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FutureProofingLibrarySpaces5/11/2016

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Future-ProofingLibrarySpaces

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LearntheessenFalsofmakingyourlibraryenvironmentfuture-friendly

AnInfopeopleWebinarWednesdayMay11,2016

OurPurpose

There'snoquesFonofwhethertechnologyimpactsyourlibrary—thequesFonis,howdoesitimpactyourlibrarynow,andhowwillitchangeinthefuture?Whatcanyoudoatyourlibrarytokeepup?

Howwillwedothis?

LearnapproachestoretrofiZng–including“DesignThinking”andProjectManagement

Hello!

•  WhoIam •  WhatIbelieve •  WhatIdo

Getreadytoengage

•  InteracFve(aspossible)!

•  CollaboraFve•  ConversaFonal•  Safetoexplore•  TypequesFonsinchatbox;wewilldiscussattheendofthepresentaFon

YourThoughtCollector

(Andyoucanuseyourworksheettoo!)

Poll:whoishere?•  PublicLibrarians•  SchoolLibrarians•  SpecialLibrarians•  AcademicLibrarians

Poll:whoishere?•  TinyLibraries•  SmallLibraries•  MediumLibraries•  LargeLibraries

Handout:SessionWorksheet

IntroducingMobileDevicesandDesignThinking

Let’sstartwithabuzz-killingacronym…

Whataremobiledevices?

SomeImagesCourtesyofDemcoInteriors

Whataboutwearables?

ThisonetalksdirectlytotheInternet

Sodoesthisone…

TheInternetofThingsisherenow!

Whilethereareseveralkeythingswecandotomakeourlibraries

mobilefriendly….

Thisiswhatwewanttoavoid:

Photocredit:hMps://www.flickr.com/photos/ishane/1082814771/sizes/m/in/photostream/

WecandobeMer!

HowdowedobeMer?Let’sconsiderwhatalibraryis

today…

InsideOutsideOnline

Online

Inside

Outside

Formfollows

FuncFon*

*ideally:0)

DesignThinking

Awayto“tackletheunknown”by:•  LearnfromPeople•  FindpaMerns•  DesignPrinciples•  MakeTangible•  IterateRelentlesslyhMp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fd/DesignThinking.ogv

DesignThinkingisatooltohelpuskeeppacewithanever-changing

world!

Discussion(feelfreetoshareinchatbox)

•  Howisyourlibrarylikethe“inside/outside/online”diagram?

•  HowmightyoualreadybeincorporaFngdesignthinkingintowhatyoudoeveryday?

InspiraFonandAssessment

Likebeansandrice,breadandbuMer…

InspiraFon:what’spossibletoday&tomorrow?

InspiraFon:yourfriendsandcolleagues

InspiraFon:everywhere!Hint:getoutsideoftheechochamber…

AcFvity:Don’tforgettouseyourworksheettograbinspiraFon!

ServingMobileUsers:FirstThingsFirst

AssessingITInfrastructure

Havingaclearideaofthelibrary’scurrentcapacityandcapabiliFesalsocreatestheperfectplacetobuildfromifimprovementsareneeded.

ITConsideraFons

•  Capacityofbuildingpower

•  InternetconnecFons•  Localareanetworks•  Futureneeds

Thepowercircuitsservingthebuildingareoneofthefirstthingstolookat,especiallyforolderlibraries.

PowerCircuits•  Ispowerproperly

grounded?•  Arecurrentcircuits

adequateoroverloaded?•  Arethereenoughoutlets

(insideandoutsidethebuilding)?

•  ArethereanypowerissuessuchasfluctuaFonsordimminglights?

Althoughmobiledevicesdonotrequirelargeamountsofpowerto

recharge,havinggoodpoweravailableisaprimeconsideraFonwhenserving

theneedsofmobileusers.

Forlater,aqeracFvity:Assessyourpower!

Thisismostlyhomework–butdoyouhaveanyobviouspowerproblems?

Mobiledevicesneedmorethanpower.

HowisyourInternetConnecFon?

Whatis“Broadband?”It’sFast!

•  Broadbandisthewordusedto,generallyspeaking,describehigh-speedtelecommunicaFonsand,morespecifically,high-speedinternet.

•  InJanuarytheFCCdeterminedthatabroadbandconnecFonisatleast25Mb/sec

Whyisbroadbanddesirable?AllthosedevicesarehungryforanetworkconnecFon–andtherearemoreandmoredevicesevery

day…

HowcanIchoosethebroadbandspeedformylibrary?

TwoKeyFactors:•  Whatisavailableinyourarea?(moreonthatinabit)

•  Whatcanyouafford?(anddon’tforgetE-Rate!)

EDGEFormulaCalculator:hMp://impact.ischool.uw.edu/calc.html

Howisspeedmeasured?(Andwhatdoyoumeanby“bigpipe”Internet?)

•  Bitspersecond(bps)-sloooooow

•  Kilobitspersecond(kbps)–dialupmodemspeed

•  Megabitspersecond(Mbps)–“Broadband”

•  Gigabitspersecond(Gbps)–Fast(thinktheGoogleFiberprojectsinKC,ProvoandAusFn).

HowcanIcheckmyspeed?hMp://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

hMp://www.speedtest.net/

Howmuchbandwidth(orspeed)doweneed?

Theanswerisalways“more.”

Whatis“Scalability,”andwhydoesitmaMer?

WhataboutWiFi?

WiFiaccesspointsservealimitednumberofusersatoneFme.

WhataboutWiFi?

Think“scalability”formobileusers--designforaWiFinetworkthatcaneasilygrowbysimplyaddinginexpensiveaccesspointsasdemandincreases.

MakingUserSpacesMobileFriendly

Pop-Quiz:Whichseatsarethemostpopularinyourlibrary?

Typicallytheseatsclosesttoapoweroutlet!

Remember—wewanttoavoidthis:

hMps://www.flickr.com/photos/ishane/1082814771/sizes/m/in/photostream/

MakingUserSpacesMobileFriendly

MakingSpaces“devicefriendly”

PowertothePatrons!

Carson’sruleforremodelsornewconstrucFon:

“Anyspaceweprovideforapatrontosit,weshouldalsoprovidesafeandconvenientaccesstoapower

outlet.”

RetrofiZngpowersoluFonsVisiblesurface-mountedpoweraccesspointsbuiltintodesks,tablesandotherfurnishings.

RetrofiZngpowersoluFons

Thelowlypowerstrip–whenselectedormodifiedtomatchtheaestheFcsandmountedcorrectly--canbeaninexpensiveapproach.

USBPower

ChargingLockers

GeneralComfort

DesignorientaFon:thinklikeamobileuser.Arewedesigningormodifyingourspaceswithpatroncomfortandconvenienceinmind,orjusttryingtofitthemostpeopleinthesmallestspacepossible?

SoloCompuFngSpaces:placesforsolitarywork

•  SolocompuFngspaces–placesforpatron“stuff”–  Books,purses,backpacks,foodanddrink(ifyouallow),etc.

–  Patronshavetheirownmobiledevices!(spaceandpower)

ThisisalsoasolocompuFngarea

SoloCompuFngSpaces:Ideas•  Loungechairswithswivel

tabletarmsorportablepull-uptablesareniceopFons.

•  SmallportabletablesarebecomingthepreferredopFonsinceuserscanadjustthetablelocaFontomeettheirneeds,unlikeswivelalternaFvesthataMachdirectlytothechair.

CollaboraFveCompuFngSpaces

Let’smoveawayfromthiswhenwecan:

CollaboraFveCompuFngSpaces:Ideas

•  Largesurfaceareasforpersonalandshared“stuff”

•  Patronshavetheirownmobiledevices!(spaceandpower)

CollaboraFveCompuFngSpaces:MeeFngRooms

Privatemee<ngroomsattheUniversityofIowalibrary

Mee<ngroomsattheUniversityofIowalibrary—connec<onplate

Mee<ngroomsattheUniversityofIowalibrary—digitalroomreserva<on

Homework/commentstoday:whatneedshaveyouobserved

fromusersofmobiletechnologyinyourlibrary?

Homework/commentsfortoday:Howmightyouaddressthose

needsinyourlibrary?

Whatifyou’remaxed-out?Whatifyoucan’tbuild?

InspiraFonfromSchools:TransiFontotheLearning

Commons

Re-assessandRe-use

Assessment–challengesandopportuniFes

Assessment(differentperspecFves)

•  Staff•  Patrons/Students•  Others

Assessdifferentthings

•  Tech•  Power•  PhysicalSpaces•  Workflow•  Others

AssessmentCriteria•  Whodoesthisserve(manyorfew,well-served

alreadyorunder-served)?•  Howisitstaffed?(areanytrade-offsinstaffFme/

effortworthwhile?)•  Isiteasytouseorlearnforstaffandcustomers?•  Advanced:WhatistheTotalCostofOwnership

(TCO)?•  Advanced:WhatistheReturnonInvestment

(ROI)?

ApproachingFunding

•  Bedeliberate•  Useadesignprocess•  IdenFfytheprimaryobjecFve

ApproachingStaffing

•  Regularaccess•  Learning•  SharingopportuniFes

TakeHomeAcFvity:VisionforYourLibrary

Resources:People,Places,Things

Resources:Energy,GoodWill,SFck-to-it-iveness

AcFvity:GeZngitdone!Workingthrough

amini-projectplan

Mini-ProjectPlan•  Vision/Impact•  AmainobjecFve(justonefortoday)•  Asetoftasks•  AFmelineoradeadline•  Whatyouneedtogetthejobdone

–  Time– Money– DonaFonsorgrants

•  Howdoweknowwe’vebeensuccessful(hint:didweaccomplishtheobjecFve?

Vision/Impact

•  Whatisyourbigpicture?

AmainGoal(justfortoday)

•  Describewhatyouintendtoaccomplish(SMARTly)

SMARTGoals

Asetoftasks:

•  HowwillyouaccomplishyourGoal?

AFmelineordeadline:

•  Howlongwiththistake–orwhenshoulditbecompleted?

Whatdoyouneedtogetthejobdone?•  Time•  Money•  DonaFonsorgrants•  Other

Howdoweknowwe’vebeensuccessful?•  Hint:didweaccomplishtheobjecFve?

Areyoudone?Hint:You’reneverdone!:0)

What’sNext?

•  Goingforward,oneofthegreatestemergingtechnologyneeds--andonethatappliestoallareasofthelibrary--iscomingfromthefurtherevoluFonof"BYOD"(BringYourOwnDevice)wherepatronsandstaffbringtheirownequipmenttousewiththelibrary'swirelessaccess.Today,BYODgenerallyreferstolaptopcomputers,tablets,eReadersandothersimilardevices.Butthosearejustthebeginning.

TheInternetofThingsisherenow!

QuesFons?

ThankYou!

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