TOP TECHNOLOGY TRENDS FOR LIBRARIES IN 2005 AND BEYOND

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TOP TECHNOLOGY TRENDS FOR LIBRARIESIN 2005 AND
BEYOND
AND ALSO SOME OF TRENDS AND EVENTS IN THE
TECHNOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENT OF HUMBOLDT STATE
UNIVERSITY THAT ARE WELL WORTH MENTIONING.
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AMERICAN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL
MEETING CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
LITA Top Technology Trends An Ongoing
Discussion with Library Technology Experts
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THE EXPERTS SAY IT IS NOT ALL BLUE SKIES.

• INTEGRATED LIBRARY SYSTEMS ARE NOT THAT WELL
  INTEGRATED.
• THEY ARE NOT MANAGING OUR ELECTRONIC RESOURCES.
• THEY ARE NOT MANAGING OUR DIGITAL REPOSITORIES.
• THEY ARE STILL DIFFICULT FOR OUR USERS.

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THE EXPERTS SAY IT IS NOT ALL BLUE SKIES.

• METASEARCH IS NOT YET WHAT WE WANT.
• GOOGLES ACADEMIC AND SCANNING ACTIVITIES MAY BE
  DISTRACTING, COUNTER-PRODUCTIVE.
• DATA STORAGE MAY BE TOO CHEAP AND UBIQUITOUS, (Is
  data overload worse than information overload?)
• WILL OUR ESTABLISHED ELECTRONIC LIBRARIES KEEP US
  FROM RECOGNIZING THE NEXT BIG DISRUPTIVE
  TECHNOLOGY?
• DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT IS GETTING EVEN MORE
  COMPLEX

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THE GOOD NEWS FROM THE EXPERTS

• NISO METASEARCH STANDARDS SOON!
• WEB 2.0 INTEGRATION AND INTEROPERABILITY
• WEB SERVICES (SOAP, REST, acronyms, not
  hygiene)
• NOT JUST SITES BUT SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS
• INTEGRATE DATA FROM MULTIPLE SYSTEMS IN ONE
  CUSTOM ENVRONMENT
• HIGHLY PERSONALIZED AND INTERACTIVE SERVICES
• http//chicagocrime.org

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THE GOOD NEWS FROM THE EXPERTS

• WE ARE STARTING TO USE OUR HUGE DATA SETS, TEXT,
  IMAGES, MAPS AND NUMBERS
• THE DISCIPLENE OF DATA CURATOR IS DEVELOPING.
• DATA MINING AND COMPUTATIONAL LITERATURE ANALYSIS
• GEOREFERENCING- GIS COORDINATES IN TEXTS, MAPS
  REFERENCING C.A.D. ARCHITECTURE

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THE GOOD NEWS FROM THE EXPERTS

• WIRELESS NETWORKING IS CONTINUING TO GROW.
• MORE ACCESS POINTS IN LIBRARIES
• FASTER NETWORK SPEED, MORE USERS
• MORE ELECTRONIC BOOKS ARE BEING PUBLISHED AND
  CONVERTED.
• THE EXPERIMENTS WITH HOW TO READ ONLINE CONTINUE.
• MORE SYSTEMS PROVIDE APIs FOR INTEGRATION OF DATA

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NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

• PEOPLE, USERS, HAVE BEGUN TO TRUST THE NETWORK
  CONSENSUS
• WIKIS
• Amazon - user reviews
• ePinions
• HOW CAN WE, LIBRARIES, SUPPORT A FACT BASED
  INTERACTIVE NETWORK COMMUNITY?

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NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

• HOW CAN WE INTEGRATE THE LIBRARY INTO THE
  ENTERPRISE?
• Services on departmental pages, new books,
  events, new articles.
• Individualized Library pages.
• News (RSS feeds)
• WHAT DIGITAL INFORMATION IS REALLY WORTH
  PRESERVING?

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MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH What is happening
at HSU?

• The new network WILL arrive this Fall.
• The entire Library is served by 100 MB.
• The new network will be 100 MB to EACH machine.
• It will not be a smooth process, but worth it.
• Security IS and will be a BIG issue.
• Encrypted network traffic.
• VLANS (virtual networks) throughout campus.
• Rules, guidelines, best practices.
• Data security is in everyones job description.

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MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH What is happening
at HSU?

• Network Authentication (LDAP)
• One password for all services.
• Forced password changes at inconvenient
  intervals.
• Rules about STRONG PASSWORDS.
• Campus-level identity management, leading to
  system-wide identity management.
• Inevitably, some loss of local control,
  compromise.
• More sharing of services with ITS.
• Network storage and backups.
• Campus-wide Active Directory services campus
  network membership for local network services
  (libhome).
• Continuing struggles with funding for hardware
  and software.

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MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH What is happening
at HSU?

• DYNAMIC, INNOVATIVE ,NEW Management of the CSU
  Automation Effort.
• Sharmon Kenyon is COLD Chair.
• New Automation Management Committee
• STIM -System-wide Technology Initiatives
  Management
• STIM MEMBER - Jeremy C. Shellhase, HSU Systems
  Librarian