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<p>I have been noticing more LED lighting fixtures and motion sensors to turn lights on and off lights in rooms and open areas in libraries. Also auto flushers and auto faucets in rest rooms are becoming more widely adopted. There are newer drinking fountains
that offer a separate faucet to refill tall water bottles and cups. </p>
<p>IP security cameras are coming down in price making them more attractive compared to inexpensive analog security cameras. IP cameras have a much better image and video quality. IP phone systems (hosted or inhouse) are also becoming more common.
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<p>These newer technologies I feel will increase in libraries as time goes on and at one time or another most of these will be used my the majority of library patrons. I know its not what most people think about when it comes to technology but I think this
type of often over looked technology is also as important as the other things that have been mentioned.
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org <oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org> on behalf of Joe Knueven <joe@gtownlibrary.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 11, 2015 3:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Laura Solomon; oplintech@lists.oplin.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OPLINTECH] Fwd: Question about trends</font>
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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">PS I decided to reply all, save Laura the need to forward..
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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</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Another response--Bryan said it was OK to share.</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>
<a href="mailto:laura@oplin.org">laura@oplin.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:laura@oplin.org">laura@oplin.org</a>> |<a href="http://www.oplin.org/" target="_blank">http://www.oplin.org/</a><<a href="http://www.oplin.org" target="_blank">http://www.oplin.org</a>><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>
<a href="mailto:laura@oplin.org">laura@oplin.org</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:laura@oplin.org">laura@oplin.org</a>> |<a href="http://www.oplin.org/" target="_blank">http://www.oplin.org/</a><<a href="http://www.oplin.org" target="_blank">http://www.oplin.org</a>></p>
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<b>Laura Solomon, MCIW, MLS</b><br>
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(614) 752-0792 (voice) | (614) 728-5256 (fax)<br>
<a href="mailto:laura@oplin.org" target="_blank">laura@oplin.org</a> |<a href="http://www.oplin.org" target="_blank">http://www.oplin.org/</a></p>
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