Presentation at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in San Francisco, CA, entitled, "Libraries as Hubs for Emerging Technologies" presented on August 13, 2014

1. Libraries as Hubs for
Emerging Technologies
Jeffrey Lancaster, Ph.D.
Emerging Technologies Coordinator
Columbia University Libraries
jeffrey.lancaster@columbia.edu
@j_lancaster

2. What constitutes an
‘emerging technology’?

3. 1. Libraries are
neutral spaces

4. Access
Preservation
New Methodologies

5. Research workflow

6. 2. Libraries as
Makerspaces

7. Learning
Doing

8. 3D printing
is not about
3D printing

10. 3D Printing

11. 3D Printing

12. 3D Printing

13. 3D Printing

14. 3D Printing

15. 3D Printing
3dprint.cul.columbia.edu

16. 3D Printing
3dprint.cul.columbia.edu

17. 3D Printing
3dprint.cul.columbia.edu

18. 3D Printing
3dprint.cul.columbia.edu

19. 3D Printing
3dprint.cul.columbia.edu

20. Time Lapse Videos
vimeo.com/99602751

21. On Twitter
@CU_SEL

22. On Twitter
@CU_SEL

23. On Twitter
@CU_SEL

24. Makerspaces
Lots of different kinds, so what fits best in our library?
Digital Fabrication Open Source Hardware Human Computer Interaction
3D printers + materials
• Makerbot Replicator 2
• FormLabs Form 1
• Gigabot
3D scanner
• e.g. NextEngine
Laser cutter + ventilation +
paperboard
• e.g. Epilog Zing 24
• e.g. Purex Xbase 400
Wire bender
• DIWire
Vinyl cutter + vinyl
• e.g. EnduraCUT 24" Desktop
Vinyl Cutter
• Arduinos
• Raspberry Pis
• Additional components
(resistors, capacitors, wires,
etc.)
• Breadboards, soldering irons,
etc.
• Makey makeys
• Additional shields
• Leap Motion
• Oculus Rift
• Google Glass
• Kinect
• Xbox
• Wii
+ Tools

25. 3. Libraries as
virtual spaces

26. Social Media

27. Electronic Lab
Notebooks

28. Science @ Columbia
columbiascience.tumblr.com

29. But what about
when technologies
change, evolve, and die?

31. Postscript

32. Thank you.
Questions?
Jeffrey Lancaster, Ph.D.
Emerging Technologies Coordinator
Columbia University Libraries
jeffrey.lancaster@columbia.edu
@j_lancaster
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