Library Technology: The Future Happens

NowAN INTRODUCTION TO TOMORROWS TECHNOLOGY, TODAY

Deanna McCarthy ~ Perkins deanna.perkins@gmail.com

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LIBRARY TECH FACTS• 76% offer e-books• 96% have a website• 54% reach a new audience• Libraries are using social media• Libraries are becoming app friendly• Libraries are changing with technology

Source: Sensource

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LIBRARY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT Technology is ever changing, always advancing, and expanding and is already merging with libraries. The following slides show a few of the new technologies being developed that will affect libraries.

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THE INTELLIGENT LIBRARY BOOKMARK

“Doubling as a standard book marker, the device also incorporates a navigational system giving turn by turn directions through the library. To assist the user in remembering loan durations, the bookmark also keeps track of the borrowed books and reminds the user of the return dates” (Toout, 2015).Photo courtesy of Toout

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FINGERLINK – Turns Print into Touch Screens"We think paper and many other objects could be manipulated by touching them, as with a touchscreen. This system doesn't use any special hardware; it consists of just a device like an ordinary webcam, plus a commercial projector. Its capabilities are achieved by image processing technology” (Fujitsu,2013).Photo courtesy of Fujitsu

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SENSORY FICTION “It’s called Sensory Fiction. By using a set of connected sensors, the author can play with “new means of conveying plot, mood, and emotion while still allowing space for the reader’s imagination” (Kowalczyk, 2015).

Photo courtesy of Heibeck

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TOUCHSCREEN GENERATION BOOKS XIST Publishing is designing a wide range of digital books from picture books to beginning readers. The books are also Common Core friendly.

For more information see their publishing guide at:

http://www.xistpublishing.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Xist_Publishing_Spring20153.pdf

Photo courtesy of XIST Publishing

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3-D POP UP BOOKS Dawn Publications has released 3-D pop up books. Augmented reality; an application allows the virtual pop up through orally reading the book with a smart phone or iPad or tablet above it.

Photo courtesy of Dawn Publications

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THINK 3-D BOOKS ARE COOL? WATCH THIS!Wuxia the Fox:Augmented book and iPad app includes amazing interaction!

Source: SAGA

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APP POINTS THE WAY AROUND THE LIBRARY

Augmented Technology is not just appearing among the pages of books. librARi uses AR interaction to aid patrons in their search.

Source: Siddappa

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THE FUTURE OF LIBRARIES?Technology is the future…

Technology is now…

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REFERENCES

Fujitsu Laboratories. (2013). Touchscreen interface for seamless data transfer between the real and virtual worlds. Diginfo. Retrieved from www.diginfo.tv/v/13-0025-r-en.php

Heibeck, F. (Photographer). (2013). Sensory fiction [digital image]. Retrieved from http://ebookfriendly.com/print-books-technology-projects/

Kowalczyk. (2015). Sensory fiction. Retrieved from ebookfriendly.com/print-books-technology-projects

SAGA. (2014, September 17). Wuxia the fox – Augmented book and iPad application [Video blog]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/0Gwf8WnLXWU

Sensource. (2015, July 17). Technology: Libraries of the future [Infographic]. Retrieved fromsensourceinc.com/blog/technology-libraries-of-the-future-infographic/

Siddappa, P. (2014, October 26). librARi – Augmented reality experience for library [Video blog]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/aMWDnvRBKiw