The time for Libraries is NOW
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Libraries play a crucial role in today's information economy, helping people navigate the vast amount of information available and bridging the digital divide. As technology evolves, librarians are transforming from gatekeepers of information to facilitators who provide access to various resources and support users in accessing information safely and effectively. The need for information professionals is greater than ever as the rapid pace of change in society leaves many unprepared for new challenges and opportunities.
The time for Libraries is NOW
- 1. the time for libraries isNOWthewikiman
- 2. first, some info aboutTHE WORLD First Some info about the world.
- 3. We already know Shift Happenswe already know that shifthappens
- 4. What does this mean for the information profession?
- 5. What does this mean for the information profession?People of the world you need us now more than ever.
- 7. THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE ALIVE
- 8. THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE ALIVETHERE ARE MORE PEOPLE ALIVE THAN DEAD
- 9. WTF?WTF?
- 10. More people are alive now, than have lived and died in the entirety of human history put together
- 11. More than 150 million people will be born this year...More than 150 million people will be born this year…
- 12. More than 150 million people will be born this year...More than 150 million people will be born this year……they will be born intoaninformation economy
- 13. Never has information been so important.
- 14. Never has technology been so focused on the access of information.
- 15. The world has never changed so quickly
- 16. The top 10 jobs of 2010 didn’t exist in 2004.
- 17. Who can provideup to date info onthese roles for which none of us are educated
- 18. because the jobs didn’t exist when we were educated?
- 19. Correct!
- 20. Librariescan.
- 21. Over 2 billion people use the Internet now
- 22. Libraries can help people use it safely
- 23. Libraries can help people use it safelyand use it well
- 24. Libraries can provide accessto it
- 25. Libraries can provide accessto itacross the digitial divide
- 26. Take a look at http://www.worldometers.info
- 27. Take a look at http://www.worldometers.info(It’s okay, I’ll wait.)
- 28. How many have there been today?searches
- 29. How many1 billion?2 billion? have there been today?searches
- 30. By the end of the dayit’ll be over3 billion
- 31. Want to know a secret?
- 32. Librarians used to be a bit scared
- 33. Librarians used to be a bit scared of
- 34. But now we areevolving
- 35. The evolution of library manBefore: Threatened by / dismissive of Google >>>>>Before: threatened by / dismissive of Google the three ages of library man
- 36. The evolution of library manBefore: Threatened by / dismissive of Google >>>>>Now: yes Google is useful, but you need libraries toothe three ages of library man
- 37. The evolution of library manBefore: Threatened by / dismissive of Google >>>>>Next: you know what, just let us help you use Google better... the three ages of library man
- 38. Because we live in a world ofINFORMATION OVERLOAD
- 39. If a week’s worth of the New York Times
- 40. Contains more information than a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century...
- 41. Then now more than EVER the world needs information professionals to sort, assess, collate and present information
- 42. If a we’re to generate more unique information this yearwe
- 43. If a we’re to generate more unique information this yearwe000Than in the previous 5000 YEARS put together
- 44. Then now more than EVER the world needs information professionals to sort, assess, collate and present information
- 45. If things move so fast thatthe stuff studentslearn in their first year of University
- 46. If things move so fast thatthe stuff studentslearn in their first year of Universityis outdated by the time they graduate…
- 47. Then now more than EVER the world needs information professionals to sort, assess, collate and present information
- 48. Then now more than EVER the world needs information professionals to sort, assess, collate and present informationEDUCATION IS ONGOING
- 49. It has never been easier to access information without libraries
- 50. Yet information professionals have never been so vital
- 52. is as bad as too little
- 53. We’ll help you with either.
- 54. We can help you navigate through the tyranny of choice.
- 55. We can help you navigate through the tyranny of choice. Information overload is your enemy.
- 57. Librarians are no longer the gatekeepers of information
- 58. The gates are wide open. We’ll show you the path once you’re through them.
- 59. We used to be the information vault
- 60. Now we’ve become the launchpad
- 61. We will subscribe to e-journals, purchase e-booksand audio-books, and pay for access to databaseson your behalf
- 62. We will subscribe to e-journals, purchase e-booksand audio-books, and pay for access to databaseson your behalf
- 63. We will give your communitysomewhere safe and comfortable to go
- 64. (We’ll even let you drink coffee in the library now…)
- 65. We’ll entertain your kids
- 66. We can teach you about all kinds of stuff
- 67. We will help you finda job
- 68. And we still have, you know, books, too.
- 69. Sometimes, people knock libraries“The demise of libraries is well overdue” - Frank Skinner, The Times, September 2010
- 70. Then they actually go to one…“Why I’m on a new page with local libraries – it was my ideas that were dog-eared, not the places themselves.” - Frank Skinner, The Times, October 2010
- 71. Have you been to yours recently?
- 72. Have you been to yours recently?I bet it is way cooler than you imagine.Vancouver public library
- 73. Have you been to yours recently?I bet it is way cooler than you imagine.Humbolt University Library, Berlin
- 74. Have you been to yours recently?I bet it is way cooler than you imagine.Seattle Public Library
- 75. Have you been to yours recently?I bet it is way cooler than you imagine.Stockholm Library
- 76. Have you been to yours recently?I bet it is way cooler than you imagine.National Library of Spain
- 77. Have you been to yours recently?I bet it is way cooler than you imagine.Vancouver Public Library (interior)
- 78. Maybe it has changed its name. But don’t get too caught up in that.
- 79. Libraries are changing to suit you.
- 80. We’ve always been about providing information. That information used to be mainly in books.
- 81. We’ve always been about providing information. That information used to be mainly in books. Now it’s in all kinds of things.
- 82. We’ve always been about providing information. That information used to be mainly in books. Now it’s in all kinds of things. We try and give you access to all of ‘em.
- 83. So.
- 84. Come on in.
- 85. NOWThe time for libraries is Ned Potter
- 86. NOWThe time for libraries is Ned PotterFor ideas about information, go to thewikiman.org/blog
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