libraries in the digital age
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Agenda
• Current State of Libraries
• New Challenges & Competition
• Digital Age Libraries
– Respond to New Expectations
– Meet dwindling budgets with new revenue sources
– Embrace new and emerging technologies
– Watch trends
– Re-invent themselves and their library spaces
– Create with their communities
– Their Librarians are agents of change
– Can Prove the ROI of the library
• According to a report from Center for an Urban Future, In Fiscal Year 2011, 40.5 million people visited NYC’s public libraries, more than all of the city’s professional sports teams and major cultural institutions combined.
• According to IMLS report released January 2013 based on survey data collected in 2010
– Public libraries served 297.6 million people out of a total U.S. population of more than 308.7 million in that year
– Circulation increased to 2.46 billion materials, the highest ever reported.
• According to a 2011 Harris Poll Quorum, 62% of Americans hold library cards and 65% had visited a library in the last year
There are more public libraries (about 17,000) in America than McDonalds (about 14,000) or
Starbucks (about 11,000 coffee shops nationally)
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/06/every-library-and-museum-america-mapped/5826
Library Budgets Decreasing
• Revenue for US public libraries went down 3.5 percent from FY 2009. Adjusting for inflation,
the loss amounts to $407.79 million.
Changes in Information Consumption
• Online
• On-Demand
• Digital Media– eBooks, streaming video
• DIY (Do-It-Yourself)
• BYOD (Bring-Your-Own-Device)
• Ubiquitous Access - Mobile
• Information is Social
New Competition
Traditional Library Roles
• Information Organization
• Resource Recommendations
• Preservation
• The Library Collection
New Competition
Google Search
Amazon Reviews, GoodReads
Amazon and the “long tail”
Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Hulu
Cost Comparison
Digital Content Providers
• Amazon Prime
• Netflix
• Hulu
• US taxes for public libraries
Annual Costs
$79 per household
$95.88 per household
$100 per household
$101.03 per household
High Stakes
Failure to Accept That Content Going Digital & On-Demand
Failure to Accept That Content Going Online, Social, Democratized
New Revenue Sources
• Buy-it-Now Option
• Selling Air Rights
• Selling underperforming branches
• Leasing library space to coffee shops, etc.
• Kickstarter
Cost-Saving New Models for Libraries
• Access vs. Ownership
• Shared Ownership
• Patron-Driven Acquisitions
Amazon now sells more Kindle titles than print books
33% of Americans own a digital reading device of some kind (eReader or tablet)
According to IDC, 52.5 million tablets were sold in the final quarter of 2012
Over 22.9 million iPads sold in Q4 of 2012
By 2015, Americans are predicted to spend $3 billion on eBooks
e-Books
• Information Filter
• Information Organizer
• Information Aggregator
• Information Evaluator & Recommender
• Information Instructor
Source: LibraryScienceList.com
The Future Librarian
New Roles• Project Management
• Information Technology
• Knowledge Management
• Emerging Technologies
• GIS
• Website Management
• Digital Repositories
• Electronic Resources Management
• Online Community Management
• Building/Space Management
Market Your Services onSocial Media
Questions?
Ellyssa Valenti (Kroski)
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