Bobbi Newman, Brian Hulsey, Jason Griffey
Brian Hulsey
hulsey.brain@gmail.com
“We change whether we like it or not” –Ralph Waldo Emerson
Why is this change important to us? We have to be there for our patrons. Back of Wall Street journals. Airports had eReaders all over the place during Brian’s travels. Library conference is being held online.
Relevance: photo of old Apple computer. Have to examine your area and determine what will work for you. Have to figure out how the patron base and what they are wanting. Many are wanting
Cost: replacing physical books costs lots of money. Digital content can’t be lost, destroyed, ruined. Maximizing budgets for what you get for the library.
Impact: look at how it will affect the community & affect the library & its staff. Training will have to take place. Don’t just implement something just because you read about it. Thought has to go into it.
Implementation: eservices get implemented because its cool; be careful. Kindle loaning — tied to library’s credit card. Patrons started buying more books, using library’s credit card. Be careful — know what you’re getting into.
Policies: what type of service will you use at your library; policies on the loaning of the devices must be created.
Cataloging: if you don’t add econtent into your catalog — how are patrons going to find it, locate it, if it’s not in your catalog and online services?
Vendor Advice: Make the vendor rep your best friend; that person knows the system in and out; find out how to best maximize the use of the e-content service you implement.
Problems: training all staff first so all questions can be answered by anyone at any time, not call back later; helping patrons when questions come up; when you don’t help the patron, library isn’t relevant to the patron any longer.
Constantly changing: vendor situation constantly changing & devices constantly changing; Ebrary; Kindle; Sony Reader; iPad. Story time with Cat in the Hat on the iPad. These services aren’t just going to fall into your lap and you can use them. Must learn & constantly change with the services to stay relevant.
Bobbi Newman
Will be talking about devices.
“Everything I say will be outdated by the time you leave this room.”
iPad — didn’t get it when it was announced, then saw one and her mind was changed.
Kindle: easy to use; most popular device right now, still; buy the book, download it to the device.
Lending Library eBooks, complicated process.
Sony eReader
Nook: can loan books to 1 friend and only one time.
Who owns electronic content, from eBooks? Severe restrictions on these files. Physical books can be given to others; eBooks, not so much.
iPhone/iPod Touch: people are reading on these devices; not made for it.
iPad: its brand new; but going to greatly change the future of devices.
Watching video from Jason Griffey now, who couldn’t be at the conference. If it’s online, will post a link to it later.
His Predictions
- eBooks will stop being tied to specific devices
- iPad: Kindle, iBooks;
- Amazon: has a Kindle app for iPad/iPhone/iPod Touch, has desktop software for all platforms, and for the Kindle, of course, trying to be there for all devices.
- Software platforms for eBooks up & coming: Copia, http://thecopia.com/ & Blio, http://blioreader.com/
- Black & White eInk readers, will be commodity devices by the end of 2010. Prices will drop considerably, maybe even as low as $50. What will libraries do at that point?
- eBook DRM: initially goal with music was to tie it up with DRM; eventually the publishers will realize that it’s not in the best interest of the consumer to have DRM. DRM keeps honest people honest.
- jasongriffey.net/wp is his blog.
Comments at the end
- ease of use matters most to patrons
- iPod/iPhone took off because it was the easiest to use.
- people aren’t going to use those devices that are difficult to use.
- these devices can be hacked; but that isn’t easy.
- Database eBrary can’t be used on eReader devices.