The Information Tornado: Toto I don't think we're in Kansas anymore! Stephen Abram VP Innovation, SirsiDynix Northwest ILL Conference Sept. 15, 2005,
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The Information Tornado: Toto I don't think we're in Kansas
anymore!
Stephen Abram
VP Innovation, SirsiDynix
Northwest ILL ConferenceSept. 15, 2005, Portland, OR
Simple Stories From ALA Midwinter
• Florida• Florida's public libraries return $6.54 for
every $1.00 invested from all sources!• South Carolina• The total direct and indirect return on
investment for every $1 expended on the state’s public libraries by SC State and local governments is $4.48—almost 350%!
Simple Stories From ALA Midwinter
• Free = Unfettered Access• Sharon Terry has an amazing story.• Watch a video and hear her tell it
online:• http://arl.cni.org/sparc/meetings/
ala05mw
Simple Stories From Denver ILL• Professor William (Ned) Friedman
– University of Colorado Friedman Lab – Flowers and spermazones
• Erin Robertson – Center for Native Ecosystems – Endangered plants and animals
• Linda Quirk – University of Toronto– Poet Pauline Johnson
The Qianlong emperor, 1711-1799
Dedication of the Greatest Library in World's History
Mayans and Incas . . .
Flavius Josephus
GoogleZon
May 2005 - TiVo and Google are talking… May 2005 - TiVo and Yahoo! are talking…
May 2005 - Google gets two patents for a quality algorithm…
May 2005 – U of AZ adds article writing software…
Sept. 2005 – Reuters rumour, eBay buys Skype
May 2005 - Google Offers free homepages, personalizedJune 2005 - Google Wallet “leaked” to WSJ/NYTJune 2005 - Google does a 3D scan of San FranciscoJune 2005 – Office Hunting – Seattle (done) Boston, Chicago
Which one is Sergey
and which one
is the other guy…?
Add 200 database Suppliers (MS already has 120+
Make it OpenURLcompliant
Make it Browserless
Add a toolbar that behavesin a research way
Integrate e-commerce for articles, standards, etc.
Predict their needs through mining of Gmail, surfing, and behaviours
Personalize it and track your needs andAdd alerts …
Add for online discussions, communities of practice, group and Individual blogsand connections through social networking software
Add tools – citation, RefWorks,ProCite, stat packages,Add
AdsAnd then make
Google your operating system – like
Windows…
Add Virtual Reference
WARNINGImage containshidden message
Google Scholar…
250,000 Books . . .How does that compare
to your library?
& OCLC Toolbar
Google & Kansas City
Sooooo… where are we?
3D
RSS
Search
Happy 10th Birthday
6 years old
Born Feb. 2, 2005
Grade 4
Newborn
Kindergarten
Is Google (opr MSN orYahoo!) that 5 inch wave. . . ?
Is Google that 5 inch wave. . . ?
The power of libraries
• So what do we do…?
New (newish) now
• E-communities• Virtual communities• Wiki• Dating…• Socially driven everything• Tagging
Your collaboration space
• Calendar• Website• Telephone list• E-mail contacts, nicknames• Buddy lists• Communities of practice• Communities of Interest
Folksonomies
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