The keynote presentation at the 2010 Library Technology Conference was by Michael Porter of WebJunction.
"LIBRARIES, TECHNOLOGY, EVOLUTION, CHANGE AND SUCCESS"
Michael Porter spoke of the speed of evolution - He understands what we do, and wants the good that we do for communities to still be here in 20 years. When he worked for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the impact of libraries became clear to him. He said that libraries need to become more rather than less relevant. He is hopeful, but concerned for libraries. Porter stressed that LIBRARIES = CONTENT + COMMUNITY, and urged us to think about the changes in 5-10 years. There is politics involved with how technology is integrated with communication. As an industry, we are not prepared to deal with the changes. He asked those attending how many use NETFLIX even though DVDs are circulated by libraries, and said that shows a gap. Even though we control our mission, libraries function differently than businesses who now provide what libraries previously did. He gave many examples,(iTunes will make electonic journals available when they realize that they can make enough money from them) and asked us to consider what we think our libraries will be like in 50 years.
Porter said that all library website traffic in this country does not equal that of the top 50 websites. To survive and thrive, libraries need the infrastructure to provide CONTENT. Without it, libraries will not be able to survive. Because the COMMUNITY says, "Give me what I want, when I want, how I want it," libraries need to learn how to better circulate eletronic content than anyone else. The majority of content in the next 10-20 years will not be in books. Libraries need a digital strategy for electronic content access. If we could do that as well as we do library cards, that would be great, but electronic content distribution is a very difficult issue. For success, we need to work together to provide new electronic content access.
Porter encouraged us to follow him on Twitter and Facebook. He is libraryman on Twitter.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
DeWitt Library
Library Technology Conference 2010 Held at Macalester College on March 17th & 18th.
I enjoyed attending the first day of the annual Library Technology Conference. The day was great at the lovely Macalester College campus.
I enjoyed attending the first day of the annual Library Technology Conference. The day was great at the lovely Macalester College campus.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Minnesota Winters
Thanks to Ethan G for adding this to Flickr!
Minnesota winters have beauty even though we sometimes do not appreciate it. This is the second day this winter that I have not made it home when the college was closed. I had not added to my blog for months, so thought that I would work on it tonight while stranded.
Minnesota winters have beauty even though we sometimes do not appreciate it. This is the second day this winter that I have not made it home when the college was closed. I had not added to my blog for months, so thought that I would work on it tonight while stranded.
Friday, August 21, 2009
How to Read a Library of Congress Call Number
Our college library is in the process of converting the collection from the Dewey to the Library of Congress system. It was a big project this summer. The YouTube video will be a good training tool to use for our student workers.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Lily Finale
Lilies are favorite flowers of mine, and I like to plant a few new ones each year. Yesterday I noticed that the first one of the season is blooming, so I am using photos shared by others on FLICKR for my final post before the deadline.
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