Thinking about libraries in an Amazoogle environment Lorcan
Thinking about libraries in an Amazoogle environment Lorcan Dempsey Cendi, Washington 6 June 2006
Networkflow Database > website > workflow Self assembled: personal digital identities § Prefabricated: course management, clinical practice, etc § URL addressable Social
Attention Read-write
Three parts Perceptions Real change?
Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources OCLC Market Research & Harris Interactive November 2005 (Thanks to Joanne Cantrell)
Survey Respondents – by Geography Canada 491 United States 1, 854 United Kingdom 468 Singapore India 535 Australia Total 3, 348
…is the information you get from library sources more or less trustworthy than information you get from search engines?
Total Respondents - Satisfaction with overall experience provided by librarian vs. search engine Q 665 and 1050
“Lifestyle fit” of information sources among total respondents Q 1345
Remarks: Perceptions Books and place brand Library digital resources: Awareness? § Fit with lifestyle? § Trustworthiness? § Satisfaction? §
Insanity is doing more of what you are already doing and expecting a different result. Newt Gingrich quoting Albert Einstein!
Change 1. Adding value: synthesise, specialise, mobilise 2. Gravitational pull: the long tail revisited
Adding value
Robin Murray
Synthesise, Local CSUSM, David Walker
Synthesise, network
Synthesise, regional
Mobilize Specialize
Specialize, local
Specialize, Local
University of Minnesota http: //www. lib. umn. edu/about/mellon/KM%20 JStor%20 Presentation. pps
Mobilize, Local
Gravitational pull
URL is the currency of the web
The long tail Systemwide efficiences Aggregation of supply • Unified discovery • Low transaction costs Aggregation of demand Impact?
It must change Add real value in a networked information environment Create gravitational pull: long tail issues: move to a higher place Pay attention; seek attention Fragmentation is the enemy
The end http: //orweblog. oclc. org
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