Hope Tillman, Director of Libraries, Babson College
10:30-11:15am
10:30-11:15am
- Definition of Gadgets
- small electronic or mechanical device which a practical used often thought of as a novelty
- Consumer electronics
- Gadgets are all arounds us
- productivty vs. distraction
- useful or time-consuming toys
- time shifting
- blurring of work and personal time
- overload vs. the more the better
- makes time to do more
- makes more to do
- Today’s students
- Class of 2009
- voice mail always available
- may have slept w. game boys in their crib
- always digital cameras
- may not distinguished between news entertainment
- libraries have always been comp access centers
- Why single out gadgets
- what consumers are willing to buy
- refelect customization and personalization trends
- continue to change, show evolution and shift
- qustions to consider
- what features lend themselves to info magt knowlege sharing
- how to identify gadgets to adopt/support
- what do patrons use now
- who are you listening to?
- what makes your life easier
- what are other libraries doing
- what’s the tipping point
- how do you look at the issue of interoperability and upgrades
- Tends
- convergence
- personalization and customixation
- miniaturization / portability
- ZDNet top 10 gadget must haves list
- changes every 2-3 weeks
- Creative Zen
- Sony PSP
- XBox 360
- Mobile DVR
- Slingbox
- Treo 700w
- Soundmatters MainstageHD
- A few of the gadgets
- PDAs
- tablets
- cell phones
- MP3 players
- video players
- digital cameras
- pocket scanners
- Morphing the name of the PDA
- Personal Digital Assistant
- Palm or PocketPC
- Handheld
- Portable Media Player
- Movile Media Companion
- PocketPC phone
- Ruggedized handhled
- Ultra personal computer
- PDA/Handhelds/Tablets
- Convergence
- thickness weight vs. functionality
- PDAs still part of the mix
- Smart watches
- Embedded GPS for kids
- wireless or synched
- limited by recption area
- content
- IM cell phone features
- Smart phones
- single device for all data and voice nees
- e-mail access
- SMS
- browser
- organizer
- phone
- MP3 players
- iPods
- Nomad Jukebox
- Walkman Bean
- iRiver
- Rio Carbon
- Creative Zen
- Flash/HD/FM
- Digital voice recordres
- smartphone/pds
- iPod addon
- olympus DM-20 w/ USB interface
- Video Players/recorders
- Creative Zen vision
- iPod w/ video
- Archos Gmini 402
- Smasung YEPP YH-999 PMC
- Digital still video cameras
- Standalones
- Embedded/addons to other devices
- one-time use
- webcams
- Pocket scanners (reader pen)
- scan, store send
- reads notes aloud
- beams data
- get immediate translations definitions
- reading aids
- Wizcom technologies
- Docupen RC800
- Digital Pen (drawing pen)
- Logitech io2 Digital Writing System
- TabletPC w/o the tablet
- Security everywhere
- fingerprint
- Keyboards
- jump drives
- biometrics
- RFID
- Pros cons
- inventory vs. privacy
- Special purpose chips
- USB drive
- flash memory
- fitkeys
- dexit
- sanDisk flashCP Cruzer
- DRM dongle
- IBM Soulpad
- Wireless devices
- mice
- keyboards
- presentation remotes
- Remote control
- Logitech Harmony
- MyNevo
- Game machines
- Sony PSP was the gadget of 2005
- “Video Games and the Future of Learning”
- “Everything Bad is Good for You”
- Games and Libraries
- Gaming in Libraries blog
- Game Primer
- Parallel Worlds: Online Games and Digital Information Services
- GPS
- Stand alones
- smart phone
- pc-based
- geocaching
- What toys do your toys have?
- memory chips
- keyboards
- speakers
- skins
- caps
- cases
- solar backpacks
- ringtones
- subscription content
- library applications
- marketing
- Geocaching
- podacsts
- blogging
- MySpace
- operations
- Inventory control / RFID
- remote control
- circulation of devices
- bibliographic file management
- communication/collaborations
- IM
- blogs
- videoconferencing
- wikis
- learning/entertainment
- delivery of files data
- role of games in learning
- search engines
- ebooks/ejournals
- current awareness
- iPod use
- catalog pages
- pubmed for handhelds
- What’s next?
- e-ink
- e-paper
- flexible displays
- soft-hardware
- ElekTex keyboard
- wearable computing
- itunes jacket
- movie glasses
- MP3 sunglasses
- Head-word display
- more games w/in libraries
- additional tool to help librarians provide realistic simulations
- reference librarian avatars
- “Active Worlds” site
- Convergence of information and connectivity
- “Ambient Findability” by Peter Morville
- Trends
- convergence
- personalization
- customization
- portability
- “Save the time of the reader”
- any time, any where, and way
- Where to go
- Engadget
- Gizmodo
- ZDNet must have list
Hello……I was wondering, is this Michael Sauers with the sister, Christine and parents, Ruth and Floyd?
I think we lived across the street from you in Miami back in the 1950s, 60s
Nope, sorry. I grew up in Rochester, NY.