The Future is Not Out of Reach: Trends, Transformations and Accessibility

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1. Slide 1: The Future is Not Out of Reach: Trends, Transformations & Accessibility David Lee King Digital Branch & Services Manager Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library www.davidleeking.com
2. Slide 2: accessibility http://flickr.com/photos/kosmar/62381076/ http://flickr.com/photos/found_drama/191878581/
3. Slide 3: Transformations
4. Slide 4: Tagging RSS Readers Commenting RSS Emerging Trends User- Friending Generated Content Mashups Web as Platform
5. Slide 5: comments • one-on-one in the past • maybe a letter? • Here’s what it can be now
6. Slide 8: 29 comments!
7. Slide 9: On a Director’s Blog!!!
8. Slide 10: http://flickr.com/photos/mag3737/2574913454/
9. Slide 11: friending
10. Slide 14: friending and accessibility
11. Slide 15: content
12. Slide 18: http://flickr.com/photos/ponchosqueal/382476374/ http://flickr.com/photos/khalid-almasoud/474399662/
13. Slide 19: Tagging
14. Slide 23: accessibility?
15. Slide 24: patrons can talk to you
16. Slide 25: accessibility by participation
17. Slide 26: changing roles
18. Slide 27: Why?
19. Slide 28: 1. relevant to the next generation • IM & txt messaging • Creating user-generated content • Using web 2.0 tools for storage, bookmarking, current awareness, entertainment
20. Slide 33: 2. teach the current generation • information literacy • show grandpa how to use flickr • small business owner and vanity searching • news junkie, meet RSS feeds http://flickr.com/photos/prupert/68375339/
21. Slide 36: 3: Teach them how to subscribe to your library
22. Slide 37: 4. save time! • professional reading • IM vs phone vs email • bookmarking • working smarter by using tools...
23. Slide 38: 5. Patrons want to participate
24. Slide 39: 29 comments!
25. Slide 42: 6. be a community leader • become a community resource • we were the only place teaching Word...
26. Slide 43: 7. land a cool job NextGen Librarian: “We need someone to manage Web 2.0 tool development to support member librarian blogging, podcasting, a Moodle server, Drupal, and other services.”
27. Slide 44: How do I make time for new stuff?
28. Slide 45: Finding Time
29. Slide 46: Changing focus • Finding time vs willingness and priority • you have to want to change • change job descriptions...
30. Slide 47: Schedule your time
31. Slide 49: Granting time • give time - for reading, playing, learning, creating • send staff to formal training • practical training for staff - teach what's relevant to your staff and library • buy books for training
32. Slide 51: Why?
33. Slide 52: This is not your library
34. Slide 53: This is your library
35. Slide 54: This is your library
36. Slide 55: This is your library
37. Slide 56: Thank You! davidleeking.com