Slides for a talk on "What's On the Technology Horizon?" given by Brian Kelly, UKOLN at the ILI 2011 conference in London on 27 October 2011. See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/ili-2011/

1. Brian Kelly UKOLN University of Bath Bath, UK What’s On The Technology Horizon? Technical opportunities available in the ‘New Normal’ UKOLN is supported by: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution 2.0 licence (but note caveat) Acceptable Use Policy Recording this talk, taking photos, discussing the content using Twitter, blogs, etc. is permitted providing distractions to others is minimised. http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/events/conferences/ili-2011/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/briankelly/ Email: [email_address] Blogs: http://ukwebfocus.wordpress.com/ Twitter: #ili2011 #a101

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4. Develop Your Action Plans Timeframe for adoption: one year or less Area Notes and Actions Mobile and Tablet Computing Cloud Computing Open Content    At end of session we invite suggestions for Library action plans which you feel you should be taking in the various areas. Feel free to tweet your ideas!

5. Develop Your Action Plans   Timeframe for adoption 2-3 years Area Notes and Actions Game-Based Learning Learning Analytics New Scholarship Semantic Applications

6. Develop Your Action Plans    Timeframe for adoption 4-5 years Timeframe for adoption 2-3 years Area Actions Augmented Reality Collective Intelligence Smart Objects Telepresence Area Notes and Actions Game-Based Learning Learning Analytics New Scholarship Semantic Applications

21. Your Action Plans Area Notes and Actions Mobile and Tablet Computing Personal use of mobile phones & tablets in order to gain experiences of new working practices; experiences of accessing library services, etc. Update Acceptable Use Policies to address use of mobile devices. Update Web developments tools and standards to ensure mobile access is treated as ‘first class citizen’. Cloud Computing Staff development to provide better understanding of Cloud Computing concepts and implications. Update Acceptable Use Policies to address use of cloud services. Ensure potential risks are understood as well as opportunities. Develop risk minimisation strategies. Open Content Staff development to provide better understanding of open data as well as open access including licensing issues for open content. Understand personal and organisational barriers to provision of open content as well as consuming open content. Seek ways in which the Library can provide open content.

22. Your Action Plans Area Actions Augmented Reality Collective Intelligence Smart Objects Telepresence Area Notes and Actions Game-Based Learning Learning Analytics New Scholarship Semantic Applications

24. Questions