blowing library bubbles 2.0
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Blowing Library Bubbles 2.0
Mark Leggott, University of PEI/discoverygarden inc.APLA Conference, May 2013
How is your library affected by budget
disruption?
Disrupt or be Disrupted
Libraries Need to be Hyper-Local
ANDGlobal Collaborators
Copyright Bubble
From now on universities can expect their funding to be cut, not increased. They need to disrupt
themselves, or be disrupted, to survive. The years ahead will be the worst of times for higher
eduction - but also the best.
Margaret Wente: Globe & Mail, Feb 4, 2012
And that is where many university leaders agree: If they are to weather the storm, they must face up to their weaknesses and stop spending money on them.
James Bradshaw: Globe & Mail, Feb 4, 2012
Biggest worries about copyright?
Risk Averse
Pay Many Times Over
Issues
Solutions
Become Non-Signatories
Use 6-Part Test
Golden Rule
Less Fair!
Commercial!
Multiple Copies/Wide Distribution!
Entire Work/Substantial Excerpt!
Compete with Original!
Confidential/Unpublished!
Charitable/Educational!
Single Copy/Limited Distribution!
Limited/Insubstantial Excerpt!
No Detriment to Original!
Published/In Public Interest!
Play Bubble
To be playful is not to be trivial or frivolous, or to act as though nothing of consequence will happen. On the
contrary, when we are playful with each other we relate as free persons, and the relationship is open to surprise; everything that happens is of consequence. It is, in fact,
seriousness that closes itself to consequence, for seriousness is a dread of the unpredictable outcome of open possibility. To be serious is to press for a specified
conclusion. To be playful is to allow for possibility whatever the cost to oneself.
James Carse
“Take chances, make mistakes, and get messy!”
Miss Frizzle
How is your library playful?
Issues
Seriousness tends to overshadow
Play generally not valued
Solutions
Embrace a Hacker
Install a MakerSpace
Partnerships between libraries
OpenTextbook Bubble
When MIT first announced its Open Courseware (OCW) initiative in October 2002, it shook the business model of traditional higher education
institutions ... Fast-forward to October 2012: OERs have failed to significantly affect the day-to-day teaching
of the vast majority of higher education institutions.
Gerd Jortemeyer: Educause Review Online, Feb 26, 2013
Why do publishers create so many
editions?
0
225
450
675
900
325 559 812
Housing
Tuition
Textbooks
% Increase in Prices in Last 35 Years
Issues
Discoverability/Acquisition
No Professional Credit
Last Mile - Context Freedom
Solutions
Develop HTML5 Platform
Education
Partnerships with Library
Pilots
• 1st-Year Chemistry (CalTech CC text)
• 1st-Year Business (boundless.com)
• Various levels of interest in an open text approach to English courses
Open Source Bubble
How many use open source software?
Open tools and approaches are critical to the ability of libraries to succeed in the next
decade. Whether open source to build local expertise and capability, open data to share
findings and better society, open textbooks to reduce the cost of education, or open labs to reach out to the larger community - open will
define the 21st century library.
Questions