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

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

5. 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?

6. Technology We’re Tracking

7. 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

8. 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

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

10. One-Year Horizon: Mobile Apps

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

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

13. 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

14. 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?

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

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

17. 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?

18. Key Trends

21. Fast Trend: Prioritization of Mobile Content/Delivery

22. Mid-Range Trend: Increasing Accessibility of Research Content

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

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

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

26. Key Challenges

29. Solvable Challenge: Rethinking the Roles and Skills of Librarians

30. Difficult Challenge: Competition from Alternative Avenues of Discovery

31. Wicked Challenge: Embracing the Need for Radical Change http://vimeo.com/92954451

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

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

34. Learning From the Report

35. New Media Consortium (NMC)

36. NMC Horizon Project

37. 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

38. Resources From NMC: All available Horizon reports: http://www.nmc.org/publicationshttp://www.nmc.org/publications Horizon Report wiki: http://library.wiki.nmc.org/http://library.wiki.nmc.org/ New Media Consortium Wiki-Thon wiki: http://wikithon.wiki.nmc.org/http://wikithon.wiki.nmc.org/ From Building Creative Bridges Blog: Articles about Horizon reports: http://buildingcreativebridges.wordpress.com/?s=horizon+report

39. Questions & Comments

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41. Credits & Acknowledgments Horizon Report Cover Photo: BigStock Photography “Keighley Library now has tablets”: From Albert Freeman’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/myza5mohttp://tinyurl.com/myza5mo Technologies: Electronic Publishing: From Kahunapule Michael Johnson’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/l83733phttp://tinyurl.com/l83733p Mobile Apps: From C é sar Poyato’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/n9kg2kchttp://tinyurl.com/n9kg2kc “The Measure of a Life…”: From Brian Metcalfe’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/oscgzemhttp://tinyurl.com/oscgzem Open Content/Share: From Emilio Quintana’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/o4b92wkhttp://tinyurl.com/o4b92wk Internet of Things: From UMKC Libraries’ Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/kegnfexhttp://tinyurl.com/kegnfex Semantic Web/I Know What You Mean): From Duncan Hull’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/odequrxhttp://tinyurl.com/odequrx Trends: Mobile Content/Delivery: From Fachstellen f ü r Ö ffentlichen Biblioteken NRW’ s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/lw6grze http://tinyurl.com/lw6grze Accessibility (John Henry Brookes Building/Brookes University: From Howard Stanbury’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/k3mhd3o http://tinyurl.com/k3mhd3o Technology & Infrastructure: From Cindi’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/qcvry7uhttp://tinyurl.com/qcvry7u Challenges: Rethinking Roles: From Lauren’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/ldqeyrwhttp://tinyurl.com/ldqeyrw Alternative Avenues of Discovery (Saltire Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University): From Ewan McIntosh’s Flickr photostream at http://tinyurl.com/kh9r7uohttp://tinyurl.com/kh9r7uo Radical Change: Screenshot from recording of “The Faithful and the Radicals,” by R. David Lankes, on vimeo at http://vimeo.com/92954451 http://vimeo.com/92954451 Question Marks: From Valerie Everett’s photostream at http://www.flickr.com/photos/valeriebb/3006348550/sizes/m/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/valeriebb/3006348550/sizes/m/in/photostream/