New Technology -- New Demands

Trends to WatchBetter search engines/indexing tools – call #s?Integration of all types of resources & media –

open accessNew standardsBetter understanding of end user behavior—

interfaces/discovery/social networkingAnytime/Anyplace access – we’re going

mobile/appsShifting staff and workflow patterns & tools – open

source/open API/Software as service (SAS)New tools – touch, RFID, fabbing

Staying CurrentTakes TIME, EFFORT, COMMITMENT

Regain (or continue) your sense of wonder—learning all the time (from the newspaper to the grocery store, to the concert, to the stadium)

Look outside your field to see what other companies are doing: Microsoft, Amazon

Staying Current (2)Don’t expect to learn everything – be choosy

about you invest your brain power in

Not worth my time

Might be of interest—I’ll keep an eye on

Need to know right now

Staying Current (3)Choose a handful of information resources—

not all of them -- TED

Use professional filters, blogs (tametheweb)

Libraries are Essential (website and FB)

Library as Incubator (website and FB)

Talk to colleagues—professional organizations

Be responsible—its up to you not your organization—explore, participate, lead

Staying CurrentAccept that change is constant and constant

learning is the only way you meet this CHALLENGE

Be the agent of change, not its victim

The result is my favorite ‘Barbism’ (borrowed)

The most important asset of any library

Goes home at night---

THE LIBRARY STAFF (YOU)!