LFA talk by Jeremy Frumkin and Terry Reese
Jeremy Frumkin
Ebooks
okay so well they are not new, but new devices are going to drive this now. [passes out OSU Libraries’ new rnKindle ebook reader]
Ebook distribution infrastructure is developing. Where do libraries fit in to the distribution channels? Issues with terms of service, how to deliver and share content… Libraries are not included in the business models of the ereader companies at this point. How do libraries figure out how to influence the business model - libraries already buy lots of ebooks and should be a big customer for ereaders
User interfaces and input devices.
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- Wii Controller - Direct brain to controller device for paraplegics, now - different ways of interacting with rncomputers, the human computer interface.rnrnLeopard (new mac interface that doesn’t conform to the old “files” rnstructure)
- Zotero ( plug in for firefox and other browsers - jeremy says it’s like i-tunes for web information)
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- New interface designs…showed Anand Agarawala’s TED talk on Bumptop Touch screen interfaces
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- Jeff Han- - multi-touch interface design
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- Mac and Microsoft have been putting out these types of interfaces. Libraries could try some of these things rnout - maybe in Second Life?
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Platform Wars and Moving to the Network Level
rn– what does this mean? what concrete things are moving to the network? These three companies are working rnon library information at the network level, and are defining what it really means to be on the network level.rn
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- OCLC -identities, grid services
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- TALIS - relationships between subjects, book size, using semantic web technologiesrn
- Open Library - what can we do if we have the full text?
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Looking for increased clarity around this in the next couple of years.
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Q: What about looking at networks for storage?Amazon has a storage service. could Libraries use these to rndecrease costs associated with archiving digitized information?
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Q: How do you keep up with these developments?
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Blogs, visiting the websites of these places to see what they are doing. Right now looking at underlying rntechnologies, but there really hasn’t been an application that really helps define what “moving to the network” is rnand can do for libraries. Recommends Ted.com as a place to rnsee talks about new technologies
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Terry Reese
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3 topics that may interest only me
rnTalk about things that are going to affect libraries in the immediate future. Library IT boom (and coming rnconsolidation) Licensing, the next digital library frontier. The Continued evolution of OCLC IT Boom Following rnCode4Lib - positions for systems development seem to be on the rise. used to be bigger IT shops in libraries. rnKind of an ebb and flow… ex. NCSU buying Endeca and Pines being developed in Georgia. Endeca - lots of rnFTP…How long can a boom be sustained? Lots of open source and new positions, but the amount of money rnbehind this is not like the dot.com boom 
So to sustain this, consolidation for IT solutions would be fruitful to rnpursue. Storage is an issues- 40 terabytes here. Libraries aren’t really wanting to be server farms - what are rnsome other ways to do this? Movement to hosted IT solutions, mixed with local development. Move some of the rnIT development and administration from the individual institution to the consortium. (examples DSpace and rnFedora) A need to identify services (locally or externally ) that are sucking the life from individual rninstitutions.”Vampire” services - is there a better way to deal with DSpace… the cost per item is really high. 6rn-7, 000 items, cost is 600-700 per item.rn
Data Licensing and library development
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data harvesting is changing the face of collection development - removing the traditional definitions of rn”collection” Federated search would work far better with improved access and licensing of data. How people rnlicense the data for harvesting / accessing / rnperceived licensing agreements - Terry has been trying to get the rncatalogs from other PNW libraries, but some data is locked into a specific context…and sometimes people rndon’t really know what they are licensed to do with metadata or other data. EbscoHost will allow harvesting of rnmetadata for LOCKKS, but for nothing else. Vendors are starting to think about these issues, libraries need to rninvestigate how to move forward with licensing agreements that facilitate the kind of harvesting and data access rnwe need.?
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Changing nature of OCLC
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How will OCLC let members in to the new things they are creating? How much will it cost? how does rnOCLC represent libraries outside the library world? They are sort of the Google of Libraries -but they’ve become rnvery protective of worldcat, etc. What will they open up. Trust relationships may need to be developed.
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Q: Talk about how you created your own library? Pulled metadata from a number of sources - all digital rnrecords.
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How will OCLC let members in to the new things they are creating? How much will it cost? how does rnOCLC represent libraries outside the library world? They are sort of the Google of Libraries -but they’ve become rnvery protective of worldcat, etc. What will they open up. Trust relationships may need to be developed.
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Q: Talk about how you created your own library? Pulled metadata from a number of sources - all digital rnrecords.
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The slides for this talk will be in Scholar’s Archive.