Mark A. Smith, Harry Pence, Joan Getman - Presentation: Over the Horizon: Connecting Technology Trends with the Library of Tomorrow - Academic Librarians 2010 Conference. Ithaca, NY June 7-8, 2010
10. Academic Librarians 2010
Faster than the Speed of Bytes: Technology, Cognition, and the Academic Librarian
Horizon Report 2010
June 8th ‐ Ithaca, NY
Joan Getman ‐ Cornell University
16. 2008
• Grassroots Video
• CollaboraCon Webs
• Mobile Broadband
• Data Mashups
• CollecCve Intelligence
• Social OperaCng Systems
17. 2009
• Mobiles
• Cloud CompuCng
• Geo‐Everything
• The Personal Web
• SemanCc Aware ApplicaCons
• Smart Objects
18. 2010
• Mobile CompuCng
• Open Content
• Electronic Books
• Simple Augmented Reality
• Gesture‐Based CompuCng
• Visual Data Analysis
19. Project New Media Literacies
• Play ‐ the capacity to experiment with one’s surroundings as a form of problem‐solving
• Performance ‐ the ability to adopt alternaCve idenCCes for the purpose of improvisaCon and discovery
• SimulaCon ‐ the ability to interpret and construct dynamic models of real‐world processes
• AppropriaCon ‐ the ability to meaningfully sample and remix media content
• MulCtasking ‐ the ability to scan one’s environment and shib focus as needed to salient details
• Distributed CogniCon ‐ the ability to interact meaningfully with tools that expand mental capaciCes
• CollecCve Intelligence ‐ the ability to pool knowledge and compare notes with others toward a common goal
• Judgment ‐ the ability to evaluate the reliability and credibility of different informaCon sources
• Transmedia NavigaCon ‐ the ability to follow the flow of stories and informaCon across mulCple modaliCes
• Networking ‐ the ability to search for, synthesize, and disseminate informaCon
• NegoCaCon ‐ the ability to travel across diverse communiCes, discerning and respecCng mulCple perspecCves, and
grasping and following alternaCve norms
• VisualizaCon ‐ the ability to interpret and create data representaCons for the purposes of expressing ideas, finding
paUerns, and idenCfying trends
from ConfronCng the Challenges of ParCcipatory Culture: Media EducaCon for the 21st Century,
by Henry Jenkins, with Ravi Purushotma, Katherine Clinton, Margaret Weigel, and Alice J. Robison
20. Daniel Pink: A Whole New Mind
Moving from less relevant to more relevant skills that develop in the right part of
the brain…
• Design.
• Story.
• Symphony.
• Empathy.
• Play.
• Meaning.
21. Expanding literacy
Storytelling and New Media intersect in a way that
can be applied across the curriculum.
• Using new media effecCvely? Not longer the domain
of "designers" and "arCsts”
• Storytelling? Not the exclusive domain of "humanists"
and 'English majors’
These are essenCal 21st century skills.
25. Princeton pilot: Pros
• Environmental benefits
• Portability
• Ability to consolidate all texts in one place
• BaUery life
• Wireless connecCon
• Ability to search for content
• Ability to read the screen in full sunlight
Sustainability impact: REDUCED prinCng of eReserves by 50%
26. Princeton pilot : Cons
• Difficult to highlight text and annotate files. PDF documents
can not be annotated or highlighted at all
• Lack of folders to organize readings
• Inability to quickly navigate between documents
• Inability to open mulCple texts at the same Cme
• Kindle texts do not have page numbers to correspond to
paper texts
• Can not easily skim texts
27. Princeton Pilot
SuggesCons for Improvement
• Improve ability to highlight and annotate PDF files
• Improve the annotaCon tools and make it easier to navigate
among annotated pages
• Provide a folder structure to organize readings
• Improve the highlighCng funcCon
• Improve the navigaCon within and between documents (add
ability to open more than one document at the same Cme)
• AddiCon of touch screen and stylus
28.
29. Darden Pilot
“What that says to me is that Amazon created
a very well‐designed consumer device for
purchasing and reading digital books,
magazines and newspapers... It’s not yet ready
for prime Cme in the highly engaged Darden
business school classroom.’’
Michael Koenig
Director, MBA operaCons
Darden School of Business, University of Virginia
38. Visual Data
Analysis and RepresentaCon
• Making meaning of the informaCon you find
– Analysis
– Synthesis
• PresentaCon of mulCple kinds of data:
– alpha‐numeric
– visual
– 2D or 3D
– staCc and dynamic
88. The Promise of Gesture Computing for Libraries:
Beyond organizing, storing, preserving, accessing,
evaluating, producing, & teaching
Will Libraries Be the Place For
INTERACTING
With Information
89. 2 Primary Forms
Touch/Surface Based Interaction
Imitative Input / Recognition Response
100. Gesture: Gaming
Wii Walkthroughs
From Conduit - Library of Congress For Nintendo Wii
The Library of Congress
The largest library in the world is no place for a gunfight,
but try telling that to the Drudge, our future extraterrestrial overlords.
102. Gesture Assistive Recognition
The “Hummer
Neckband”
Converts
Sound
Vibrations
into
Computer
Input
Incl.
Clicking
Turning Pages
Moves Mouse
Hummer Neckband Developed at Bloorview Kids Rehab in Toronto