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Feathers, Flight
& the Future of Libraries
Helene BlowersDigital Strategy Director
Columbus Metropolitan Library
OCLC, October 2009
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"Too much light often blinds gentlemen
of this sort. They cannot see the forest
for the trees."
- Musarion [1768], Canto II
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Trend Kindle rekindles the flame for the digital book
In 2008, Amazon’s Kindle, sold 500 thousand units,
32% more than the iPods sold in the year of debut of
Apple’s player. - Citi Investment Research estimate
based upon Sprint network activations
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Google deal brings classic
books to Sony ReaderMarch 19, 2009
Sony's e-book reader is about to get a little
help from Jane Austen in its battle with the
Kindle.
Sony announced a partnership with Google
that will bring a half-million classic books to
the Sony Reader Digital Book. Users will
now be able to access the free book
downloads through Sony's eBook Store.
For years, Google has scanned books and
converted them to digital format--at least in
part--for its Google Book Search project. For
now, Google is providing books to Sony
whose copyrights have expired, which
means most of the new additions to the Sony
Reader will have been published before
1923, according to The New York Times.
Photo: Bryan Derballa/Wired.com
Release Date: June 10, 2009
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/report_ereader_and_ebook_market_ready_for_growth.php
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Six in 10 people around the world (60%) now have
cellphone subscriptions, signaling that mobile
phones are the communications technology of
choice, particularly in poor countries.
– UN Report, March 2, 2009
Up from 2002 – 15% Internet worldwide: 11%- 2002 >> 23% - 2008
Trend Mobile builds bridges faster
While just 1 in 50 Africans had a
mobile in the year 2000, now 28
percent have a cellular subscription.
– UN Report, March 2, 2009
Countries by advanced
information and communications
technology (ICT) :
1) Sweden
2) South Korea
(nation-wide gigabit bb 2012)
3) Denmark
4) Netherlands
5) Iceland
6) Norway
17) United States
- UN report, March 2009
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365.2.72 reading my vampire storiesPhot:o carrieoke13 | http://www.flickr.com/photos/carrieoke13/3359310659/
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In 2007, cell-phone novels (keitai shosetsu) held four of
the top five spots on the literary best-seller list.$240 million market ‘07
Trend Cell-phone novels aren’t so novel anymore.
They’re serious business
http://company.maho.jp/novelMagic Island
• According to a recent Mainichi Shinbum newspaper
survey, 86% of high school, 75% of middle school
and 23% of grade school girls read cell phone novels.
Trend Print is in peril
“As many newspapers struggle to stay
economically viable, fewer than half of
Americans (43%) say that losing their
local newspaper would hurt civic life in
their community "a lot."
Pew Research Study: Stop the Presses (March 12, 2009 )
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http://www.forbes.com/2008/04/10/economics-labor-industry-biz-beltway-cx_jz_bw_0410dying_slide_12.html?thisSpeed=15000
Forbes: April 08
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Distribution Center Distribution Agent Distribution format
Distribution Center Distribution Agent Distribution format
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It’s not the
death of the
book to
fear…
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it’s our
dependency on
formats
as our community
(service delivery)
value!
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Story of the Phoenix
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Latin, librarius of books, from libr-, liber inner bark, rind, book
Sept 2009
The Information Age, is an idea that
the current age will be characterized by the
ability of individuals to transfer
information freely, and to have instant
access to knowledge that would have
been difficult or impossible to find
previously. - Wikipedia, 9/09
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The information age of now …
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiP79vYsfbo
We Think
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Chauvet Cave – 32,000 yrs old
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What’s the
experience?
What’s the experience?
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What’s the experience?
What’s the
experience?
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consumption
& usecreativity
& production
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Books
Programs
information
storytimes
Media
Computers
Books
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Media
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information
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information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Soap_bubbles_2.jpg
Programs
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Soap_bubbles_2.jpg Storytimes
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Shared
Discovery
Photo: Aaron Schmidt | walkingPaper.org
Photo: Aaron Schmidt | walkingPaper.org
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Helene BlowersDigital Strategy Director
Columbus Metropolitan Library
My Slides are @
www.LibraryBytes.comhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/gregwake/2961213279/
