Keynote presentation by Dr Jason Zagami to the ASLA conference on 29 September 2015 at Brisbane, Queensland. Zagami, J. (2015, September) Trends, challenges and developments in technologies that will influence the future of libraries. Keynote presentation presented to ASLA conference, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. http://www.slideshare.net/j.zagami/trends-challenges-and-developments-in-technologies-that-will-influence-the-future-of-libraries

1. Trends, challenges and
developments in technologies
that will influence the future of
libraries

2. Dr Jason Zagami
jason.zagami.info

3. Lecturer
Griffith University
School of Education and Professional Studies
Gold Coast

4. Teaching

5. Research

6. Service

7. Trends, challenges and
developments in technologies
that will influence the future of
libraries

8. Using a modified Delphi process, a
panel of 53 education and technology
experts identified 18 topics very likely
to impact technology planning and
decision-making: six key trends, six
significant challenges, and six
important developments in technology
NMC Horizon Report

9. Research Question 1: Which important developments in
educational technology will be most important to libraries in the
next five years?
Research Question 2: What important developments in
educational technology are missing from our list?
Research Question 3: What key trends do you expect to accelerate
technology adoption in libraries over the next five years?
Research Question 4: What do you see as the significant
challenges that will impede technology adoption in libraries over
the next five years?

11. Trends

12. Increasing Accessibility of
Content
Driving technology adoption in academic
and research libraries for five or more years
Long-Term Impact Trend

13. Open movement
Open source
Free Software Movement
Open Content Licenses
Creative Commons licenses
Open Publication License
Against DRM license
GNU Free Documentation License
Open Game License
Free Art License

14. Open education movement
Open textbooks
Open educational resources (OER)
Open CourseWare
MOOCs

15. Open access movement
Open access publishing
UNESCO Open Access Curricula for
Researchers and Librarians

18. Rethinking Library Spaces
Driving technology adoption in academic
and research libraries for five or more years
Long-Term Impact Trend

19. Active Learning Classrooms
Spaces that are designed to support teaching and
learning in an atmosphere conducive to engaging
students actively in their own learning

20. Blended Libraries
5:15

21. Evolving Nature of the
Scholarly Record
Driving technology adoption in academic
and research libraries for three to five years
Medium-Term Impact Trend

22. Shift from text-based materials to research datasets,
computer models, laboratory notebooks
Move from the printed record to digital
Online Computer Library Center
Proliferation of user generated
content and grey literature

23. Increasing Focus on
Research Data Management
Driving technology adoption in academic
and research libraries for three to five years
Medium-Term Impact Trend

24. Online library databases
Experiments, tests, and simulation
data to be represented by audio, video, and other
media and visualisations
How ideas evolve over time and
exploring them from different angles
MetadataData Repositories
Student Portfolios Shared Data
Video and Multimedia Data

25. Increasing Value of the User
Experience
Driving technology adoption in academic
and research libraries for the next one to two
years
Short-Term Impact Trend

26. Single search tools
Discovery Environment
Usability Tests
Responsive Web Design

27. Prioritisation of Mobile
Content and Delivery
Driving technology adoption in academic
and research libraries for the next one to two
years
Short-Term Impact Trend

28. SMS alerts
Social media
Mobile-friendly websites
Apps
e-books

29. Challenges

30. Embedding Libraries
in the Curriculum
Those that we understand and know how to
solve
Solvable Challenge

31. Embedding Libraries
in the Curriculum
Continuous skill
development and
assessment over
time to both students
and faculty
Australian Curriculum
General Capabilities

32. Improving Digital Literacy
Those that we understand and know how to
solve
Solvable Challenge

33. Improving Digital Literacy
Development of
information
literacy
skills
Video Production
Multimedia Production
Computer Games

34. Competition from Alternative
Avenues of Discovery
Those that we understand but for which
solutions are elusive
Difficult Challenge

35. Adapt to the new expectations defined by current
discovery practices or risk becoming obsolete over time
Competition from Alternative
Avenues of Discovery
Competitive relationships between vendors and content
providers raises questions over whether search results
presented to users are neutral

36. Rethinking the Roles and
Skills of Librarians
Those that we understand but for which
solutions are elusive
Difficult Challenge

37. Once a new technology rolls over you, if you’re not part of the
steamroller, you’re part of the road
Stewart Brand

38. Rethinking the Roles and
Skills of Librarians
Data mining Web development
Provide technological
and instructional support for faculty and students
as technology advances
Functional specialists that have a strong
digital or technology background

39. Embracing the Need for
Radical Change
Those that are complex to even define, much
less address
Wicked Challenge

40. Embracing the Need for
Radical Change
Financial resources
Staffing models
Leadership
Change management Cultures of continuous change

41. The problems we have created in the world today will not be
solved by the level of thinking that created them
Albert Einstein

42. Managing Knowledge
Obsolescence
Those that are complex to even define, much
less address
Wicked Challenge

43. Managing Knowledge
Obsolescence
Ever-changing
technological
landscape
Information
overload
User-created
content
Continuous flow of new technology and
information resources
Differing attitudes and rates of adoption

44. Technologies

45. Makerspaces
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less

46. Makerspaces
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less
Hackerspaces
Hack labs
Fabrication labs
Fab Labs

47. Makerspaces
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less
Hackerspaces
Hack labs
Fabrication labs
Fab Labs
24/7/365 Access Community Access

51. Online Learning
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less

52. Online Learning
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less
Curating course content
Assisting with media production
Managing course recordings
Developing eTextbooks
Managing online video collections
Managing copyright

53. Online Learning
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: One Year or Less
Curating course content
Assisting with media production
Managing course recordings
Blended synchronous learning activities
Developing eTextbooks
Managing online video collections
Managing copyright

54. Information Visualisation
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years

55. Information Visualisation
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years
Updated constantly
Recognise connections and patterns
Immediately discern whether the
findings it represents are useful
Movement away from text-heavy presentations towards
image-centric strategies

59. Semantic Web & Linked Data
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years

60. Semantic Web & Linked Data
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Two to Three Years
Infers the meaning, or
semantics, of information on the Internet
using metadata to make connections and
display related information that would
otherwise be elusive or altogether invisible

61. Help people solve complex problems by presenting
connections between seemingly unrelated concepts

62. Help people solve complex problems by presenting
connections between seemingly unrelated concepts
Exponential growth of the Internet, which more than
doubles in size every two years

63. Help people solve complex problems by presenting
connections between seemingly unrelated concepts
Exponential growth of the Internet, which more than
doubles in size every two years
Popular search engines can only touch about 10% of the
Internet; the remaining 90% are websites not indexed
because most of this data is located in library catalogs in
formats that cannot be searched, or guarded in secure
areas that cannot be accessed by bots
OpennessMetadata

65. Location Intelligence
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years

66. Location Intelligence
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years
Mapping of geographic relationships associated with data
Location-based services (LBS) provide content that is
dynamically customised according to the user’s location
Wi-Fi cellular
networks
RFID Bluetooth
Beacons
computer
vision

67. Passive WiFi monitoring

68. Machine Learning
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years

69. Machine Learning
Time-to-Adoption Horizon: Four to Five Years
Computers that are able to act and react without being
explicitly programmed to do so
Automatically sift through data and discern important
meanings

71. 0:27

72. Slides available at
jason.zagami.info