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Ten Trends & Technologies for 2009

Michael StephensDominican University GSLIS

http://tametheweb.com

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The Ubiquity of the Cloud

http://www.flickr.com/photos/circulating/2554027131/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ralph-toyama/2673209625

http://www.cloudo.com/

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/01/07/an_extensive_look_at_apples_new_iwork_com_service.html

Using the Cloud

• Understand converged devices are everywhere.!

• Allow unfettered access to the cloud.!

• Understand that the cloud may also be a valuable information resource.!

• Utilize the cloud to save time and money.!

Levine on “The Cloud”

• There are multiple options

• How to snychronize or back up those files

• How to think about privacy in this context

http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2009/01/14/were-not-all-ready-for-the-cloud-yet.html

The Cloud Librarians

What does this mean for school librarians?

• Teach students to save and backup to the cloud

• Mine cloud sites for rich data for projects

• Teach privacy & security issues

The Value of the Commons

http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2008/05/student-centered-digital-learning-at-loyolas-information-commons.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelcasey/2481720836

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelcasey/2480883931

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http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2008/12/08/new_learning_commons_defies_commonplace/

The Commons

• The Commons puts students at the center.

• The Commons is built with student involvement.!

• The Commons is a welcoming, useful gathering place.!

• The Commons makes connections.!

• The Commons is a relevant, required space on campus.

• The Media Center can be the commons as well

• What would it take to make the library the heart of the school?

• Content creation is just as important as research skills

The Promise of Micro-Interaction

http://www.library.uiuc.edu/ugl/

http://twitter.com/askundergrad

http://tametheweb.com/2008/04/24/undergrad-library-twitter-at-uiuc/

• Twitter (micro-content) can be a valuable teaching tool

• Use tools like this to make your work easier

• Participate in the Twitterverse to learn and share

The Care & Nurturing of the Tribe

A shared interest & a way to communicate.

• Godin, p. 2

Tribes used to be local...

• Geography doesn’t matter anymore.

• New tools make it easy: Facebook, Ning, Twitter, etc.

• All is worthless if you don’t decide to lead.

Some are stuck.

• Archaic rules.

• Not only avoiding change but fighting against it.

• Fear: what will boss say? Get in trouble?

The Promise:

• Everyone in an organization can lead

• Individuals have more leverage than before

• The market rewards those organizations that change things

People are waiting for you to connect them.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pea_green/293802058

• Can you create a virtual community for your tribe?

• What barriers need to break down to do this?

• Explore Ning for DIY community

• Do you want to lead?

The triumph of the Portable Device

U.S. chatters sent 1 trillion SMS messages in 2008

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/patterson/44336/ctia-us-chatters-sent-1-trillion-sms-messages-in-2008/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/malias/51661353/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/1924719853

http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/12094/scriblio-feature-text-this-to-me

http://tametheweb.com/2008/04/13/the-connected-university-library/

http://gizmodo.com/5337430/no-apple-tablet-till-2010-sources

• Devices will only become more ubiquitous and powerful

• They will connect all of us to our world

• How can K-12 embrace them?

• Serious look at policies and rules

The impact of Localization

What does this mean for

The evolution of the Digital Lifestyle

http://www.roku.com

http://www.flickr.com/photos/inju/904227691/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/newtonfreelibrary/1106237821

http://www.walkingpaper.org/604http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronschmidt/2596041188

• How can we utilize iTunes U etc for our teaching & support

• Will the school media center be a hub for content streaming?

• How do we teach evaluation of digital content?

How do we move forward?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/scampion/2792352899/

Let Go of Control

http://www.flickr.com/photos/old_sarge/100926333/

Plan to plan.http://www.flickr.com/photos/garrettc/1743597848

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28481088@N00/1932087056/

Try out some emerging tools

Scan the horizon.http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmueller/1498273430

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaspi/12944421/

Learn from success and failure

Evaluate.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ansik/304526237

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaspi/12944421/

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