2. Keywords for 2010
• Mobile
• Social
• Social Mobile
• Cloud
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3. Keynotes
• Is cloud computing the answer to bit
rot?
• Net neutrality will impair anti-
competitive behavior
• Live from New York Library -
Interviews not lectures
• Libraries are a place of ideas -- more
than books
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4. Gary Price Resource Shelf
• Gary’s Tip: There is a big role for
us to teach public about social
tools
• http://bit.ly/resourceshelf09
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5. Usability
• 5 second test
• 3-4 people give 90% results
• Wayfinding, not clicks
• Follow the scent
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6. Content
• User submitted photos of reading in favorite
spots http://www.hclib.org/pub/bookspace/
• Use whimsey - Make it fun
• EBSCO RSS feed by topic?
• Nav bars that change as page changes
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9. The Cloud
• Embed Google calendar onto Intranet?
• Google Mobile, Google Books
• Hosted in Canada
• Montana State totally in the cloud
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10. Social
• Social Reference: Harnessing the
hive mind
• Combine our community of
experts and librarians as
moderators to create a topical
knowledge base
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11. Mobile
• Mobile access for ebooks essential
• Worldcat mobile search -- map link
to your library and catalog
• Mobile app that notices when you
are near library and says “Hey,
you have a book to pick up now”
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
12. Tank U
• Digital Downloads
• Bluetooth
• Movies, film trailers, lectures....
• In train stations, hospitals....
Flickr photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/drhenkenstein/1414014718/
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14. Stormy Weather
• Libraries in danger -- perception is
libraries = books
• Google, Amazon, B&N gearing up with
eBooks
• Change perception of the value we
provide
• Home delivery, collaborate with
publishers
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15. Stormy Weather cont.
• Create value that we are uniquely
positioned to create
• Create conversations at the locus of
community
• Not a time to be timid or panic
• Look at what is going to save our bacon
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16. 21 Century Library
• Apply for a card online? Use it as a
marketing opportunity
• Allow unmoderated comments with
word filters on
• Staff requirement to work on the digital
branch
• Weekly manager meetings to
discuss digital branch content
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17. Closing
• “Here comes everybody : the
power of organizing without
organizations” by Clay Shirky
Wednesday, January 13, 2010