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Innovation in the Wired World Sheila Weir, Information Resource Officer U.S. Embassy Seoul-American Center Korea September 2012

What makes a Wired World?

Image source: go-gulf.com – by Shanghai Web Designers

And why pursue the Wired Library? Libraries are a cultural heritage and play an important role in education, democracies and the well being of a nation

And what about the bricks? • Estimated 121,785 libraries in the US • Over 16,000 are public libraries – more than the Libraries in 2012 | Basic facts number of McDonald’s in the US. • 98.7% of public libraries provide internet access

Libraries are relevant! Source: How libraries stack up: 2010, OCLC. http://www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/214109usf_how_libraries_stack_up.pdf Libraries in 2012 | More popular than ever

Innovative, Wired Libraries — What Drives the Success? • Adaptability & Innovation • Responsiveness to customer/community needs • Resourcefulness • Advocacy • Creativity • Collaboration

Tech Petting Zoo

eBooks Source: Miller, R. (2011, October 15). Dramatic growth. Library Journal, 136 (17), 32-34.

eBook management • Complex licensing and device management • Companies like Overdrive are filling the niche to manage eBooks for libraries • Collection management should be similar to other collection development with a ‘portable’ element involved.

Social Networking Libraries are Socially Savvy | Twitter

Or a parody on social networking & technology

Libraries are Socially Savvy | Flickr

Mobile Access

Libraries on the move

Gamification is the concept that you can apply the basic elements that make games fun and engaging to things that typically aren't considered a game. Source: Image: http://www.simplyzesty.com/advertising-and-marketing/brands/5-brands-using-gamification-well/ ; Definition: Gamification Wiki, http://gamification.org/wiki/Gamification.

Badging

Scavenger Hunts Source: http://game.nypl.org/

Content Creation: Libraries as Maker Spaces TechShops

Tools include: CNC Milling Machine, Metal Lathe, a Thing-O- Matic 3D Printer, an Egg-Bot, a CNC Router, tools for welding, an injection molder, and laptops.

Libraries as self-publishing centers

Innovative Librarianship — What drives the success?

Information Literacy experts

Publishing and Evaluation

eResearch and Contributing to Open Source College & research Libraries http://crl.acrl.org/content/current Information Technology and Libraries http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php /ital/issue/current Online Collaborative Conferences http://www.library20.com/page/2- 012-conference

Collaboration Collaboration and Partnerships

Advocacy http://www.ala.org/advocacy/advleg/advocacyuniversity Why advocacy is important

Enjoying and Embracing the profession The book help desk The Ryan Gosling effect! Libraries are Socially Savvy | Pinterest