The document discusses emerging trends in libraries, emphasizing the shift towards digital and user-centric experiences, and the importance of adapting to new technologies. It highlights the need for libraries to rethink their roles, services, and community engagement amidst changing literacy demands and technological advancements. The document suggests that collaboration, personalization, and innovative service delivery are crucial for libraries to remain relevant in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

1. Future Library Stuff:What are the Top Trends?Stephen Abram, MLS, FSLASeneca CollegeJanuary 5, 2010

2. Slides available soon on SlideShare& at Stephen’s Lighthouse blog

3. How dowe really feel about technology?

6. The BIG Insight“The Internet has now progressed to its infancy”Search, Social Networks, Learning, Commerce

7. Shift Number 1The Transmogrifying Book and Periodical

8. How many articles did it take?How many books does it take?

10. Is the traditional book now a hollow experience?

11. Are we ready for a truly post print world?http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=book+sculpture&page=44

12. Can we get our heads out of book-centric experiences?

14. Can we design a 21st Century book experience?

16. Will Reading Matter?Are your staff confusing books and reading?Audiobooks, Cengageand eBooks . . . And Google

17. How many dead ends in your library?On your website?In your OPAC?

19. http://www.flickr.com/photos/keeping-it-real/160822516/

20. Can you link to book chapters or paragraphs?Is your Community different?http://www.flickr.com/photos/blu_blue/262096844/in/pool-booksandportraits

21. What does your book and article or website recommendation blog/RSS feed look like?Who is your star recommender or liaison?http://www.flickr.com/photos/matthk/2054262239/

22. How do your community contentreviews do?http://www.flickr.com/photos/cjanebuy/340249608/in/pool-booksandportraits

23. How are your web based communities doing?How many hundred are there?http://www.flickr.com/photos/mthiesson/176153663/

24. What knowledge portals have you created?Experiences?Advanced pathfinders?eLearning?http://www.flickr.com/photos/lori_an/319433801/

25. Do you offer Podcasts?Webcasts?LibGuides?Streaming?Do you record and index every lecture?

26. Are you making sense of your collections in a community context?BiblioCommons

27. ChiliFresh

28. LibraryThing for Libraries

29. SOPAC, VuFind, Endeca, etc.

30. Delicious

31. Digg

32. YouTubehttp://www.flickr.com/photos/lori_an/319433802/in/photostream/

33. Are we going to a totally build it yourself world?Imagine IKEA merging with GM...

36. Newspapers: Assemble them yourself.Re-imagine the textbook, coursepack, etc.

37. Shift Number 2Islands in the Stream: DVD, CD, and death thereof

42. What is the scariest scenario for libraries?I have an archaeology background . . .

44. Shift Number 3Smart Kids & Employees

45. Literacy = Life SuccessNews literacyTechnology literacyInformation literacyMedia literacyAdaptive literacyResearch literacyAcademic literacyEtc.Reading literacyNumeracyCritical literacySocial literacyComputer literacyWeb literacyContent literacyWritten literacy

46. Play

48. Shift Number 4Mind Share and Libraries

49. What Are Libraries Really For?Special LibrariesHospitals, Police, Fire, Ambulance and Libraries“Everything is there on the Internet for free!”Economic Impact – ($6.50 per $1, workforce preparedness, industrial attraction, quality of life, etc.)Equity (digital divide, integrating population growth, generations, etc.)Student Performance (up to 25 point increase)Competitive Advantage (Canada, EC, India, China, etc.)Social GlueCommunityLearningInteraction

51. Shift Number 5Bricks, Clicks and Tricks: Physical Space

52. Bricks, Clicks and Tricks:Knowledge Commons

53. Comfort

54. What’s Your Experience Look Like?

55. What’s Your Experience Look Like?

56. What’s Your Experience Look Like?

57. Shift Number 6Social Libraries

58. Or will we defend a 16th Century vision?

60. Community

61. Life

62. You can’t wait for everyone to change at once.

63. Shift Number 7Partnerships, CollaborationsCooperation

64. Community Networks

65. Do we truly understand their goals?

66. Conversations

67. Relationships

68. What do libraries want?RelevanceMaking a Difference

70. Connection

71. Personalization

72. Personalization

73. Shift Number8An E-learning World

74. You all know e-learning...Key strategies that must happen...There is an imperative that the library and institutional and provincial/national strategies align quick ly.Liaisons need to be prioritized over serviceSelf service needs to be thought throughNiche priorities over service for allOn demand content Copyright, etc.Puzzle experiments – i.e. How does the espresso book machine puzzle into our strategies

75. Shift Number 9A Volatile World

77. Discovery & Ideas

85. The Future DiscoveredStem CellsfMRI and The BrainCloningWind and other energyNanotechnologyRoboticsBook DigitizationMusicStreaming MediaSeed Bank

87. Eye Movement Changes

88. Learning StylesVisual/Spatial (Picture Smart)Verbal/Linguistic (Word Smart)Musical/Rhythmic (Music Smart)Logical/Mathematical (Number Smart)Bodily/Kinesthetic (Body Smart)Interpersonal (People Smart)Intrapersonal (Self Smart)Piaget, Bloom, Gardner, etc.

91. Diabetes OnlineYes, Stephen did just say Lizard Spit

92. VolatilityEspecially in Education and Research

93. Major Shifts AfootCloud computingRepository integration Metadata plateauExcessive MobileBandwidth bottlenecksSmartWebSensors EverywhereThe ‘new’ PrivacyDecentralization of EducationDecentralization of R&DInternet of ThingsContent price wars – eg. eBooksCollaboration via Wave, etc.Asia CentricityDiscovery on Steroids (genome, brain, nano, green, climate,...)Less search, more context and display deliverySocial web dominantUltimate network = phone + mobile commerceAugmented realityThe Real Time WebExperience Portals + e-learningHybrid contentApp stores and API storesCybercrime and Cyberterror

95. & AMAZON

96. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nessman/2590572476/

97. http://www.flickr.com/photos/briansolis/2735401175/

99. TheSharingEconomy

100. “Web 2.0 generally refers to a second generation of services available on the WWW that lets people collaborate and share information online.” WikipediaShared Pictures = Shared Knowledge =Shared Bookmarks =Shared News = Shared Videos =Shared Everything =

101. Get Good at The Cloud

103. Be Where Your Users Are

104. Credit: Lorcan Dempsey

105. http://heyjude.wordpress.com/2006/09/01/music-inspires-library-20-matrix/

111. What are the Real Challenges?Scalability (and this doesn’t mean web scale)Retreading our colleagues - quicklyPrejudice about users & Disrespect of usersDemographic Mosaic ChangeLack of Accountability and Urgency to ActDemand for Reproducibility and ProofsCoordination and SharingVisionLeadershipFinancial Resources (excuse vs. reason)

112. Shift Number 10The Librarian as Expert Contact& Team Member

115. The thing about success, is that it’s not about things.Or 2.0 Technology

116. Make a list of your last 10 projects. Now describe them in terms that they only solved an end user problem – NOT a library problem.By any chance do youprioritize your needs overend users?