Envisioning the Future of Technology in Libraries Law Membership

Cloud

Open Source

CLOUD AND DESKTOP SUPPORT Do More Information, Less Technical Help Desk

Desktop OS Windows

Software Microsoft Word

Microsoft PowerPoint Internet Explorer

DivorceMate

Hard Drive File storage

Hard Drive Dropbox

Desktop OS ZeroPC

Software Microsoft Web Apps

Software LexisNexis

Inte

rnet

Cloud: Office Suite

Microsoft Office

Free Web Apps Office 365

Small Business Office 365

Small Business Premium

Cloud: Office Suite

Spoon.net

Cloud: Operating System

OPEN SOURCE & CONTENT What Role Can You Play in Creating Information?

Open Source is

free to acquire

often supported by a community

an alternative to paid software

often an opportunity to learn

a software license

eBooks

Courthouse Libraries BC Clicklaw Wikibooks

http://davidpwhelan.pressbooks.com/

http://davidpwhelan.pressbooks.com/

or

Use Calibre & Sigil

Microsoft Word

Save as Web page (.html) Open in

Sigil

Sigil

Save as .epub

Calibre

Export for Amazon Kindle

Optional

Then What?

Sell It? Member Benefit?

FREE SOFTWARE & ADDED VALUE What Happens if the Cost of a Member Benefit Drops?

Pulling a case for a lawyer

chart from “Creating Value-Added Research & Analysis”, Quantum Dialog/Outsell whitepaper

Where Do You Add Value?

Pulling multiple cases for a lawyer

Current Awareness for Everyone

Tiny Tiny RSS (free, open source)

can also be tool for you to share publicly

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70%

Dropbox

Google Docs

iCloud

Lawyers + Cloud Storage

Cloud Storage = Top 3 Cloud Uses

2013 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report, Volume 2, p. 61

Be the Cloud

ownCloud Community (free, open source)

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Laptop

Phone

Tablet

Lawyers + Web Conferencing

2013 Tablet Use ≈ 2009 Laptop Use

2013 ABA Legal Technology Survey Report, Volume 6, pp. 37, 48, 63

Regularly Occasionally Seldom Never

Personal Help with WebRTC

• Browser-to-browser audio/video conferencing

• Tablets, phones, and PCs

Fake screenshot using Google Chrome WebRTC demo

Circulate Devices

Available Law

e-Books Fewer e-Readers, device

compatibility issues

iPad or Android Tablet

Kiosk Mode

e-Book reader

app

The Future, Today

Cloud computing and open source software are a foundation for new

opportunities for small, membership libraries to deliver

new services and add value.

Thank You!