Libraries of the Future Focus on Technology

1. Libraries of the FutureFocus on Technology Piscataway Public Library Staff Development Day 5.11.07 Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

2. Introduction Notes from bio: I’m 40 I live my life online My wife is a Librarian Beliefs: Everyone is a techie/Little formal technology education Technology w/out purpose is a waste Not trying new things is a great way to be irrelevant Who are you? Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

3. Introduction Ground Rules Questions/Comments Bathroom Stretching Agenda Setting the Stage Background/Mission Article/Discussion Considerations w/some Examples & Demos “Traditional” Library2.0 Wrap Up/Questions Timekeeper (1/2 hr) Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

4. Setting the Stage A few things to start us in the mindset of thinking about the future… First a Thank You… Getting out of that rut…Hard enough keeping up Convergence and Collaboration The future is full of possibilities Which means it’s scary/fun Starting From/Going to… Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

5. Setting the Stage Piscataway Public Library Mission Statement "In response to community needs, the Piscataway Public Library provides free and open access to information through professionally selected resources in a welcoming environment. We are a gateway to knowledge which enables the enrichment and empowerment of our whole community." ALL Parts of the Library are important to make this happen! Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

6. Setting the Stage A little reading Let’s split into groups and briefly read an article (each table is a group) Each group gets a section 1-2 sentence summary of your section. 1 person to say it. The Article is about…I’m using it to… Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

7. Setting the Stage… Article Summary Format Agnostic Nomadic Multitasking Experimental Collaborative Integrated Principled Adaptive (Steve) Direct Adaptive – Physical and Learning disabilities shouldn’t be a barrier to the services of the library. Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

8. Setting the Stage (Summary) We need to: Rethink Repurpose Repackage Areas such as: Info Literacy* (What’s a good source?) Library as Place (actual/virtual) Collections/Media (Print vs. other Media) Services (Wireless, Food, other needs?) 2 ideas at end *the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

9. Considerations, Examples, Demos Part 1 “Traditional” areas to address: Where/How can I “compute” in the library? Online content “New” media content Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

10. Computing in the Library “Issues”: Laptop/Notebook computers sell better than desktops More and more projects require collaboration/groups (and kids seem to work that way anyway) Increasing amount of Multimedia online ... info isn’t just text At the Library: Computers (how are they set up? Privacy? Collaboration? Both? Can people hear? Are the machines fast enough?) Wireless (here comes the need for wires) Environment to work, talk, electric, light Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

11. Library Info on Devices ↑ # of people use handheld devices to access information Phones, PDA’s (Blackberries, Treos) Is basic library info available? Content for Mobile phones? Push those vendors for SMS notification Keep an eye out for SMS/Text services Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

12. “alternate (non-print) content” ebooks, audiobooks, ejournals, audiojournals, audiozines? ListenNJ, Overdrive, netLibrary, Questia, Tumblebooks,etc. Aggregators/Portals JerseyClicks merging that content Podcast?/Vidcast? Screencast? Services eLearning moving heavily into alternate formats e.g. http://www.lynda.com Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

13. Considerations, Examples, Demos Part 2 Enter library2.0 ”attempt to harness the library user in the design and implementation of library services by encouraging feedback and participation” Connect people together 6 examples of lib2.0 applicationsIM, Blogs, RSS, Podcasts, Social Networks, Wikis If you can program a VCR… Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

14. Instant Messaging Defined* Real-time communication between two or more people based on typed text Programs Yahoo! Messenger, AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger, ICQ, Google Talk, Meebo, Trillian, etc. etc. etc. Some Statistics 75% of online teens IM** 42% of online adults IM** 50% of IMing teens (32% of all teens) IM every single day** *Source: Wikipedia ** Pew Internet and American Life Project. Teens and Technology. 07/27/2005. Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

15. Instant Messaging Library Use of IM IM for “Reference” IM between staff members Collaboration tool for students Libraries Using: http://www.greenelibrary.info/im.asp http://www.darienlibrary.org/contact.php Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

16. Instant Messaging Demo Watch as Steve IMs himself Yahoo Messenger: teddythedog67 Meebo: librarysteve Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

17. Blogging Defined* A blog (short for web log) is a website where entries are made and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject. Programs/Services Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, Wordpress, Movable Type *Source: Wikipedia Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

18. Blogging Library Use of Blogs/Blogging Simple Announcements/News/Teen Zones Book Club/Book Reviews As the main interface for the homepage For Staff Notes/Awareness Libraries Using: http://morriscty.blogspot.com/ http://52books.wordpress.com/ Mount Laurel Library, INFODesk Blog http://blogs.camdencountylibrary.org/teens/ http://www.plymouth.edu/library/opac/(Blog OPAC) Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

19. Blogging Demo Making and adding an entry to a blog using blogger mooseyg67@yahoo.com Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

20. RSS/Live Bookmarks Defined A way to create subscribable content (often automatically created by blog software) OR a way to subscribe to content Nice tool to manage information overload and to help with information literacy by staying up to date on content Programs/Services Readers: bloglines, google reader, yahoo mail, etc. Creators: feeder, feedforall Other: feedburner Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

21. RSS/Live Bookmarks Library Use of RSS/Live Bookmarks Allow users to subscribe to content/updates New books, etc. Add other site feeds as content on library site Teach use of RSS for info lit Libraries Using: http://www.hclib.org/pub/search/RSS.cfm http://www.kentonlibrary.org/aboutus/feeds/index.cfm Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

22. RSS/Live Bookmarks Demo Steve shows his subscriptions in Yahoo Mail Steve subscribes to a feed using bloglines KCPL Non-Fiction Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

23. Podcasting Defined A simple means of distributing audio content over the Internet Fairly new “medium” but there is LOTS of good content available and it’s easy to make your own Programs/Services An inexpensive microphone, a computer OR iPod and recorder... Audacity (Windows)/GarageBand (Mac) for recording (FREE) libsyn for easy hosting and syndication Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

24. Podcasting Library Use of Podcasting Storytimes Recitation of original stories, poems, slams… Educational content, Interviews Scavenger Hunts Libraries Using: http://podcast.denverlibrary.org/index.php?post_category=Nursery%20Rhymes http://www.lansing.lib.il.us/podcast_directory.htm http://www.libraryloft.org/podcasts.asp Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

25. Podcasting Demo Steve makes a quick recording using audacity and his cheap mic  Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

26. Social Networks Defined* Social networks connect people with all different types of interests. (If you have a group of friends in person…this is the same idea but online) Place to meet people and communicate Programs/Services MySpace, Facebook, Xanga, Friendster, Dogster, LinkedIn Some Statistics on MySpace* 3rd most popular site in US >100,000,000 users Purchased by Rupert Murdoch for 580million Average age @”29” *Source: Wikipedia Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

27. Social Networks Library Use of Social Networks Exposure…got to go where the people are (Access pts) Teen/YA Groups Using it as a teaching tool (appropriateness, freedom vs. responsibility) Libraries Using: http://www.myspace.com/theinformationplace http://www.myspace.com/stonehamlibrary http://myspace.com/denver_evolver Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

28. Social Networks Demo Making a Simple profile on MySpace mooseyg67@yahoo.com Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

29. Wikis Defined* a website that allows visitors to add, remove, edit and change content. All wikis are not wikipedia Programs/Services pbwiki, wikispaces, mediawiki, etc. *Source: Wikipedia Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

30. Wikis Library Use of Wikis Staff Day Planning (or anything that needs planning with multiple people) Series Fiction Reader’s Advisory Adult Summer Reading Book Reviews Libraries Using: http://seriesbinder.lishost.org/index.php/Main_Page http://booklovers.pbwiki.com/Princeton%20Public%20Library http://wikis.ala.org/readwriteconnect/index.php/ALA_wikis Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

31. Wikis Demo Steve edits his Social Software Literacy class wiki http://russl.pbwiki.com Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

32. Summary These are just some of the issues/tools that we should consider for the future imho, the future will be about service, the only difference will be how that service will be done. Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

33. Lastly - Two Ideas Group Up 10 minutes to come up with 2 things Piscataway could do based on what you wrote individually Groups will call out your 2 favorites I’d like your index cards at the end Prize to the “best” Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

34. This presentation available: http://www.stevegarwood.com/classes/pplstaffday Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University

35. Questions/Parking Lot Piscataway Public Library Steve Garwood, Asst. Professor SCILS, Rutgers University