CIL2006: The Web 2.0 Challence to Libraries

Paul Miller, Technology Evangelist, Talis
3:15-4:00pm

  • Topics
    • libraries – trusted but bypassed online
    • reaching out from the library
    • a library 2.0 platform
    • shared innovation
  • The reality gap
    • how do people find stuff?
      • Google
    • How else do people find stuff?
      • Google toolbar
      • Google desktop
      • Google embedded in Web sites
  • Some library background
    • Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources (OCLC)
    • Understanding the Audience (UK)
    • Basic Library Statistics (CLIFA)
    • Active borrowers going down since 1999
    • but people visit libraries
    • 96% of people asked had been to a library in some point in their life
    • Visits to libraries are up
    • Visits per borrower are up
    • people gon online in libraries
    • 21% local library for Net access, 80% at home (UK)
    • but 46% know they can go to the library for Net access
    • 5% perfer the library, 3% on a mobile device
    • 19% would use library if they decided to go online
    • “Build it an they will come” myth
    • Do people trust libraries? (UK)
      • 89% trust libraries
      • 84% BBC
  • So, what went wrong online?
    • 27% said visited public library Web site
    • Long list of databases, pick one…
  • The “competition”
    • Web 2.0 logo graphic
    • Innovative
    • relevant
    • cool
    • nimble
    • participatice
    • user centric
    • responsive
    • The Web 2.0 Companies
  • Library 2.0 – Talis white paper in conference package
  • Library 2.0
    • open the library
    • push the library everywhere
    • engage with actual and potential user communities
    • disaggregate library systems…
    • …and bring them together
    • shared innovation
  • “The library system should be like Lego”
  • Talking With Talis podcast
    • Library 2.0 Gang
  • Doing it on their own…
  • Doing it together…
    • share a platform
    • nurture a community
  • Introducing the Platform
    • Why a platform
      • most effecient use of development copabilities
      • lowers barrier to entry
      • offers evolutionary path
      • crosses vendor divides
      • exposes libraries to wider world, significantly increasing visibility
    • Characteristics of the platform
      • consistent exposure of data
      • consistent access to data
      • consistent exposure of function
      • consistent access to functionality
      • shared components, shared esperiences
      • shared innovation
      • open
      • collaborative
      • standards and specs
      • functionality and data
      • hides complexty
      • reduced cost and risk
  • Image of Talis platform (whitepapers available)
  • Leveraging the Platform
    • Amazon example showing box that shows multiple libraries that have the book, linking through to the correct catalog
  • A platform of loosely coupled components
    • Talis Base (example)
    • Web services
      • Book jackets from Amazon
      • Amazon prices
      • library holdings
      • links to library catalogs
  • A Public view?
    • library info, Google, Amazon
  • Much is possible…
    • UCD Connect
    • Libraries on a map a la Google maps
    • My Amazon widget
    • Talis Whisper widget for library holdings
  • Stepping back…
    • Fuzzing out congress on Google Maps
    • National libraries in the world (Talis Whisper)
  • Working together
    • Talis: Shared Innovation
    • Creative Commons licence
    • DIscussion threads
    • Documentation
    • Contribute code
    • Share ideas, experiences, code
    • make it your own
    • share innovation
  • Conclustions
    • the librray deservice to reach beyond its walls
    • vendor- and library-initated silos just don’t make sense
    • current business models? (“because that’s the way it’s always been done”)
    • challenge all assumptions
    • share innovation

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