The Information Tornado: Toto I don't think we're in Kansas anymore! Stephen Abram VP Innovation, SirsiDynix Northwest ILL Conference Sept. 15, 2005, Portland, OR

Simple Stories From ALA Midwinter Florida Florida Florida's public libraries return $6.54 for every $1.00 invested from all sources! Florida's public libraries return $6.54 for every $1.00 invested from all sources! South Carolina South Carolina The total direct and indirect return on investment for every $1 expended on the states public libraries by SC State and local governments is $4.48almost 350%! The total direct and indirect return on investment for every $1 expended on the states public libraries by SC State and local governments is $4.48almost 350%!

Simple Stories From ALA Midwinter Free = Unfettered Access Free = Unfettered Access Sharon Terry has an amazing story. Sharon Terry has an amazing story. Watch a video and hear her tell it online: Watch a video and hear her tell it online:

Simple Stories From Denver ILL Professor William (Ned) Friedman Professor William (Ned) Friedman –University of Colorado Friedman Lab –Flowers and spermazones Erin Robertson Erin Robertson –Center for Native Ecosystems –Endangered plants and animals Linda Quirk Linda Quirk –University of Toronto –Poet Pauline Johnson

The Qianlong emperor, Dedication of the Greatest Library in World's History

Mayans and Incas...

Flavius Josephus

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GoogleZon May TiVo and Google are talking… May TiVo and Yahoo! are talking… May Google gets two patents for a quality algorithm… May 2005 – U of AZ adds article writing software… Sept – Reuters rumour, eBay buys Skype May Google Offers free homepages, personalized June Google Wallet leaked to WSJ/NYT June Google does a 3D scan of San Francisco June 2005 – Office Hunting – Seattle (done) Boston, Chicago

Which one is Sergey and which one is the other guy…?

Add 200 database Suppliers (MS already has 120+ Make it OpenURL compliant Make it Browserless Add a toolbar that behaves in a research way Integrate e-commerce for articles, standards, etc. Predict their needs through mining of Gmail, surfing, and behaviours Personalize it and track your needs and Add alerts … Add for online discussions, communities of practice, group and Individual blogs and connections through social networking software Add tools – citation, RefWorks, ProCite, stat packages, Add Ads And then make Google your operating system – like Windows… Add Virtual Reference

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Print Print 250,000 Books... How does that compare to your library?

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Google & Kansas City

Sooooo… where are we?

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Is Google (opr MSN orYahoo!) that 5 inch wave... ?

Is Google that 5 inch wave... ?

The power of libraries

So what do we do…? So what do we do…?

New (newish) now E-communities E-communities Virtual communities Virtual communities Wiki Wiki Dating… Dating… Socially driven everything Socially driven everything Tagging Tagging

Your collaboration space Calendar Calendar Website Website Telephone list Telephone list contacts, nicknames contacts, nicknames Buddy lists Buddy lists Communities of practice Communities of practice Communities of Interest Communities of Interest

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