This document discusses 10 emerging technology trends for libraries: 1) The Internet of Things, 2) Mobile technology, 3) Consumer technology like gaming, 4) Wearable technology, 5) Smart machines, 6) Grassroots technologies like 3D printing and makerspaces, 7) New payment systems, 8) Drones, 9) The rise of app stores, and 10) Addressing the digital divide through digital inclusion and technology training programs. For each trend, the document poses the question "What does this mean for libraries?" and provides examples of how libraries can prepare for and address changes brought by new technologies.

1. Tech Trends
for Libraries
david lee king | topeka & shawnee county public library | davidleeking.com
in 2016

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5. 1The Internet
of Things

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What’s this
mean for the
library?

13. 2mobile
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14. 68%of US Adults own smartphones

16. design for
mobile

18. what do your
mobile users
need?
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19. flic.kr/p/99GGKN

20. BYOD
flickr.com/photos/fishbraintexas/7263316350/

21. What’s this
mean for
the library?

22. 3Consumer
Technology
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23. flickr.com/photos/sarabeephoto/8563344780/

24. gaming - HUGE
changes
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26. https://flic.kr/p/rpB1bd

27. http://www.startupbootcamp.org

28. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ericclifton/orison-rethink-the-power-of-energy

29. What’s this
mean for the
library?

30. 4wearable
tech-
nology
flickr.com/photos/keoni101/7069578953/

31. pearlsofprofundity.files.wordpress.com/2013/08/dick-tracy-5.jpg

33. health monitor
bracelets
flickr.com/photos/intelfreepress/9690003914/

35. hexoskin.com

36. https://flic.kr/p/BrmcwQ

37. what’s this
mean for the
library?
flickr.com/photos/intelfreepress/9690003914/

38. 5smart
machines
flic.kr/p/cTn6M9

39. flic.kr/p/a9HrBK
robotics

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41. flic.kr/p/qWDEP

42. flic.kr/p/k6bnoy
what’s this
mean for the
library?

43. 6Grassroots Tech
flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/4169808020/

44. flickr.com/photos/tbisaacs/2641052226/
flickr.com/photos/flickrsven/4788472500/

45. flickr.com/photos/opacity/3531963245/
3D printers &
makerspaces

46. flickr.com/photos/fayfreelibrary/9674422713/

47. http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mbybs0MLqq1rhd130o1_500.jpg

50. more than
3D printers
drill presses vacuum cleaner
CAD/CAM software computers
CNC router normal shop tools
scroll saws
laser cutters
power tools

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Digital
Media
Labs

52. flickr.com/photos/skokiepl/5552496451/

55. flickr.com/photos/madrideducacion-es/6850575857/
Co-Working
spaces

57. What’s this
mean for the
library?

58. 7Payment
Systems
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59. flic.kr/p/bm7FGx

60. flic.kr/p/64Fobe

62. What’s
this mean
for the
library? flic.kr/p/bm7FGx

63. flic.kr/p/ei1iWe
8
Drones!

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65. flic.kr/p/rQVsa9

66. flic.kr/p/rQVsa9
What’s this
mean for
the library?

67. 9Rise of the
App Store

69. flic.kr/p/8C1pWN
What’s this
mean for
the library?

70. 0Digital
Inclusion

71. 13%of US Adults own smartphones
but don’t have broadband

72. 15%have no internet access
of any kind

73. flic.kr/p/7gfvuE
Technology
Training

75. ConnectAll
Lifeline

76. Knight News Challenge

77. What’s
Topeka
doing to
address the
digital
divide?

78. how to
prepare

79. don’t be held
back by tech!

80. thank you!
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