SIUI - Libraries & the Post-PC Era

Libraries & the Post-PC EraJason Griffey

Head of Library Information TechnologyUniversity of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Southern Illinois University LIS Spring SymposiumApril 16, 2012

#SIUELIS

things about which I will speak

• a princess

• some numbers

• a couple of devices

• a few interfaces

• the future

“When we were an agrarian nation, all cars were trucks. But

as people moved more towards urban centers, people

started to get into cars.”

once upon a time...

there was a princess...

the princess loved books

but the princess also loved computers

all sorts of computers

her media is everywhere

and her concept of a computer is different than yours

numbers

18%

82%Gate CountWebsite Visits, excluding in-library

Visitors to the UTC Library

428,032

1,973,612

18.25%

39.32%

39.31%

2.89%0.24%

Macintosh OSesWindows OSesMobile DevicesGame ConsolesOther (Mostly Linux)

Type of Device onCampus Network

0

750

1500

2250

3000

ChromeOS Nook Generic HPWebOS Kindle Blackberry Android iPod iPhone

5 4169 393

695

Droid

770

839

iPad2173

What does a Post-PC world look like?

single-purpose devices

multi-purpose devices

56+ million iPads sold

In 2008, Apple sold more iPhones than they did in 2007.

In 2009, they sold more than in 2007 & 2008 combined

In 2010, they sold more than 2007, 2008, & 2009 combined

In 2011, they sold more than 2007, 2008, 2009, & 2010 combined.

interactions

touch

gesture

Photo by The Pug Father - http://flic.kr/p/biH9j2

...especially when they are about the future.

Predictions are hard...

-- Yogi Bera

The Futurist’s Dilemma

Arthur C. Clarke

Photo by Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/11/lumus-see-through-wearable-display-hands-on/

Mike Abrash

By “wearable computing” I mean mobile computing where both computer-generated graphics and the real world are seamlessly overlaid in your view; there is no separate display that you hold in your hands (think Terminator vision). The underlying trend as we’ve gone from desktops through laptops and notebooks to tablets is one of having computing available in more places, more of the time.

no separate display

The logical endpoint is computing everywhere, all the time – that is, wearable computing – and I have no doubt that 20 years from now that will be standard, probably through glasses or contacts, but for all I know through some kind of more direct neural connection.

computing everywhere, all the time

And I’m pretty confident that platform shift will happen a lot sooner than 20 years – almost certainly within 10, but quite likely as little as 3-5, because the key areas – input, processing/power/size, and output – that need to evolve to enable wearable computing are shaping up nicely, although there’s a lot still to be figured out.

quite likely as little as 3-5

conclusions

strategies

look outside ourselves

mobile first

web, not apps

Photo by MrClean1982 - http://flic.kr/p/GxCYJ

prepare for the data flood

insert inspirational quotes here

Douglas Adams said...1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is

normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.

2. Anything that’s invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it.

3. Anything invented after you’re thirty-five is against the natural order of things.

If I'd asked them what they wanted, they'd have said a faster horse.

-- Henry Ford

It isn’t the consumer’s job to know what they want.

- Steve Jobs

The best way to predict the future

is to create it.-Peter Drucker

The Future Needs Us

The Future Needs Us

Thank You

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