Cutting edge - now
old hat How much have libraries online How much have libraries online
changed in seven years?changed in seven years?
Michelle McLean
Ramsay Reid: proposal
“A study tour of public library services in the US who are providing first class, cutting edge service to their virtual clients... seeing how the service is organised, structured and administered from behind the scenes.”
The Internet 2007
Only just Facebook Music downloads
Didn't exist yet Twitter Pinterest Smart phones Apps Tablets Facebook pages
My tour
Ann Arbor Charlotte/
Mecklenburg County Darien Hennepin County Princeton St Joseph Thomas Ford
Computers in Libraries
Social media for libraries
Learning 2.0 Feedback tools Library Thing RSS Change Second Life
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Behind the scenes
Time Staffing Finances Learning Customer knowledge Risk
Now standard in libraries
Blogs Gaming Content management
systems (CMS) Email newsletters Technology centres Patron reviews Downloadable music
What's not
Avatars Virtual worlds (not
gaming related)
New in libraries since '07
Social media RFID ebooks Mobile devices Discovery layers APIs Apps
Cutting edge now
Makerspaces Remote access to
software via the library
Social media archives
WiFi access using Facebook logins
Streaming video
Into the future?
Tomorrow's Library
Libraries 2030
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” ~ Charles Darwin
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