Presented at the LG Web Network We Believe in Community Conference Sydney, 18-19 August, 2011 Opportunities and challenges that digital technology presents for local government and the future of public libraries.

1. Online and on track delivering solutions for public library clients now and into the future CC-BY-NC-SA Mylee Joseph, Consultant Public Library Services, State Library of NSW LG Web Network We Believe in Community Conference Sydney, 18-19 August, 2011

3. CC: Road Crew by Runran Stereotypes vs reality

4. The Librarian http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v =mJT-htIb8bM used with permission by Legoander

6. 139 libraries in the greater Sydney area Image: http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/public_libraries/about/metro_map.html Map Data ©Google, 2011, Whereis(R), Sensis Pty Ltd

7. 235 libraries in rural and regional NSW Image: http://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/services/public_libraries/about/regional_map.html Map Data ©Google, 2011, Whereis(R), Sensis Pty Ltd

11. Warehouse or workshop? YOUMedia, Chicago http://youmediachicago.org

13. http://twitter.com/#!/nataliejcollins/status/103632164364632065 http://twitter.com/#!/ALIANational/status/103627932882305024

14. Source: Road Map for the Digital City: Achieving New York City’s Digital Future http://www.nyc.gov/html/media/media/PDF/90dayreport.pdf

15. e-publishing and the book industry epublishing and book industry http://ebook-reader-review.toptenreviews.com/kobo-wireless-ereader-review.html

17. ( Borders is closing down image by Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0

18. REDgroup went into voluntary administration earlier this year, trailing debts of $170 million. By mid-July, all of its 26 Australian-based Borders stores, along with 114 Angus & Robertson shops , had been shut down, with the loss of more than 2000 jobs. Together, these chains accounted for 20 per cent to 25 per cent of the nation's retail book sales. Source: Neill, R. (August 13, 2011) Paging all authors in The Australian http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/arts/paging-all-authors/story-e6frg8n6-1226111025099

20. http://twitter.com/#!/Techland/status/75701306962087937 Simultaneous print and digital publishing

22. Source: Gottliebsen , R. (2011, Aug 1) Hurtling towards a retail cliff. Business spectator. Online purchasing of books from overseas has had a significant effect on the local market.

25. econtent via libraries

26. econtent via libraries

27. Source: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper

28. Source: http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper

30. Social lives of libraries

31. http://nswpubliclibrarieslearning2.blogspot.com/

35. The beautiful Montbretia flower photo shown here is our 6 billionth photo ! ... Over the last 5 years uploads have been increasing 20% year-over-year and we love hitting a milestone like this. Source: Kremerskothen, K. (April 4, 2011) 6,000,000,000 in Flickr Blog http://blog.flickr.net/en/2011/08/04/6000000000/

36. http://www.flickr.com/photos/24515188@N08/sets/

37. http:// www.flickr.com/photos/statelibraryofnsw/sets /

38. Retrieved from http://twitter.com/#!/craigthomler/statuses/100704988719886337 9 August 2011

40. http://libraryhack.org/

41. http:// www.conviz.info A web app mashing up data from the British Convict Transportation Registry (123,000+ entries) http://libraryhack.org/2011/05/30/conviz/

42. Going mobile Picture credit http://techgenie.com/wp-content/uploads/Smartphones8.jpg

45. Games and gamification Picture credit: Ellen Forsyth http://gamesandlibraries.wetpaint.com/photo/10093212/Group+picture#fbid=iw1NpcW3h8g

46. Source: Gartner Emerging Trends and Technologies http://www.gartner.com/

48. http://www.digitalkoot.fi/en/splash

49. http:// play.aadl.org