1. OCLC Research OCLC Online Computer Library Center Eye to the Telescope: Future- Gazing & Current Projects from OCLC Research SOLINET Annual Membership Meeting 12 May 2006 Atlanta, GA Eric Childress OCLC Research

2. OCLC Online Computer Library Center Outline The Big Picture Pattern Recognition Me, Mine, Ours Techscape Library 2.0 Selected OCLC Research work

3. OCLC Research OCLC Online Computer Library Center Pattern recognition Production anywhere, Global distribution Make products anywhere, ship them everywhere Offshore business processes & research centers Big brands & mini channels Mega-publishers, -media, -retailers, -search engines Niche markets exploited via AdWords & affiliate programs Self-service, micro-consumption The convenience society – 24x7 stores, ATMs, click-n-buy Disaggregation – consume by the news story, song, etc. Intellectual property issues Big business not-so-secretly wants all transactions billable Open Source & Open Content rising (e.g., Apache, Creative Commons)ApacheCreative Commons

4. OCLC Research OCLC Online Computer Library Center Me, mine, ours Portable devices, digital content, interactive Net Devices (iPods, now with video; Are iPhones next?) Audio (Ringtones, iTunes, Podcasts) & Video (Vlogs, Google) Online gaming, VOIP, chat Individual-driven content rising: Personal web pages/Blogs (a new one each second!) Digital images/video (flickr, Picasa, YouTube)flickrPicasaYouTube Bookmarks, etc. (e.g., del.icio.us, furl, digg, technorati)del.icio.usfurldiggtechnorati The Network as community Community authorship, open content (Wikipedia)Wikipedia Myspace, Facebook, etc. personal presence services MyspaceFacebook

5. OCLC Research OCLC Online Computer Library Center Source: David SifryDavid Sifry Blog Trends

6. OCLC Research OCLC Online Computer Library Center Techscape Web 2.0: The Network spans all attached devices (e.g., iPods, phones, etc.) Software resides on the Net, not the workstation Participative Net – social environment, shared content reused Everywhere Net Internet, GPS, cellphone, municipal wireless… System refactoring Modularity (micro-services, remixing, multiple sources) Layering (loosely-coupled systems) Interoperability (low-friction, high reuse) Lightweight protocols gaining favor (e.g., SRW/SRU, microformats)SRW/SRUmicroformats Machine-oriented services (web services)

7. OCLC Research OCLC Online Computer Library Center Libraries: Re-thinking, re-engineering Library 2.0 changes systems & services Library 2.0 Modularity in systems & data Integration of data from many sources User contributed content Supporting Library 2.0 will mean changing organizations & operations More people space, fewer bookshelves Process & operational changes Point-of-need delivery (library in other systems) Surfacing: Open WorldCat, RedLightGreen, OAIster, etc.Open WorldCatRedLightGreenOAIster

8. OCLC Research OCLC Online Computer Library Center Selected OCLC Research work Making data work harder FictionFinder – browse/search all fiction works in WorldCat FictionFinder DeweyBrowser – Dewey-based visualization of WorldCat, more DeweyBrowser xISBN – send OCLC an ISBN, receive all ISBNs for the same work xISBN

9. OCLC Research OCLC Online Computer Library Center Thank you I used to talk, With honest conviction, Of how I predicted my world. I'm gonna leave it to stargazers, Tell me what your telescope says. - K.T. Tunstall (Through the Dark)

10. OCLC Research OCLC Online Computer Library Center Further reading OCLC Reports http://www.oclc.org/reports OCLC Research http://www.oclc.org/research OCLC-related blogs: Lorcan Dempsey http://orweblog.oclc.orghttp://orweblog.oclc.org Thom Hickey http://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoinghttp://outgoing.typepad.com/outgoing Stu Weibel http://weibel-lines.typepad.comhttp://weibel-lines.typepad.com Its All Good http://scanblog.blogspot.comhttp://scanblog.blogspot.com