Transcript The Horizon Report for Libraries: A Year-End/Year-Ahead Exploration of Tech, Trends, & Challenges Facilitated by Paul Signorelli Writer/Trainer/Consultant Paul Signorelli & Associates [email protected] Twitter: @paulsignorelli December 18, 2014

The Horizon Report
for Libraries:
A Year-End/Year-Ahead
Exploration of Tech,
Trends, & Challenges
Facilitated by
Paul Signorelli
Writer/Trainer/Consultant
Paul Signorelli & Associates
[email protected]
Twitter: @paulsignorelli
December 18, 2014
Setting the Context:
What is the most useful and/or
important technology your library uses
to further its mission?
Setting the Context:
What is the most useful and/or
important technology your library uses
to further its mission?
What do you do to help library users
take advantage of that technology?
Technology We’re Tracking
Technologies to Watch
2014: Higher Ed
2014: Libraries
ONE YEAR OR LESS:
ONE YEAR OR LESS:
• Flipped Classrooms
• Learning Analytics
TWO TO THREE YEARS:
• Games & Gamification
• 3D Printing
FOUR TO FIVE YEARS:
• Quantified Self
• Virtual Assistants
• Electronic Publishing
• Mobile Apps
TWO TO THREE YEARS:
• Bibliometrics/Citation Tech
• Open Content
FOUR TO FIVE YEARS:
• Internet of Things
• Semantic Web/Linked Data
One-Year Horizon:
Electronic Publishing
“Libraries are poised to be major players in the digital revolution as academic electronic
publishing becomes more sophisticated.”
--p. 34
One-Year Horizon:
Mobile Apps
“Librarians…are using mobile apps to complete tasks and perform their
jobs more efficiently.”
--p. 34
One-Year Horizon:
Mobile Apps
Discussion #1:
What (if any) aspects of electronic
publishing or mobile apps are already
working their way into what you and
your colleagues offer?
Two- to Three-Year Horizon:
Bibliometrics and Citation Technologies
Two- to Three-Year Horizon:
Open Content
“…freely copiable, freely remixable, and free of barriers to access, cultural
sensitivities, sharing, and educational use.”
--p. 40
Discussion #2:
What (if any) aspects of
bibliometrics/citation technologies or
open content are already working their
way into what you and your colleagues
offer?
Four- to Five-Year Horizon:
The Internet of Things
Four- to Five-Year Horizon:
Semantic Web and Linked Data
Discussion #3:
What (if any) aspects of the Internet of
Things or Semantic Web/Linked Data
appear to hold possibilities for you,
your colleagues , and those you serve?
Key Trends
Key Trends
Key Trends
Fast Trend:
Prioritization of Mobile Content/Delivery
Mid-Range Trend:
Increasing Accessibility of Research Content
Long-Range Trend:
Continual Progress in Technology,
Standards, and Infrastructure
Discussion #4:
What are some of the tech trends you
are already seeing in your library?
Discussion #4:
What are some of the tech trends you
are already seeing in your library?
How are you working with these
trends?
Key Challenges
Key Challenges
Key Challenges
Solvable Challenge:
Rethinking the Roles and Skills of Librarians
Difficult Challenge:
Competition from Alternative
Avenues of Discovery
Wicked Challenge:
Embracing the Need for Radical Change
http://vimeo.com/92954451
Discussion #5:
Which of the challenges are you
already facing in your library?
Discussion #5:
Which of the challenges are you
already facing in your library?
How are you addressing those
challenges?
Learning From the Report
New Media Consortium (NMC)
NMC Horizon Project
Summary: Technologies to Watch
2014: Higher Ed
2014: Libraries
ONE YEAR OR LESS:
ONE YEAR OR LESS:
• Flipped Classrooms
• Learning Analytics
TWO TO THREE YEARS:
• Games & Gamification
• 3D Printing
FOUR TO FIVE YEARS:
• Quantified Self
• Virtual Assistants
• Electronic Publishing
• Mobile Apps
TWO TO THREE YEARS:
• Bibliometrics/Citation Tech
• Open Content
FOUR TO FIVE YEARS:
• Internet of Things
• Semantic Web/Linked Data
Resources
From NMC:
All available Horizon reports: http://www.nmc.org/publications
Horizon Report wiki: http://library.wiki.nmc.org/
New Media Consortium Wiki-Thon wiki: http://wikithon.wiki.nmc.org/
From Building Creative Bridges Blog:
Articles about Horizon reports:
http://buildingcreativebridges.wordpress.com/?s=horizon+report
Questions & Comments
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Credits & Acknowledgments
Horizon Report Cover Photo: BigStock Photography
“Keighley Library now has tablets”: From Albert Freeman’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/myza5mo
Technologies:
Electronic Publishing: From Kahunapule Michael Johnson’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/l83733p
Mobile Apps: From César Poyato’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/n9kg2kc
“The Measure of a Life…”: From Brian Metcalfe’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/oscgzem
Open Content/Share: From Emilio Quintana’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/o4b92wk
Internet of Things: From UMKC Libraries’ Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/kegnfex
Semantic Web/I Know What You Mean): From Duncan Hull’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/odequrx
Trends:
Mobile Content/Delivery: From Fachstellen für Öffentlichen Biblioteken NRW’ s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/lw6grze
Accessibility (John Henry Brookes Building/Brookes University: From Howard Stanbury’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/k3mhd3o
Technology & Infrastructure: From Cindi’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/qcvry7u
Challenges:
Rethinking Roles: From Lauren’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/ldqeyrw
Alternative Avenues of Discovery (Saltire Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University): From Ewan McIntosh’s Flickr photostream at
http://tinyurl.com/kh9r7uo
Radical Change: Screenshot from recording of “The Faithful and the Radicals,” by R. David Lankes, on vimeo at http://vimeo.com/92954451
Question Marks: From Valerie Everett’s photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/valeriebb/3006348550/sizes/m/in/photostream/