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Ken ChadExecutive Directorken.chad@talis.com
Libraries + Web 2.0 =?
•Something’s up
• Innovation: technology & business models
•There is opportunity for us to grasp
•But libraries are a small domain
•So let’s work together
•Shared Innovation
The debateThe debate
“The software industry is in the midst of a quiet but dramatic revolution. The implications of this revolution – increased innovation, new business models, technology discontinuities, and global capability shifts – could be even more profound than previous industry transitions”.
“Many innovations, collectively termed Web 2.0, will fully reach the enterprise – as in previous cycles, innovation developed for individual users will translate into substantial enterprise opportunities”.
So what has this to do with libraries?
So what has this to do with libraries?
People visit libraries People visit libraries
Nice buildings! Nice buildings!
97% had visited a public library
59% were registered library users
Source: Perceptions of Libraries & Information Resources, 2005
People use the online catalogue
Nice OPACs?Nice OPACs?
17% had used the online catalogue at least once a
month
Source: Perceptions of Libraries & Information Resources, 2005
Top Tech Trends June 27th, 2005
Andrew Pace, Head, Information Technology, NCSU Libraries • The OPAC sucks• Dis-integration of library systems
Roy Tennant, User Services Architect California Digital Library • Mix of technologies: what’s being called "Web 2.0" • Silo systems suck
The “Competition”The “Competition”
“How do people find stuff?”“How do people find stuff?”
“..organize the world's information and make it universally accessible
and useful..”
Do these “OPACs” suck?
Who wrote the tender/RFP for Google or Amazon ?
Who wrote the tender/RFP for Google or Amazon ?
So what went wrong with libraries’ online presence?So what went wrong with libraries’ online presence?
InnovativeInnovative
ParticipativeParticipative
RelevantRelevant
NimbleNimble
User centricUser centric ResponsiveResponsive
CoolCool
Small pieces, loosely coupledSmall pieces, loosely coupled
So how can we make the user’s online experience of
libraries better?
So how can we make the user’s online experience of
libraries better?
InnovativeInnovative
ParticipativeParticipative
RelevantRelevant
NimbleNimble
User centricUser centric ResponsiveResponsive
CoolCool
Web 2.0 !Web 2.0 !www.oreilly.com/go/web2
Small pieces, loosely coupledSmall pieces, loosely coupled
Library 2.0 - we can do ittoo/better (?)
Library 2.0 - we can do ittoo/better (?)
Library 2.0Library 2.0
•the pervasive library
•liberate your data
•Let users add and edit data
•disaggregate library systems...
•...and bring them together
•shared innovation.
It needs a “Platform”...Why?
It needs a “Platform”...Why?
•A common set of sub systems
•Takes away the complexity
•Does the “heavy lifting”
•Focus development on more value add
•Reduces costs.
Sharing a PlatformSharing a Platform
Platform
•Nurture a community
•Liberate (and aggregate) data
•Develop common standards
•Unleash innovation
•Reduce costs
A platform for “loosely coupled components”A platform for “loosely coupled components”
Talis Whisper--a proof of concept.
Think of it as a “container” for platform “components”
Talis Whisper--a proof of concept.
Think of it as a “container” for platform “components”
……….a platform on which others can build applications.……….a platform on which others can build applications.
Inter Library Loans
Maybe like this?
………. And can enrich existing applications.………. And can enrich existing applications.
Much is possible...and we have
started
Much is possible...and we have
started
www.redlightgreen.com
/
Live link to the local OPAC via the Talis Directory
Putting the library in the portal
Resource discovery is now free !
“The National Library of Wales has taken the decision to co-operate in this ventureby contributing data to make its holdings available within Talis Source. Weclearly see the benefits of providing our data to a platform on which others canbuild applications."
Andrew Green, the Librarian at the National Library of Wales,
“The National Library of Wales has taken the decision to co-operate in this ventureby contributing data to make its holdings available within Talis Source. Weclearly see the benefits of providing our data to a platform on which others canbuild applications."
Andrew Green, the Librarian at the National Library of Wales,
Free makes business sense
Free makes business sense
• Lowers the barriers to participation
• Enables rapid adoption
• Ecosystem
• A foundation for added value
Free –too good to be true?
business models are changing...
business models are changing...
Disruption and disintermediation
Disruption and disintermediation
Some challengesSome challenges
•Stakeholders
•Leadership
•Standards
•Data licensing models
•Procurement models
•Risk taking
Where are you? Where are you?
•MLA ?
•JISC ?
•CILIP ?
•SCL ?
•SCONUL ?
Tender for a free service?
Service level agreements? (Google?)
Borrowing from the library is expensive
Amazon offers delivery to my door
I like ads (have you actually asked?)
Why doesn’t the library advertise?
I want to add my own tags to books
..there is grandeur in this view of libraries
..there is grandeur in this view of libraries
Libraries have some great assets
Libraries have some great assets
People trust librariesPeople trust libraries
17%
19%
46%
47%
52%
59%
63%
73%
78%
84%
89%
72%
68%
40%
41%
38%
32%
28%
18%
11%
8%
4%
An organisation you hadnot heard of
A pressure group
An internet only retailcompany
A travel agency
A utility company
Your local council
A governmentdepartment
A public service (eg NHS)
An organisation you haveheard of
BBC
A museum/ library/archive
Source: MORISource: MORIBase: All (2,004)
A great deal/ fair amount Not very much/ at all
Working togetherWorking together
• Share ideas
• Share experiences
• Share code
• Make it your own
• Share innovation tdn.talis.com/
Get started todayGet started today
•Put your library on the map
•Contribute your data
•Join the TDN
•www.talis.com
Ken ChadExecutive Directorken.chad@talis.com
Libraries + Web 2.0 =?
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