE NEED A CROSSING GUARD

43. Those who know how to “think” about search vs. those who don’t. Those who know how to validate soft information vs. those who don’t Those who know where to find information in new “hot” channels vs. those who don’t. Those who understand the current culture of informal languages vs. those who don’t. Those who know how to get information to travel to them vs. those who still chase it. Those who have the knowledge and skills to create and re-mix digital media and those who don’t. Those that understand learning is a continual process vs. those that view learning as an achievement. The New Digital Divide

44. The illiterate of the future are not those who can't read or write but those who cannot learn, unlearn , and re-learn . - Alvin Toffler http://www.flickr.com/photos/ogimogi/2253657555/

45. http://www.flickr.com/photos/maggiesworld/812273556/ Shared Discovery

46. Photo: Aaron Schmidt | walkingPaper.org

47. Photo: Aaron Schmidt | walkingPaper.org

48. Helene Blowers Digital Strategy Director Columbus Metropolitan Library [email_address] My Slides are @ www.LibraryBytes.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregwake/2961213279/