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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">This kind of piggy-backs off of “needing our own developers” and makerspace stuff mentioned previously, but open source software and hardware. There is a wealth of technology
at our fingertips, often times at very cost to us, with the main barrier to access being a sufficient technical understanding to be able to use it. Some of these are being started and maintained by libraries these days.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I think bringing up wearables and the internet of things is interesting. Its certainly a growing societal trend, and I too have not heard mention of it yet relating to libraries..
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Have a good weekend.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Joe<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">PS I decided to reply all, save Laura the need to forward..
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Germantown, OH 45327<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Laura Solomon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 11, 2015 2:07 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> oplintech@lists.oplin.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OPLINTECH] Fwd: Question about trends<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Another response--Bryan said it was OK to share.<o:p></o:p></p>
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From: <b>Bryan Harris</b> <<a href="mailto:bharris@starklibrary.org">bharris@starklibrary.org</a>><br>
Date: Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 1:41 PM<br>
Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Question about trends<br>
To: Laura Solomon <<a href="mailto:laura@oplin.ohio.gov">laura@oplin.ohio.gov</a>><br>
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Haven’t seen this yet, so I’ll toss it in……<br>
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Federated searching, coupled with, better searching.<br>
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As we add services, programs, and stuff (physical and electronic), it’s getting more and more difficult for a patron to find what they are looking for. A search that returns 20,000 results is just as bad as one that returns 0 results. There’s more information,
it is spread across multiple services and it’s, in some ways, more difficult to find exactly what you’re looking for.<br>
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Bryan<br>
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W. Bryan Harris P.E. RCDD<br>
Technology Director<br>
Stark County District Library<br>
The Smart Store, where everything is free<br>
715 Market Avenue North<br>
Canton, OH 44702<br>
<a href="tel:330-458-3145">330-458-3145</a><br>
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From: Laura Solomon <<a href="mailto:laura@oplin.ohio.gov">laura@oplin.ohio.gov</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:laura@oplin.ohio.gov">laura@oplin.ohio.gov</a>>><br>
Date: Friday, September 11, 2015 at 1:26 PM<br>
To: "<a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a>>" <<a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a>>><br>
Subject: Re: [OPLINTECH] Question about trends<br>
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So far, here are the thoughts I've gotten to my previous question (tech trends--what's important to pay attention to right now?). Agree? Disagree? Add others?<br>
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* Device training for public<br>
* Public "copier" services; wireless printing, scanning, faxing<br>
* Maker spaces, particularly 3d printing<br>
* Service mobility, making services available whenever, wherever, on whatever device<br>
* Virtual servers<br>
* Digital content in story times. Smart Boards, iPads, etc.Children's librarians are starting to do app reviews and recommendations<br>
for parents.<br>
* Responsive design<br>
* Digital collection management. Rhetoric around the battle over library<br>
terms and pricing for ebooks has cooled, but the war wages on. More<br>
and more content is moving to author-controlled, and we struggle to have<br>
the mechanism to collect and disseminate it.<br>
* Integration. API's are making it easier for libraries to make access<br>
to our disparate digital collections more seamless. This will add more<br>
energy to the increasing use of digital purchases and the declining<br>
circulation stats of our physical collections.<br>
* Coding. We need our own developers. Admin commitment to<br>
this still lags behind.<br>
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On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 7:40 AM, Laura Solomon <<a href="mailto:laura@oplin.ohio.gov">laura@oplin.ohio.gov</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:laura@oplin.ohio.gov">laura@oplin.ohio.gov</a>>> wrote:<br>
Here's a question:<br>
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What do you think are the most important 3-5 tech trends in libraries (any kind, not necessarily just public) right now?<br>
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Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS<br>
Library Services Manager, Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)<br>
<a href="tel:%28614%29%20752-0792">(614) 752-0792</a><<a href="tel:%28614%29%20752-0792">tel:%28614%29%20752-0792</a>> (voice) |
<a href="tel:%28614%29%20728-5256">(614) 728-5256</a><<a href="tel:%28614%29%20728-5256">tel:%28614%29%20728-5256</a>> (fax)<br>
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Library Services Manager, Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)<br>
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(614) 728-5256</a> (fax)<br>
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<b>Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS</b><br>
<i>Library Services Manager,</i> Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN)<br>
(614) 752-0792 (voice) | (614) 728-5256 (fax)<br>
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