Facilitated by Paul Signorelli Writer/Trainer/Consultant Paul Signorelli & Associates December 18, 2014 The Horizon Report for Libraries: A Year-End/Year-Ahead Exploration of Tech, Trends, & Challenges

Setting the Context: What is the most useful and/or important technology your library uses to further its mission?

Setting the Context: What is the most useful and/or important technology your library uses to further its mission? What do you do to help library users take advantage of that technology?

Technology We’re Tracking

Technologies to Watch 2014: Libraries ONE YEAR OR LESS: Electronic Publishing Mobile Apps TWO TO THREE YEARS: Bibliometrics/Citation Tech Open Content FOUR TO FIVE YEARS: Internet of Things Semantic Web/Linked Data 2014: Higher Ed ONE YEAR OR LESS: Flipped Classrooms Learning Analytics TWO TO THREE YEARS: Games & Gamification 3D Printing FOUR TO FIVE YEARS: Quantified Self Virtual Assistants

One-Year Horizon: Electronic Publishing “Libraries are poised to be major players in the digital revolution as academic electronic publishing becomes more sophisticated.” --p. 34

One-Year Horizon: Mobile Apps “Librarians…are using mobile apps to complete tasks and perform their jobs more efficiently.” --p. 34

One-Year Horizon: Mobile Apps

Discussion #1: What (if any) aspects of electronic publishing or mobile apps are already working their way into what you and your colleagues offer?

Two- to Three-Year Horizon: Bibliometrics and Citation Technologies

Two- to Three-Year Horizon: Open Content “…freely copiable, freely remixable, and free of barriers to access, cultural sensitivities, sharing, and educational use.” --p. 40

Discussion #2: What (if any) aspects of bibliometrics/citation technologies or open content are already working their way into what you and your colleagues offer?

Four- to Five-Year Horizon: The Internet of Things

Four- to Five-Year Horizon: Semantic Web and Linked Data

Discussion #3: What (if any) aspects of the Internet of Things or Semantic Web/Linked Data appear to hold possibilities for you, your colleagues, and those you serve?

Key Trends

Fast Trend: Prioritization of Mobile Content/Delivery

Mid-Range Trend: Increasing Accessibility of Research Content

Long-Range Trend: Continual Progress in Technology, Standards, and Infrastructure

Discussion #4: What are some of the tech trends you are already seeing in your library?

Discussion #4: What are some of the tech trends you are already seeing in your library? How are you working with these trends?

Key Challenges

Solvable Challenge: Rethinking the Roles and Skills of Librarians

Difficult Challenge: Competition from Alternative Avenues of Discovery

Wicked Challenge: Embracing the Need for Radical Change

Discussion #5: Which of the challenges are you already facing in your library?

Discussion #5: Which of the challenges are you already facing in your library? How are you addressing those challenges?

Learning From the Report

New Media Consortium (NMC)

NMC Horizon Project

Summary: Technologies to Watch 2014: Libraries ONE YEAR OR LESS: Electronic Publishing Mobile Apps TWO TO THREE YEARS: Bibliometrics/Citation Tech Open Content FOUR TO FIVE YEARS: Internet of Things Semantic Web/Linked Data 2014: Higher Ed ONE YEAR OR LESS: Flipped Classrooms Learning Analytics TWO TO THREE YEARS: Games & Gamification 3D Printing FOUR TO FIVE YEARS: Quantified Self Virtual Assistants

Resources From NMC: All available Horizon reports: Horizon Report wiki: New Media Consortium Wiki-Thon wiki: From Building Creative Bridges Blog: Articles about Horizon reports:

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Credits & Acknowledgments Horizon Report Cover Photo: BigStock Photography “Keighley Library now has tablets”: From Albert Freeman’s Flickr photostream at Technologies: Electronic Publishing: From Kahunapule Michael Johnson’s Flickr photostream at Mobile Apps: From C é sar Poyato’s Flickr photostream at “The Measure of a Life…”: From Brian Metcalfe’s Flickr photostream at Open Content/Share: From Emilio Quintana’s Flickr photostream at Internet of Things: From UMKC Libraries’ Flickr photostream at Semantic Web/I Know What You Mean): From Duncan Hull’s Flickr photostream at Trends: Mobile Content/Delivery: From Fachstellen f ü r Ö ffentlichen Biblioteken NRW’ s Flickr photostream at Accessibility (John Henry Brookes Building/Brookes University: From Howard Stanbury’s Flickr photostream at Technology & Infrastructure: From Cindi’s Flickr photostream at Challenges: Rethinking Roles: From Lauren’s Flickr photostream at Alternative Avenues of Discovery (Saltire Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University): From Ewan McIntosh’s Flickr photostream at Radical Change: Screenshot from recording of “The Faithful and the Radicals,” by R. David Lankes, on vimeo at Question Marks: From Valerie Everett’s photostream at