Libraries as Hubs for Emerging Technologies

Jeffrey Lancaster, Ph.D. Emerging Technologies Coordinator

Columbia University Libraries

jeffrey.lancaster@columbia.edu @j_lancaster

What constitutes an ‘emerging technology’?

1. Libraries are neutral spaces

Access Preservation

New Methodologies

Research workflow

2. Libraries as Makerspaces

Learning

Doing

3D printing is not about 3D printing

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Time Lapse Videos

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On Twitter

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Makerspaces Lots of different kinds, so what fits best in our library?

3D printers + materials •  Makerbot Replicator 2 •  FormLabs Form 1 •  Gigabot

3D scanner •  e.g. NextEngine

Laser cutter + ventilation + paperboard •  e.g. Epilog Zing 24 •  e.g. Purex Xbase 400

Wire bender •  DIWire

Vinyl cutter + vinyl •  e.g. EnduraCUT 24" Desktop

Vinyl Cutter

•  Arduinos •  Raspberry Pis •  Additional components

(resistors, capacitors, wires, etc.)

•  Breadboards, soldering irons, etc.

•  Makey makeys •  Additional shields

•  Leap Motion •  Oculus Rift •  Google Glass •  Kinect •  Xbox •  Wii

+ Tools

Digital Fabrication Open Source Hardware Human Computer Interaction

3. Libraries as virtual spaces

Social Media

Electronic Lab Notebooks

Science @ Columbia

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But what about when technologies

change, evolve, and die?

Postscript

Thank you. Questions?

Jeffrey Lancaster, Ph.D. Emerging Technologies Coordinator

Columbia University Libraries

jeffrey.lancaster@columbia.edu @j_lancaster

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