Top Tech Trends

Dorothea Salo, Scholarly Research Services Librarian, University of Wisconsin-Madison;

• Internet rationing
• digital divide
• GoogleBooks
• flickrpro account being wiped out
• discovery layers

Roger Nevin, Teacher-Librarian, Kawartha Pine Ridge DSB;

• cloud computing
• portability

Aaron Schmidt, Principal, Influx Library User Experience;

• ubiquity and ease of use of digital content, e.g. NetFlix -- easier than what PLs are offering, not expensive
• in any case, easy trumps free
• eBook revolution
• PLs could never provide as much stuff as Amazon or Google
• challenges the notion that "Books are our Brand"
• PLs should think about designing places for learning, and places for experiences

Nicole Engard, Director of Open Source Education, Bywater Solutions

Discussion:

-Google's choke by spam presents a big opportunity for libraries

- challenge of homogenizing influences -- how do we find lost voices and ensure they are heard? Should libraries be publishers?

- Net Neutrality - no restrictions by Internet service providers (ISPs) and governments on content, sites, platforms, the kinds of equipment that may be attached, and the modes of communication.

-Park County Library's Facebook and Privacy page -- a good thing

- design first for mobile -- then put that on big screens