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2016 SXSW for Libraries
Len Bryan
Henry Stokes
SXSW Interactive
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Preview the Future
The Source
Big Data in the Cloud …now what?
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How do we give it meaning?
In public spaces
• Internet of Things (IoT) • Smart Cities • Autonomous Cars
To improve our lives
• Our decision-making • Our health • Our education
At the point of need
How will we interact with the data?
Conversational UI
With our hands in AR
In Virtual Reality
Who is providing the meaning?
?
Answer: Artificial Intelligence
• Health • Education • Societal Problems • Humans 2.0?
AI will be our data scientist …and our savior?
Emphasis: Tech Diversity
Emphasis: Do Good Work
Library as Incubator
Madison Public Library’s Bubbler www.madisonbubbler.org
www.libraryasincubatorproject.org
Community Crowdsourcing for Libraries
Smithsonian: Transcription of Digital Collection https://transcription.si.edu
British Library: Georeferencing Digital Map Collection http://www.bl.uk/maps/
lib*interactive
www.lib-interactive.com
For the past several years, a core group of passionate librarians have attended, presented and actively recruited their colleagues to join them at Austin’s annual SXSW Interactive Festival.
• Pull ideas from other industries to innovate and remain relevant • Be seen nationally as creative innovators and community connectors
Humans within Space
How we will interact with spaces? • Drones and IoT in the physical world • AR to enhance our world
Humans within Space
How we will interact with spaces? • VR to experience places we can’t reach (Sistine Chapel at the library?)
The importance of public community spaces, like libraries, and their ability to facilitate and foster social collaboration
How does a place (library) interact with you, serve your needs, the communities’ needs, once it becomes smarter?
Tools that can help us use data within the spaces to solve challenges (find better housing, jobs, food, the right book).
The importance of ensuring our devices, or augmented realities, or app interfaces don’t hinder social connection or our relationship to our fellow humans.
Crowdsourcing = a conversation to create the data, as well as a way to generate more conversation and make meaning. Bringing in artists & makers to libraries/public spaces is a form of crowdsourcing. Both Library Maker Spaces and Digital Volunteering Programs are hosting a party, creating a relationship that has a real world impact. Both are virtuous cycles.
The library itself is a crowd-sourced creation: the community is lending its skills/knowledge and the library is sharing it back.
Libraries with scanned heritage collections and the fitness wearables industry are both facing a Semantic Gap.
Final Thought: “I want LIBRARIES to:
Teach Coding/STEAM”
SXSW Education
What We Learned
What We Learned
What We Learned
What We Learned
What We Learned
Telling Stories
A Sobering Reminder
An Opportunity for Libraries
Major Themes
• OER = Open Educational Resources
– Open does not mean free
– Use textbook $ to pay staff (Librarians!) to curate
• Growth Mindset
– We must embrace challenges
• Education MUST Evolve
– The 19th century factory model no longer works
Growth Mindset
Takeaways – What’s Next
• Stay in touch! Use Twitter to connect with other Texas school librarians: #txlchat is every Tuesday at 8:00 Central.
• “If you’re not at the table, you might be on the menu.” – get involved in your governing organization.
Thank you!
• Henry Stokes | Library Technology Consultant
• Len Bryan | School Program Coordinator
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