Futures DoodlesTony Hirst
Computing and Communications Dept, The Open University, UK
blog.ouseful.info / @psychemedia
Whither the future?
Predicting Tech Trends
Google tr
ends
Library analytics
Huddersfield – usage data project
personalisation
segmentation
gartner
Amazon books as a way of tracking tech mentionsO’Reilly annual book sales
tracking
Tren
dspo
tting
Once upon a time (note that once - it means once; it means this is a story) a technological breakthrough made all sorts of new and wonderful things possible.
The geeks started to play, the technology was touted as being capable of solving all the world's problems and the media had a field day. The technology only half-worked, of course, but the early adopters were forgiving, partly because they could put up with a bug or two, partly because there were lots of new, low-hanging fruit applications of the technology appearing on a regular basis. And so people could play, and they could see that all the promised really wonderful things were only a matter of time away.
Word got out and the early-middle adopters started to come to the party. The technology still didn't work properly, and the users were not happy bunnies. Word got out again... but a different word this time. Not a nice word. A nasty word.
The techies continued working on the problems, resolving the usability issues, fixing the bugs. The apps came together, reliability improved, and people started using the new applications. Not loudly, quietly.
More people used the apps. And more. A few more each day. Have you tried this? they said to each other.
The apps started to be used. More than that, they started to be used every day. Just every day. You know - one of those things you just use every day. Because they do the job. Not like the first "you HAVE to try THIS" time around. More of "that? Yeah - we use that too" kind of way.
Clink (what's the sound of a light bulb going on?)
Hey guys - you seen this? I can see the headline already: "Technological breakthrough"
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Wha
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Reputation Systems / Credentials /Permissions
“BADGES”
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st…
What is a library for?
Time was when librarians helped patrons negotiate bibliographic databases
on CD-ROMs…
Responding to Scenarios
Scenario Planning
Domestic energy supply companies are considering becoming energy services
Rather than supply you with gas or electricity, they provide you with a house
heated to 20 degrees and the means to cook energy efficiently…
What services do libraries
provide?Scenario Planning
Library as a Discovery service
Library as building discovery bridges to an institution’s content
Discovery happens elsewhere
What does collection development mean?
Library as a rediscovery service
Search over previous searches
Search over all course materialsPersonalisation
Tracking
Retargeting
Library as a monitoring service
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opularity/
Reputation management of academics?Wikipedia curation?
Linkage by comments on 3rd party sites, answers on SO etc?
Library training
What training/skills courses does/should/could/ (and not) th
e library run?Diagrams/visual communications Data wrangling
Query skills
Finding people and brokering introductions
Finding images and diagrams
Working with notations – chemistry, maths
Data representations, n
amespaces, ontologies
From data to information
QueriesReshaping
Visualisation
Data storytelling
Linkage
Reconciliation
Library as a place/space[playspace]
Skill tech trends in libraries
• Camera is a photocopier• Printers/printing• Annotating/highlighting• Reference collecting• Resource discovery• Resource access• Skills training???
Library as a service
“did you try the library?” (replace with: Amazon, Google, IT services, your tutor etc)
What questions could/should be replied to with that question?
What questions does the library answer?
Wor
king
the
idea
of t
he li
brar
y?
What do/would
do?
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