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The Future we want

Explore the transformation of libraries and librarianship in the digital age, forecasting upcoming technologies, societal impacts, and professional challenges. Gain insights on lifelong learning, social innovation, and the evolving role of librarians.

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The Future we want

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  1. Internet Librarian International The Future we want Dr Chris Yapp Director, Internet Society of England Chris.yapp@btopenworld.com Chris Yapp, 2002

  2. From New Library to New Librarian • Prisoners of Language • Where is the technology taking us? • Master or Victim of Change? • The Future of Professionalism? Chris Yapp, 2002

  3. Today “ The future’s bright but when is it?” Chris Yapp, 2002

  4. Interactive Multimedia changes... • Individual lifestyles • Work, its location and organisation • Government:local, regional, national • Commerce, retail and finance • Entertainment • Education ALL IN ONE GENERATION

  5. Technology Forecasting? “The telephone has proved very successful in the West in places where distant farmhouses are connected by wire, as it enables them to give each other timely warning of the approach of tramps. It is also useful in cases of fire and sickness” Scientific American, May 1900 Chris Yapp, 2002

  6. Prisoners of Language • Books and computers • 1,000,000 cars • “classroom of the future” • “everyone will always want shoes” Chris Yapp, 2002

  7. Example “In the Future, Blind people will be able to drive cars” Chris Yapp, 2002

  8. The Blind Driver • Probability 0.8-0.9 with some 0.2 • Under Lab conditions • Resources available today 1-3 years • Likelihood 5-10 years • On the road in reality • 10-100 years Chris Yapp, 2002

  9. Sources of Innovation Manufacturer Active Process User Active Process Source: Eric Von Hippell,MIT Chris Yapp, 2002

  10. User-active innovations in IT • WWW • Human Genome • Cancer • AIDS • Environment • Entertainment • Open source Chris Yapp, 2002

  11. Problem Types YES Do we Know how To get there? TASK Direction Setting TASK Operational Management Do we know Where we Are going? NO YES TASK Concept Development TASK Process Development NO After Eddie Obeng Chris Yapp, 2002

  12. The Future’s opaque.. • G3/ G4 mobile phones • iDTV • Digital and creative content • E- M- Commerce • E-Government • Universal persistent broadband • Universal IT literacy • Not forgetting Biotech…. Chris Yapp, 2002

  13. So what do we do? “The best way to predict the future is to invent it” Chris Yapp, 2002

  14. Our choice as a society Ask what kind of society technology progress will create Or What kind of society do we want to create utilising technological progress Chris Yapp, 2002

  15. Values of the Information Society? • Competitiveness with social inclusion • Risk:management over minimisation • Lifelong learning for all • Social Innovation over technological invention • “Smallish” is beautiful • Participation over representation • Interdependence over independence • Value-added with values Chris Yapp, 2002

  16. The Vision “There is no vision, so focus on the big process not the big picture” Chris Yapp, 2002

  17. The Big Process Education as the key process for transition to the Knowledge Society But… “It’s learning Jim, but not as we know it!” Chris Yapp, 2002

  18. Re-engineering Education • The infrastructure of education • The Curriculum • The Teaching Professions To put the learner at the heart of the system Chris Yapp, 2002

  19. TODAY FUTURE Home Home Library Community School/ college Office School/ college Library Office Leisure Leisure Community Networked Learning Communities

  20. Social Innovation in the Industrial Society • Trade Unions • Mutuals, Friendly societies, credit unions • The Co-operative Movement • Public Libraries • Local authorities • Museums and Galleries • Police • Polytechnics,Redbrick Universities

  21. Social Innovation in the Information Age • Post Office • BT • BBC • ……..

  22. Vocational or academic? • Lifelong • Lifewide • Lifedeep Chris Yapp, 2002

  23. This implies... • A Cultureof Lifelong Learning • Access to lifelong learning • Content to support individual lifelong learners • A socialcontextfor lifelong learning

  24. The Policy Dilemma Speed Local Determination Universal Service

  25. The Traditional Pattern WORK EDUCATION TRAINING RETIREMENT Life Long Learning EDUCATION TRAINING WORK LEISURE/RETIREMENT Lifestyle Patterns Are Changing

  26. Learning on Demand • Personalised, mass-customisation • User-driven quality • Teamwork-oriented teaching and learning • Exams and Qualifications? • Administration built-in not bolted-on to teaching and learning processes

  27. The Learning Organisation Theory Application LEARNING

  28. The skill shift Learning to think Scientist Training Engineer Technician Education Learning to do

  29. The skill shift Scientist Stable theory Engineer Technician Theory weak

  30. A Learner in her life plays many parts.. • Student • Teacher • Librarian/Curator • Researcher • Assessor • Counsellor • Parent Chris Yapp, 2002

  31. The Real Challenge NOT Connecting every library to the internet BUT Connecting every librarian to each other to support the diverse needs of library users Chris Yapp, 2002

  32. Librarian Roles • Community Librarian • Training Librarian • Media Librarian • Technology Librarian • Accrediting Librarian Chris Yapp, 2002

  33. Learning as if the brain mattered • Multiple intelligence theory • Learning styles • EQ and IQ • Brain functioning

  34. What we do not yet know • Navigation • Personalisation • Long-term storage • Scaling • Unintended consequences Chris Yapp, 2002

  35. The New Renaissance • A knowledge-led economy • Blurring of Arts, Humanities, Science and Technology • Risk and uncertainty • People first, technology second

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