CIL2006: Supporting the Digital World with Gadgets

Hope Tillman, Director of Libraries, Babson College
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

2 Replies to “CIL2006: Supporting the Digital World with Gadgets”

  1. 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

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