trends, challenges and developments in technologies that will influence the future of libraries
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Trends, challenges and developments in technologies that will influence the future of
libraries
LecturerGriffith University
School of Education and Professional StudiesGold Coast
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Trends, challenges and developments in technologies that will influence the future of
libraries
Using a modified Delphi process, a panel of 53 education and technology experts identified 18 topics very likely
to impact technology planning and decision-making: six key trends, six
significant challenges, and six important developments in technology
NMC Horizon Report
Research Question 1: Which important developments in educational technology will be most important to libraries in the next five years?
Research Question 2: What important developments in educational technology are missing from our list?
Research Question 3: What key trends do you expect to accelerate technology adoption in libraries over the next five years?
Research Question 4: What do you see as the significant challenges that will impede technology adoption in libraries over the next five years?
Trends
Increasing Accessibility of Content
Driving technology adoption in academic and research libraries for five or more years
Long-Term Impact Trend
Open movement
Open sourceFree Software Movement
Open Content Licenses
Creative Commons licenses Open Publication License Against DRM license GNU Free Documentation License Open Game License Free Art License
Open education movement
Open textbooks
Open educational resources (OER)Open CourseWare
MOOCs
Open access movementOpen access publishing
UNESCO Open Access Curricula for Researchers and Librarians
Rethinking Library Spaces
Driving technology adoption in academic and research libraries for five or more years
Long-Term Impact Trend
Active Learning ClassroomsSpaces that are designed to support teaching and learning in an atmosphere conducive to engaging students actively in their own learning
Blended Libraries
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Evolving Nature of the Scholarly Record
Driving technology adoption in academic and research libraries for three to five years
Medium-Term Impact Trend
Shift from text-based materials to research datasets, computer models, laboratory notebooks
Move from the printed record to digital
Online Computer Library Center
Proliferation of user generated content and grey literature
Increasing Focus on Research Data Management
Driving technology adoption in academic and research libraries for three to five years
Medium-Term Impact Trend
Online library databases
Experiments, tests, and simulation data to be represented by audio, video, and other
media and visualisations
How ideas evolve over time and exploring them from different angles
MetadataData Repositories
Student Portfolios Shared Data
Video and Multimedia Data
Increasing Value of the User Experience
Driving technology adoption in academic and research libraries for the next one to two
years
Short-Term Impact Trend
Single search tools
Discovery Environment Usability Tests
Responsive Web Design
Prioritisation of Mobile Content and Delivery
Driving technology adoption in academic and research libraries for the next one to two
years
Short-Term Impact Trend
SMS alerts
Social media
Mobile-friendly websites
Apps
e-books
Challenges
Embedding Libraries in the Curriculum
Those that we understand and know how to solve
Solvable Challenge
Embedding Libraries in the Curriculum
Continuous skill development and assessment over
time to both students and faculty
Australian CurriculumGeneral Capabilities
Improving Digital Literacy
Those that we understand and know how to solve
Solvable Challenge
Improving Digital LiteracyDevelopment of information literacy skills
Video Production
Multimedia ProductionComputer Games
Competition from Alternative Avenues of Discovery
Those that we understand but for which solutions are elusive
Difficult Challenge
Adapt to the new expectations defined by current discovery practices or risk becoming obsolete over time
Competition from Alternative Avenues of Discovery
Competitive relationships between vendors and content providers raises questions over whether search results
presented to users are neutral
Rethinking the Roles and Skills of Librarians
Those that we understand but for which solutions are elusive
Difficult Challenge
Once a new technology rolls over you, if you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road
Stewart Brand
Rethinking the Roles and Skills of Librarians
Data mining Web development
Provide technological and instructional support for faculty and students
as technology advances
Functional specialists that have a strong digital or technology background
Embracing the Need for Radical Change
Those that are complex to even define, much less address
Wicked Challenge
Embracing the Need for Radical Change
Financial resourcesStaffing models
Leadership
Change management Cultures of continuous change
The problems we have created in the world today will not be solved by the level of thinking that created them
Albert Einstein
Managing Knowledge Obsolescence
Those that are complex to even define, much less address
Wicked Challenge
Managing Knowledge Obsolescence
Ever-changing technological
landscapeInformation
overloadUser-created
content
Continuous flow of new technology and information resources
Differing attitudes and rates of adoption
Technologies
Makerspaces
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less
Makerspaces
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less
Hackerspaces
Hack labs Fabrication labs
Fab Labs
Makerspaces
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less
Hackerspaces
Hack labs Fabrication labs
Fab Labs
24/7/365 Access Community Access
Online Learning
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less
Online Learning
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less
Curating course contentAssisting with media production
Managing course recordingsDeveloping eTextbooksManaging online video collections
Managing copyright
Online Learning
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less
Curating course contentAssisting with media production
Managing course recordings
Blended synchronous learning activities
Developing eTextbooksManaging online video collections
Managing copyright
Information Visualisation
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years
Information Visualisation
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years
Updated constantly
Recognise connections and patterns
Immediately discern whether the findings it represents are useful
Movement away from text-heavy presentations towards image-centric strategies
Semantic Web & Linked Data
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years
Semantic Web & Linked Data
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years
Infers the meaning, or semantics, of information on the Internet using metadata to make connections and
display related information that would otherwise be elusive or altogether invisible
Help people solve complex problems by presenting connections between seemingly unrelated concepts
Help people solve complex problems by presenting connections between seemingly unrelated concepts
Exponential growth of the Internet, which more than doubles in size every two years
Help people solve complex problems by presenting connections between seemingly unrelated concepts
Exponential growth of the Internet, which more than doubles in size every two years
Popular search engines can only touch about 10% of the Internet; the remaining 90% are websites not indexed
because most of this data is located in library catalogs in formats that cannot be searched, or guarded in secure
areas that cannot be accessed by bots
OpennessMetadata
Location Intelligence
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years
Location Intelligence
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years
Mapping of geographic relationships associated with data
Location-based services (LBS) provide content that is dynamically customised according to the user’s location
Wi-Fi cellular networks
RFID Bluetooth Beacons
computer vision
Passive WiFi monitoring
Machine Learning
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years
Machine Learning
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years
Computers that are able to act and react without being explicitly programmed to do so
Automatically sift through data and discern important meanings
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