IT Petting Zoo

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IT Petting Zoo

• A Technology Fair for Library Staff

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Overview of New Technologies

• My quick survey of everyones favorite
  technologies revealed.

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http//www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/890323/SMLD_IT_
Fair
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Personal technology coming into the library is
changing how we service patrons
Our own use of technology is changing as well
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Whats new in hardware, software and web
applications?

• So many new toys in all areas
• Talk about a few
• Share with me your new toys (and come up and do a
  show and tell!)

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We see these in our library now

• Smartphones
• MP3 players
• USB Flash drives (not so new but so many more)
• Wireless
• Webcams

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SmartPhones are the fastest growing technology in
the US !

• Mobile phone sales dropped in the first quarter
  of 2009
  
• Sales of smartphones increased.
• Research in Motion (Blackberry) and Apple
  (iPhone) resulted in sales of over 11 million
  units for just these two companies.

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First-quarter 2009 top-selling Smartphones

• RIM BlackBerry Curve
• Apple iPhone 3G
• RIM BlackBerry Storm
• RIM BlackBerry Pearl
• T-Mobile G1 (Google Android-powered phone)
• http//www.npd.com/press/releases/press_090504.htm
  l
  
• http//www.smartphonetoday.com/articles/2009/5/200
  9-5-26-RIM-Apple-Help.html

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Look at Smartphones

• iPhone (Janet)
• Blackberry (Kristi)
• How many people have an iPhone?
• How many people have a Blackberry?
• Other Smartphones?

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Other technologies being used in public and
school libraries

• Webcast done by Library Journal
• Technology on a Shoestring Big Tools for Small
  Budgets
  
• http//www.libraryjournal.com/webcasts/48747/Webca
  sts.html
  
• I hadnt heard of many of these before I attended
  this webcast(school library focus but some tools
  for all)
  

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Technology on a Shoestring Big Tools for Small
Budgets

• Zamzar file conversion service
• Drop.io/Senduit file sharing services (Media
  Fire)
  
• Skype free VOIP service (telephone over the
  Internet)
  
• Delicious social bookmarking application
• Ning - online platform for user-created social
  websites and social networks
  
• VoiceThread collaborative multimedia
  application
  
• Google Suite and Zoho documents, reader,
  calendar, and more
  
• ChunkIt! web browsing tool
• PDF of Webcast

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Skype and TokBox with Video

• Skype is Telephone over the Internet
• Video phone when you use a webcam
• Considerations for Libraries
• Laptops with built-in webcams
• iMacs
• Webcams for desktops that can be checked out for
  use in on library computers?
  
• Peggy will talk about Skype in her program

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TokBox with Video

• Skype is a program that you need to download
• TokBox is a web application
• Skype is realtime
• TokBox can record and send an email

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Wireless in Maine

• 213 out of the 272 Maine public libraries have
  wireless according to the latest annual report
  data.
  
• Thats 78 of all public libraries!
• Much progress since the Walk-In Wireless Project
  began in 2005.

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How does the demand for wireless impact your
library?

• Wireless
• More laptops in your library accessing your
  wireless network. Is use great enough that it
  needs to be managed at a greater level?
  
• Do you need Wireless Hotspot Management
• PatronSoft/ FirstSpot - http//www.patronsoft.com
  /
  
• Single Digits http/www.singledigits.com/
• CheckBox - http//checkboxsystems.net/pricing.html
  
  
• More smart phones are WiFi enabled in your
  library as people use them to connect to your
  wireless network.
  
• Cell Phone Policies?

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Mobile websites

• MSL http//www.maine.gov/msl/mobile/
• LibraryThing http//www.librarything.com/m/
• Mobile Technologies in Libraries
  http//web.simmons.edu/fox/pda/

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MP3 Players and iPods

• MP3 Players and iPods
• Downloadable Audio Project (James will discuss in
  detail during his session)
  
• Patrons are now using your library without
  walking through the doors
  
• http//download.maineinfonet.org/0FA316E3-12A0-440
  C-9F3B-AE10B445B073/10/467/en/Default.htm
  

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MP3 Players

• SanDisk Sansa Clip - Can Dawn do some Show and
  Tell?
  
• Any other favorite MP3 players for audiobooks?

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Flip Video

• Easy and Cheap video.
• Easy upload to YouTube or Vimeo
• Email it
• Built in software for editing - FlipShare
• Charges and connects via built-in USB
• Ellen can do some show and tell

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Other trends - Software and Web Applications

• Open Source ILS (Integrated Library System)-see
  MSL Automation Page
  
• Remote Hosting for Automated Systems/ILS
• Software as a Service" (SaaS) or an "Application
  Service Provider (ASP) model
  
• (This is an example of Cloud computing)

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Amazon Kindle

• The technology I dont have and want
  desperately!!
  
• 3G wireless lets you download books right from
  your Kindle, anytime, anywhere no monthly fees,
  service plans, or hunting for Wi-Fi hotspots
  
• Books in Under 60 Seconds Get books delivered in
  less than 60 seconds no PC required.
  
• There is a Kindle App on the iPhone
• Take a look at the Kindle

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Cloud Computing
Cloud computing is a general term for anything
that involves delivering hosted services over the
Internet. These services are broadly divided into
three categories Infrastructure-as-a-Service
(IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). The name cloud
computing was inspired by the cloud symbol that's
often used to represent the Internet in flow
charts and diagrams. (From http//whatis.techtarg
et.com/)
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Cloud Computing

• A cloud service has three distinct
  characteristics that differentiate it from
  traditional hosting.
  
• It is sold on demand, typically by the minute or
  the hour
  
• It is elastic -- a user can have as much or as
  little of a service as they want at any given
  time
  
• the service is fully managed by the provider (the
  user needs nothing but a personal computer and
  Internet access).
  

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Library Automation and Cloud Computing

• Many library automation products have adopted the
  SaaS model or ASP (Application Service Provider).
  This involves the software being hosted on
  hardware housed and maintained by the vendor.
  This saves the library from having to install and
  administer hardware and software locally. The
  SaaS model relieves the library from much of the
  complexities normally associated with managing a
  library automaton system with lower overall
  costs.
• An increasing number of ILS sales to small
  libraries involve SaaS implementations,
  confirming that this model can provide automation
  products at affordable prices.

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Web-based technologies being used by Libraries

• Facebook
• Flickr (resize advantage)
• Twitter
• Online storage and backup

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New technologies for libraries to consider

• Skype/TokBox for patrons
• Online backup and storage
• Remote Hosting
• Open Source
• and...

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Technology Putting it to Work

• Skype, Twitter, YouTube, Tutorials, Digitizing,
  and All That Jazz -- Peggy OKane, Maine State
  Library
  

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Buying and Selling Books Online in a One Person
Library.

• John Clark from the Hartland Public Library can
  guide you towards navigating the many
  opportunities online for a small library.

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Downloadable Audiobooks

• Information about MaineInfonets project
• Statewide marketing plans.
• Q A - James Jackson Sanborn

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Open Source

• Ill discuss Open Source
• What is it?
• Pros and Cons
• What you need to know