1. Toto: I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore (Libraries, Trainers, and Wizards of Oz) By Paul Signorelli For the ASTD Mt. Diablo Chapter 17 February 2009

2. Lots of Information = Little Retention

3. The Future of Libraries?

4. Developing Our Wizards

6. Architect Witold Rybczynski’s Tour of Libraries (One of Eight) (Posted on Slate Website) http://www.slate.com/id/2184927/ Washington, D.C. Central Library

7. Architect Witold Rybczynski’s Tour of Libraries (Second of Eight) (Posted on Slate Website) http://www.slate.com/id/2184927/ Chicago, Central Library

8. Architect Witold Rybczynski’s Tour of Libraries (Third of Eight) (Posted on Slate Website) http://www.slate.com/id/2184927/ San Francisco, Main Library

9. Architect Witold Rybczynski’s Tour of Libraries (Fourth of Eight) (Posted on Slate Website) http://www.slate.com/id/2184927/ Nashville, Main Library

10. Architect Witold Rybczynski’s Tour of Libraries (Fifth of Eight) (Posted on Slate Website) http://www.slate.com/id/2184927/ Denver, Central Library

11. Architect Witold Rybczynski’s Tour of Libraries (Sixth of Eight) (Posted on Slate Website) http://www.slate.com/id/2184927/ Seattle, Central Library

12. Architect Witold Rybczynski’s Tour of Libraries (Seventh of Eight) (Posted on Slate Website) http://www.slate.com/id/2184927/ Salt Lake City, Main Library

13. Architect Witold Rybczynski’s Tour of Libraries (Eighth of Eight) (Posted on Slate Website) http://www.slate.com/id/2184927/ New York Public Library, Reading Room

14. It May Not Be Oz, but… New York Public Library, Reading Room

15. And in the East Bay… And at Oakland Public…

16. It May Not Be Oz, but…

17. How Libraries Serve Us Onsite: SF

18. How Libraries Serve Us Onsite: Oakland

19. Services In Contra Costa County

20. How Libraries Serve Us Virtually…

21. Options…

22. And Responses…

23. Cutting Edge: Ohio University Libraries

24. And Don’t Forget the Basics

25. Finding What We Need: The OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog)

26. SOPACS (Social OPACs)

27. Pictures and a Thousand Words…

28. Finding It

29. Online Databases

30. Ask a Librarian

31. Tracking It Down

32. If At First We Don’t Succeed…

33. We Follow the Links…

34. …Don’t Forget Interlibrary Loan…

35. …and the Library of Congress…

36. …or WorldCat--over a billion items.

37. The Future of Libraries Revisited

38. The Information Commons at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte

39. North Carolina State: Hill Library Learning Commons

40. Lied Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

41. University of Arizona Information Commons (1)

42. University of Arizona Information Commons (2)

43. University of Arizona Information Commons (3)

44. Close to Home: Santa Clara University, Harrington Learning Commons

45. Santa Clara University: Harrington Learning Commons

46. Santa Clara: Technology, Learning, and Playfulness

47. By Any Other Name: Oakland Public Library’s TeenZone

48. Oakland Public Library TeenZone

49. Oakland Public Library TeenZone Map Wall

50. Questions & Contact Information Paul Signorelli & Associates 1032 Irving St., #514 San Francisco, CA 94122 415.681.5224 paul@paulsignorelli.com http://paulsignorelli.com

51. Credits (Page 1 of 2) (Images taken from flickr.com unless otherwise noted): Title slide: nics~pics' photostream at http://flickr.com/photos/36732542@N00/184432351/ Los Angeles Times blog image from http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/02/what-will-the-l.html Closed sign from Reedsburg Public Library site at http://reedsburglibrary.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-4th- holiday-closed-hours.html Montage of library photos from library websites including the Library of Congress (main reading room), Berkeley Public, Contra Costa County (book-dispensing machine), Kenya National Library Services (books delivered by camels), and University of British Columbia (automated compact storage area) Images from Witold Rybczynski’s photo-essay “Borrowed Time: How Do You Build a Public Library in the Age of Google?” found on Slate website at http://www.slate.com/id/2184927/ Screen shots from various libraries (San Francisco Public, Oakland Public, and Contra Costa County libraries) Skype as a reference tool, from Char Booth’s slide show at http://www.slideshare.net/charbooth/moving- communication-forward-internet-voice-and-video-in-libraries Telephone to reach a librarian at Denver Public Library from Hewink's photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/hewink/3231035139/nics~pics' photostreamhttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/02/what-will-the-l.htmlhttp://reedsburglibrary.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-4th- holiday-closed-hours.htmlHewink's photostream

52. Credits (Page 2 of 2) Information Commons: Images of J. Murrey Atkins Library at University of North Carolina, Charlotte; North Carolina State Hill Library Learning Commons, at University of North Carolina, Charlotte; and Lied Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, from Barbara Tierney’s 2007 PowerPoint presentation at http://library.uncc.edu/infocommons/conference/huntsville2007/ University of Arizona Information Commons images at http://www.ilc.arizona.edu/features/infocom.htm Santa Clara University: Harrington Learning Commons images at http://www.scu.edu/newlibrary/construction/images/Service-Point-Signage.jpg; http://www.scu.edu/newlibrary/construction/images/Information-Commons_2.jpg; and http://www.scu.edu/newlibrary/construction/images/Living-Room-East.jpg Oakland Public Library TeenZone images taken from TeenZone MySpace pages at http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=55216226&albumID=2633561 &imageID=43472323; http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=55216226&albumID=2633561 &imageID=43472329; and http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=55216226&albumID=2633561 &imageID=43472058-http://www.ilc.arizona.edu/features/infocom.htm http://www.scu.edu/newlibrary/construction/images/Service-Point-Signage.jpg http://www.scu.edu/newlibrary/construction/images/Information-Commons_2.jpg http://www.scu.edu/newlibrary/construction/images/Living-Room-East.jpg http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=55216226&albumID=2633561 &imageID=43472323 http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=55216226&albumID=2633561 &imageID=43472329