John Paul Anbu K.

Libraries: Past and Present

Past Library Keeper Passive users Books and Journals Libraries without the impact of ICT Defined Role Defined Responsibility Predictable usage Present Knowledge Manager Active users (Informed users) Multimedia Impact of ICT Changing roles Added Responsibilities Unpredictable usage Evolving technology Continuous learning

Libraries: Present and Future

Impact of Web 2.0. Warm / hot web Interactivity Dialogue Conversation. Messaging, Streaming Media, Blogs, News Feeds, tagging etc.,

Instant Messaging in Libraries

Frequently asked questions
Interactive question answering Audio and Video messaging

Examples: LOC, Public library, Specialized reference

services

Instant Messaging Examples

Instant Messaging Examples

Streaming Media in Libraries

Users to the real-time Multimedia experience
Short films Music

Other forms of streaming media

Example:

Blogs
Weblogs
Blogs as forms of publications Blogs as information sources in catalogues

News Feeds
News feeds at the desktops
RSS feeds

Tagging
Process by which resources are assigned tags. It is user-oriented It empowers the library users It makes the library service more democratic It makes the process very cheep It makes the process more collaborative The process is more distributed The process is more dynamic The process is instructive for the users as well as the providers

Future of Web 2.0 tools services in Libraries

Specialized Messaging service providers for online

Reference Services Reference Outsourcing Increase in the reference librarian profiles Increased medias in Library Catalogues (streaming media, blogs, News feeds etc.,) User Tagging as a tool with library material

Content Enrichment
Cover images
Table of contents Reviews

Summaries
Author Biography Notes

Author Biography

Table of Contents

Summaries Vendor A/B/C

First Chapter Vendor X

Vendor A

Catalogue records without enrichment

Vendor B

Cover Images
Vendor A

Author:
Title: Author: Edition: Title: Place: Edition: Publisher: Place: Year : Publisher: Notes: Year : Call Number: Notes:

Author: Title: Edition: Place:

Author:
Title:

Awards Gov.1

Author: Kingsolver Edition: Publisher: Place: Title: Small Wonder Edition: 3rd Year : Publisher: Call Number: Place: London Notes: Year : Publisher: Oxford University Press Call Number: Notes: Year : 2007 Call Number: Notes: Call Number:

Catalogue records after enrichment

Author: Title:Author: Title: Edition: Author: Edition: Place: Title: Author: Place: Publisher: Edition: Author: Year Publisher: Title: : Author: Kingsolver Place: Title: Edition: Year Notes: : Publisher: Title: Small Wonder Edition: Place: Notes: Call Number: Edition: 3rd Year : Place: Publisher: Call Number: Place: London Notes: Publisher: Year : Call Number: Publisher: Oxford University Press Year : Notes: Year : 2007 Notes: Call Number: Notes: Call Number: Call Number:

Cover Image

Table of Contents

First Chapter

summery

Author biography

Indexed Content Enrichment

Search the Table of contents
Index created by the vendor from the TOC are used to

search the local database Title Link

Indexed Content Enrichment .

New Search terms Search term supplied to the OPAC 3rd party Table Local of Contents Catalogue Index Search Results requested for 5 books the 5 Search with New books Indexed TOC Results 12 books

Title Link
Linking titles to show as a single entry
Option to expand Streamlined look

Future of Content Enrichment

Libraries spending less resources in cataloguing and

more in outsourcing Specialized Content Enrichment services, regional, language, subject specific etc., Sharing of content enrichment services within consortia

OPAC 2.0. Next Generation OPACs

OPAC as more interactive service
Vertical Portal service Commenting

Rating
Suggestion

Future of OPAC 2.0

Reduction of distance between reader and source
More robust and personalized Library catalogues

Integrated Library Systems

Integration of telecommunication and computing
Reminders using emails, automated email reminders Remote circulation

Automated Telephonic Assistance

SMS technology into the library system

Integrated Federated Library search Engines

Customizable search engines
Scalable Integration of a number of databases

Search gateway

The Future
Connect People Technology Information
Provider and end-user with deeper level of

understanding Libraries poised for an exciting future

The Future
From Librarian to Librarian 2.0