A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Brian Kelly UKOLN University of Bath Bath, UK UKOLN is supported by: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons attribution 2.0 licence (but note caveat) Acceptable Use Policy Recording this talk, taking photos, discussing the content using Twitter, blogs, etc. is permitted providing distractions to others is minimised. Acceptable Use Policy Recording this talk, taking photos, discussing the content using Twitter, blogs, etc. is permitted providing distractions to others is minimised. Twitter: Blogs: Twitter: #ili2011 #a101 What’s On The Technology Horizon? Technical opportunities available in the ‘New Normal’

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A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Technology Outlook for UK Tertiary Education Selected highlights from the Technology Outlook for UK Tertiary Education , a collaboration between the NEW MEDIA CONSORTIUM and the JISC Innovation Support Centres (UKOLN and CETIS) 3

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Develop Your Action Plans AreaNotes and Actions Mobile and Tablet Computing Cloud Computing Open Content 4 Timeframe for adoption: one year or less At end of session we invite suggestions for Library action plans which you feel you should be taking in the various areas. Feel free to tweet your ideas!

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Develop Your Action Plans 5 AreaNotes and Actions Game-Based Learning Learning Analytics New Scholarship Semantic Applications Timeframe for adoption 2-3 years

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Develop Your Action Plans 6 AreaActions Augmented Reality Collective Intelligence Smart Objects Telepresence AreaNotes and Actions Game-Based Learning Learning Analytics New Scholarship Semantic Applications Timeframe for adoption 4-5 years Timeframe for adoption 2-3 years

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk It’s Here! Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One year or less Cloud Computing Mobiles Tablet Computing Open Content 7 = I’ll discuss Your Thoughts #ili11 #a101Why not share your thoughts on Twitter on: (a) relevance to libraries and (b) what you should be doing now

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Be Prepared! Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two-three years Game-based Learning Learning Analytics New Scholarship Semantic Applications 8

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Keep An Eye On! Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four-five years Augmented reality Collective Intelligence Telepresence Smart Objects 9

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk It’s Here!: Cloud Computing What? The service / data / infrastructure isn’t hosted within the institution “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers” (Watson, IBM)? Implications Policy, legal and cultural assumptions about ownership of IT need addressing Continue what you’ve been doing with Social Web services 10

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk It’s Here!: Mobile / Tablets What? Access to the service / data / infrastructure is in your hand; not on your desktop “In the future the power of the mainframe computer will be in your pocket” Implications Shouldn’t information professionals be pro- active in using mobile devices? Are you engaging actively with this talk? Are you tweeting, discussing, …? Do you understand changing dynamics of learning? 11

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk It’s Here!: Open Content What? Content (including data) which is licensed to permit/encourage reuse “In the future we’ll be more efficient by reusing existing information” Implications Particularly relevant for public sector/HE Are you licensing your content with CC? Are you using content provided by others? If not, aren’t you being inefficient? 12

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Open Data Government to ‘force’ Unis to publish data about courses, student experiences, … Builds on Labour’s Open Gov initiative An opportunity to be welcomed? Can take initiative in publishing open data about uses of social media 13

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk It’s Coming!: Learning (Academic) Analytics What? Measurement, collection, analysis & reporting of data about learners & their contexts, for purposes of understanding & optimising learning & the environments in which it occurs See also Academic Analytics Implications Evidence-based approaches in education Builds on (open) data Privacy implications - data can be open but anonymised 14

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Library Learning Analytics 15 Library Impact Data Project (#lidp): Funded by JISC as part of Activity Data Programme “Is there is a … significant correlation between library activity data & student attainment?” See Dave Pattern / Byony Ramsden’s talk later today to find out! See LIDP project blog ( ) and papers ( )

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk It’s Coming!: New Scholarship What? Pre-publication of research; non-traditional channels; visualisation of data; new ways of peer- reviewing; non-traditional scholarly objects; … Implications Addressing limitations of current practices & cultural barriers (no rewards for blogging) Beyond Impact: ideas for reward mechanisms for researchers beyond traditional peer-reviewed papers Opportunities for information professionals 16

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Keep Watching!: Collective Intelligence What? Knowledge embedded in large groups Can be explicit e.g. collective intelligence produced Wikipedia Tacit knowledge can be gathered by analysing data from large numbers over time. Analysis of tweets to predict Earthquakes  Flu epidemic (Google search) Elections  Cultural trends … 17

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Collective Intelligence 18 “Because of the numerous earthquakes and the large number of Twitter users throughout the country, they were able to detect an earthquake with high probability (96% of earthquakes of Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) seismic intensity scale 3 or more are detected) merely by monitoring tweets.” Twitter is full of trivia? Can you afford not to engage?

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Collective Intelligence Using Twitter, Facebook status updates, Google search terms, … to: Make predictions: earthquakes, flu epidemics, riots, … 19 Implications for libraries, for society? From the expert (the Chief Librarian, CIO, …) to the crowds Take actions: making plans for evacuation, medical supplies, arresting dissidents?

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Collective Intelligence 20 Keeping up-to-date with ‘weak signals’: using Scoop.it to curate stories weeky about Collective Intelligence Note personal curaration for keeping informed is done in the open – openness should be happening now!

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Your Action Plans AreaNotes and Actions Mobile and Tablet Computing Personal use of mobile phones & tablets in order to gain experiences of new working practices; experiences of accessing library services, etc. Update Acceptable Use Policies to address use of mobile devices. Update Web developments tools and standards to ensure mobile access is treated as ‘first class citizen’. Cloud Computing Staff development to provide better understanding of Cloud Computing concepts and implications. Update Acceptable Use Policies to address use of cloud services. Ensure potential risks are understood as well as opportunities. Develop risk minimisation strategies. Open ContentStaff development to provide better understanding of open data as well as open access including licensing issues for open content. Understand personal and organisational barriers to provision of open content as well as consuming open content. Seek ways in which the Library can provide open content. 21

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Your Action Plans 22 AreaActions Augmented Reality Collective Intelligence Smart Objects Telepresence AreaNotes and Actions Game-Based Learning Learning Analytics New Scholarship Semantic Applications

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Implications For You What should you be doing: Using the technologies which have arrived (mobile, tablet, Cloud, open content) Ensuring that you have appropriate policies, plans, updated AUPs, etc. Provide staff development/awareness raising for technologies arriving < 3 years Encourage staff with interests in new technologies to continue horizon-scanning 23 “It’s science fiction?” Look at how technologies have transformed Library landscape in 13 years of ILI. Will this slow down?

A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Questions 24