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What is New & Just Around the Corner in Mobile Technology

Joe Murphy

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Joe Murphy

Director, Library Futures

Innovative Interfaces, inc.

Tech Trends Analyst - Libraryfuture

Twitter/Gmail: - libraryfuture

@libraryfuture

New Stories for Future Libraries

Empower:– Dreamers to inspire– Workers to excel– Students to succeed– People to dream

“Colors are not something to be scared about”

www.theworld.org/2013/09/istanbul-neighborhood-colorful-stand/

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https://twitter.com/kolektifler/statuses/373762453718716417

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The dramatic changes in iOS7 design signifies the realization of the mobile revolution

– Elements no longer designed upon their real

world pre-digital equivalent –

iPhone 5c and 5s are about expanding further into next

big markets

New Position for Wider Futures- Director, Library Futures. Innovative Interfaces -

• A voice for the future • Technology trends and

directions • Voice for libraries• Empowering the

future(s) of libraries • Library trends

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• To facilitate• To enable• To empower • To fuel those

who inspire

New Missions for Libraries

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The Library & the Start Up

• Supporting start ups – And small & medium

sized businesses • Library as incubator• Library as start up

Your Library, the Entrepreneur

• Treating students as start ups – Invest in key users as growth projects • Empowering entrepreneurship

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The Library and the City

City innovation initiatives parallel one of the library’s missions @libraryfuture

http://www.npr.org/2013/07/11/201200441/innovation-centers-may-be-cornerstones-of-new-urban-economy

http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/31/187316703/Rio-Goes-High-Tech-With-An-Eye-Toward-Olympics-World-Cup

IFLA Trends Report

@libraryfuturehttp://trends.ifla.org/

• Access• Online Education • Privacy / Data protection• New Techs

Reveals that our profession often focuses on the societal impact of new tech areas.

Moon shots Around Core

Strengths

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http://libraryconnect.elsevier.com/articles/supporting-users-organizations/2013-08/i-am-social-librarian-infographic-free-download

Never underestimate the power of a social (mobile) librarian.

• Curator• Creator• Educator • Filter• Connector • Facilitator • Experimenter • Beacon

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New Venues for Display

- New screen on device -

– 2nd screen on same device (primary screen is now the mobile) – there are different uses for different screens – Impact on creation – reading as central but simple may be best – more as display (double feature of cover) is part of larger trend of display wider (walls etc) –

expectations for singular device

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New Venues for Display - New screen on device

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Vine – micro mobile video

- Hyper Short Video & Creative Economy – The Loop – Mobile – Gif Economy

Instagram

150 million users – Video – Embed – Web – iPhone first – Android Explosion – Success Story for Facebook

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Inspiration and conversation

around pictures

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Netflix(S) for Books

- 24Symbols – Oyster – etc –

- Streaming – Subscription – Freemium -

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Twitter Impact

- Financial – Impact on Facebook (recent news) – Conversations – Impact of Media (TV) -

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Yahoo!

New Video App – Tumblr – Flickr – Acquisitions

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Next Areas• Internet of Things– Smart Everyday Objects

• Wearable Tech– Google Glass - - Smart Watches

• The Quantified Self Qualified

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Smart Cars

• A smart experience • A new platform • A sender of signals – means alert the library

etc that it is within access range – - an extension of mobile ambient location apps?

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Amazon Kindle Matchbook

• Bought the print edition? Now also get the e copy for less.

• Could be reverse …

• Reflects cross format reading

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1001373341

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Beauty of Makerspaces

Empowering creation

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Beyond Maker Spaces

Follow the direction – facilitating access – to facilitating conversations – to facilitating creation – to facilitating ….

The next stage is - empowering inspiration- Enabling start ups

50 Anniversary of the “Red Phone”

• Modern red phone is email

• Updates on messaging: – Snapchat – iMessage –

Facebook Messenger –

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From “What hath god wrought” to a landline to email.Where does Kik fit in?

1st Morse code message sent, 1844 – http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/atthtml/morse2.html

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Snapchat

- Wall Street use – The Impermanence of Messages - Library Archiving Issues? – Communication Around Pictures

– From cultural norms to communication assets –

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Issues in Tech News

• Ambient Alerts - Google Now• Foursquare News• Yelp News • Microsoft Fragmentation• Automatic Content Recognition • 2nd screen• Show rooming

Google Chromecast

Mobile as source - Implications for screen projection – a new life for the first screen – screen sharing – battle for the living room – a new old platform for the library –

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Big Data Management

• Obama video archive challenges

– when mobile behavior impacts official practice impacts

http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2013/08/22/214207910/future-historians-good-luck-sifting-through-obama-video

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Zady as Example

• “Zady began with a grand vision: to combat the fast-fashion craze by providing a platform for only those companies that care about timeless style and solid construction.” – www.zady.com/about/mission

– Similar to the traditional perceived strengths of the library? – Looking out for authors and readers

• In a time of change – can libraries brand themselves as an anchor of stability in change not despite change?

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‘Nextdoor’ Neighborhood Social App

• Should libraries be on it?– Have more of a role than had on Myspace

– Hyper local – proximity as conversation point – local discovery – nearby as relevant –

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Digital non-Library Subscriptions & the Need for Librarians

More and more digital subscriptions - proves the wider need for the librarian as advocate for the reader.

The Librarian as Apple Care

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Value of a Library in a Mobile/Social World

• Life skills:– An informed public is a protection against the 100

Billion dollar loss per year cyber crime industry.

Younger Users Now on LinkedIn• Opportunities for libraries – – Teaching online reputation management

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Pre internet/mobile in branded value, post internet/mobile in vision & practice

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Mobile First – Everything

• What would a truly mobile first library look like?• Not just websites– service concepts – design approaches – content points

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“The young are unconstrained by the habits of fear”

- President Obama

Joe Murphy

Director, Library Futures - Innovative Interfaces, inc.

Tech Trends Analyst - Libraryfuture

Twitter @libraryfuture

LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/joemurphylibraryfuture

libraryfuture@gmail.com

The Beginning

Do Libraries Have More Past or More Future?

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