the life & times of a digital librarian
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The slides from the keynote presentation "The Life and Times of a Digital Librarian" presented to the Dade County Library Association.TRANSCRIPT
- 1. The Life & Times of a Digital Librarian: Past, Present
and Future
Diana Silveira
Novare Library Services
2. Past
Telephone Reference
First Chat Service
2002 Ask a Librarian
3. Chat & Email Usage
4. Present
Customer Service
Custom entry points
SMS
Spanish-language
Growing!
5. Future
6. Post-PC Society
7. Smartphone Adoption
Mobile media phone use grew 22% from 2009 to 2010.
8. 2011- Year of the Tablet
Over 100 tablets will be released on the market in 2011
9. Cloud Computing
Multiple devices
Portability
Multiple Platforms
10. Convergence of Physical & Digital Worlds
QR Codes and Augmented Reality
11. Digital Libraries
The Rise of the Digital Library.
12. Change
Technology will continue to change, quicken and influence
13. What will users want?
seamless, informal, immediate, personal, simple, minimal,
short
Help
Guidance
The Answer
14. The Future of the digital librarian?
15. Who will we be?
Information & Information Platform Experts
16. Collaborative Spirit & Local Service
Local Services
More of libraries services will be digital & there will be more
collaboration
Digital reference will continue to expand.
17. Functionality
SMS overtaking chat
Widgets v Portals
Email fading away
Expanded hours
18. Diana Silveira
President
[email protected]
www.novarelibrary.com
www.delicious.com/dee987/dcla