A presentation to the October, 2009 Iowa Library Association conference.

1. Waxing and Waning: Tech Trends for the Library Landscape Karen G. Schneider October, 2009 http://www.geekologie.com/2007/06/24-week/

7. waxing: the quest for narrative

8. “ Speak with a human voice.” — Michael Stephens

9. With the aim of improving our service and our efficiency, the circulation area at the Main Library will be remodeled for better patron accessibility and oriented toward increased self-checkout options . To this end we’re adding two more self-checkout stations, for a total of four. … We’ll have the same number of circulation clerks …

11. waning…

12. http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/1924719853/sizes/l/

13. embrace the “yes”

14. http://flickr.com/photos/yarmando/236030044/sizes/o/

15. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dickinsonlibrary/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/dickinsonlibrary/

16. allowed

17. welcome

18. permitted

19. encouraged

20. not here

21. in this zone

22. waxing: ubiquitous informal engagement

23. Embrace the blur

24. waxing: informal leadership

25. accept difference http://citegeist.com/

26. waxing & waning: traditional circ

27. waning: paper

29. waning: just-in-case reference

30. waxing: centralized mass storage

31. waxing: resource-sharing

32. yield ownership to access www.flickr.com/photos/brooklyn_museum/2785069966/in/set-72157606873382962 /

33. waning: the locally-installed catalog

34. rethink staffing and workflows

35. waxing: cloud-based applications

36. brace for cloud-based disasters

37. waxing: cloud catalogs

38. question the duplicate-record model

39. waxing:

40. be open to open

41. waxing: pretty-good, unified discovery

42. think like it’s 1877

43. & think like it’s 1963

44. waxing: ubiquitous computing

45. embrace the mesh

46. waxing: the library as destination

49. http://flickr.com/photos/tracy_the_astonishing /

50. waxing: the experience library

67. opportunities wax in hard times

68. http://www.flickr.com/photos/curtisrogers/498113917/

69. http://images.library.uiuc.edu:8081/u?/koopman,346

70. plan a controlled burn http://www.fws.gov/northeast/patuxent/fire.html

71. what’s your narrative? where are you waxing and waning? how will you embrace “yes”?

72. you are welcome to remix and reuse these slides. attribution appreciated. thanks! [email_address]