1. Libraries Are Social Institutions

2. Social Institutions Public Libraries Government Hospitals Universities & Colleges K-12 Schools & More Partners: Clubs, Associations, etc.

3. News Flash News Flash Tech Shift Happens People Shift Follows

5. Social Media is Not New Letters to the editor Listserv / Discussion Lists Teleconference Talk Show Conferences MySpace, Facebook . . . Bebo, etc. LinkedIn Rolodex

6. Focus on the ShiftsAnd Innovate THERE The biggest shift from the internet and the web has been the social web.

7. Core reason to be ...

8. Evidence of the Shift Crowdsourcing Social Recommendations Facebook dominates Google and moves a generation Twitter moves history in Egypt, US, Tunisia, Libya, Pakistan, Syria, etc. etc. a la WaelGholim Tweets can move issues - #savelibraries MySpace fails Delicious fails Consolidation bubbles Elephants

9. The New Social Skills Credulity (tricks, SEO, SMO, spam, phish, farms) Transparent distrust and radical intellect The Filter Bubble Finding black hole data (like non-digital) Networking with a Circle Beyond search to find/discover, choose/use, understand/internalize and FORGET. Tagging and organizing – offline remembering Information ethics and creation Curation

11. What does the next generation book look like?

13. What does the next generation Textbook look like?

17. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nessman/2590572476/

18. http://www.flickr.com/photos/briansolis/2735401175/

19. The Sharing Economy

22. E-Learning

23. Sensemaking

24. Grocery Stores

25. Grocery Stores

26. Grocery Stores

27. Cookbooks, Chefs . . .

28. Cookbooks, Chefs . . .

29. Meals

30. The new bibliography and collection development KNOWLEDGE PORTALS KNOWLEDGE, LEARNING, INFORMATION & RESEARCH COMMONS

31. You have the tools.

32. Stop Making it so Hard!

34. Technology literacy

35. Information literacy

36. Media literacy

37. Adaptive literacy

38. Research literacy

39. Academic literacy

40. Reputation, Etc.

41. Reading literacy

42. Numeracy

43. Critical literacy

44. Social literacy

45. Computer literacy

46. Web literacy

47. Content literacy

51. Focus on the Questions (Needs, CRM)

52. Build or Buy Knowledge Portals (Meals)

53. Emphasize Content Quality (not books)

54. Expand Social Media Programs on Information Literacy

55. Advocate

56. Invest in Strategic Analytics – Measurements of Impact, ROI and Value

58. A Third Path

60. Emboldened Librarians hold the key

61. Stephen Abram, MLS, FSLA VP strategic partnerships and markets Cengage Learning (Gale) Cel: 416-669-4855 stephen.abram@cengage.com Stephen’s Lighthouse Blog http://stephenslighthouse.com Facebook: Stephen Abram LinkedIn / Plaxo: Stephen Abram Twitter: sabram SlideShare: StephenAbram1