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Tame the Web | Michael Stephens | SJSU SLIS | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 

Library resources are for use. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/garrettc/1743597848


http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrys/48074984/ 

Library resources are for all.


Every resource its user. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/24089964


Save the time of the user. 

http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/12094/scriblio-feature-text-this-to-me


The Library is a 

growing organism.


Society has determined what the 

library of the past has been, and it is 

society that will determine what 

the library of the future shall be. 

Jesse Hauk Shera 

The Foundations of Education for Librarianship, Shera, 1972. Wiley-Becker and Hayes, p 135.


There is much greater 

opportunity to bring 

service to wherever 

potential users of library 

service happen to be. 

Michael Buckland 

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Library/Redesigning/html.html


The Web exists as a place where 

people meet and socialize but it 

does not conform to our 

accepted ideas about space and 

time. 

David Weinberger 

Small Pieces Loosely Joined 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonivc/2283676770/


When used right, 

technology becomes 

an accelerator of 

momentum, not a creator 

of it. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenhackett/5039942687/ 

Jim Collins 

Good to Great


http://www.flickr.com/photos/megcanada/3321813983/ 

“A future-proof library 

makes no assumptions 

about the information 

landscape of tomorrow.” 

Chris Anderson 

The Long Tail


Tribe: a group of people 

connected to one another, 

connected to a leader, and 

connected to an idea. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyeh11/71605460 

Seth Godin 

Tribes


http://www.flickr.com/photos/dg_pics/3031181785 

“The Library is unlimited 

and cyclical” 

Jorge Luis Borges


The Hyperlinked Library: 

Trends, Tools, Transparency 

2012 Wyoming Library Association Conference 

Michael Stephens, PhD | Assistant Professor 

San Jose State University SLIS 

http://slisweb.sjsu.edu 

http://tametheweb.com 

@mstephens7


http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6760135001


Society has determined what the 

library of the past has been, and it is 

society that will determine what 

the library of the future shall be. 

Jesse Hauk Shera 

The Foundations of Education for Librarianship, Shera, 1972. Wiley-Becker and Hayes, p 135.


What keeps you up at night? 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ezu/26763671


What excites you about 

the future of our work?


Libraries 

evolve. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/62457680@N00/89879407/


Technology 

Landscape 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/flightlessxbird365/3740808686


11 a.m. - Noon 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/expressmonorail/2760562460/ 

Hyperlinked Libraries: 

Emerging Tech & 

Emerging Trends


Technology 

Landscape 


The Web has changed everything. 




By 2047 ... All information about 

physical objects, including humans, 

buildings, processes, and 

organizations, will be online. This is 

both desirable and inevitable. 

(Chap 1)


Technology is just a Tool

Understand Technolust 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisheuer/352270858/

Technostress 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndm007/510980765/

Techno- 

divorce 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/margaretv/2766359549

Technoshame 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/svenwerk/107267802


Techno-hesitation 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bluejeff/3116763658/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericcastro/525199388/ 

Techno-banality


Technophobia 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/shikasta/30604809/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/maurizio_l/3477330734/


Current 

Opportunities 



There is much greater 

opportunity to bring 

service to wherever 

potential users of library 

service happen to be. 

Michael Buckland 

http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Literature/Library/Redesigning/html.html


Participatory 

Culture


http://www.flickr.com/photos/jenny-pics/5661879987 

A New Generation of 

Learners


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT4EbM7dCMs


http://www.flickr.com/photos/wrichard/3743686850/


Location-based learning 

takes advantage of the ability 

of mobile devices to know 

where they are located and 

deliver information that is 

time- and place-relevant. 

http://wp.nmc.org/horizon-anz-2009/


Current Challenges 



http://www.flickr.com/photos/thespeak/122660947/ 

Public Perception


http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_olson/61056391


http://www.flickr.com/photos/escapist/283209148/ 

Institutional Culture


Silos of 

knowledge?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smb_flickr/2123196801 


Embedded staff.


Mindset


Archaic rules. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/406208791/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/kjirstinb/243134093/ 

Outdated Methods

Outdated Policies


http://www.flickr.com/photos/smoovey/3297533849/ 

“Every time people 

really like something, we 

get rid of it.”


Current Thinking 



Transparency 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/93896575@N00/698692268


The Library is 

Transparent 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdumlao98/237755557/


The Transparent Library 

has no secrets. 

http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6429283.html


Conversation is king. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/metrosis/66642106/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/sam_and_ian/89836895/ 

Done deal.


The Transparent Library 

focuses on user-driven policy 

not driving users away. 



http://www.flickr.com/photos/murdocke/4179429347 

Radical Trust


Managing Change 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/93896575@N00/698692268



http://www.flickr.com/photos/spykster/6221799231/ 

As Much Chaos as We 

Can Stand


Traditionalist Approval 

://www.flickr.com/photos/takomabibelot/470745512


Negotiated Transaction 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vokakvklim/4522285839/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/spykster/6221799231/ 

As Much Chaos as We 

Can Stand



Conventions?


Disruptions


Zombie Prom



http://www.flickr.com/photos/iblee/2627365040 

What can we do?


What does this evolving 

library look like? 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/iblee/2626545603


The 

Hyperlinked 

Library 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Internet_map_1024.jpg


The Prinicipia Cybernetica Web 

site defines model as a means 

“to represent the real 

world” and to represent “a 

relation between some 

observed phenomena.” 

http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/



Libraries viewed 

through this 

lens? 



Core values 

evolve. 



Stewardship


http://www.flickr.com/photos/mediaeater/197563926




Service


http://www.flickr.com/photos/mollyali/2810806395/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/ndm007/1425079226/


Access


http://www.flickr.com/photos/guybrariang/2381377612/



Intellectual 

Freedom


http://www.flickr.com/photos/florian_b/44227093


http://www.flickr.com/photos/elhamalawy/5414313230/


Literacy & 

Learning



http://www.flickr.com/photos/shanghaidaddy/3443631316/



Policies 

evolve. 



Librarians - make people 

feel welcome - and 

personalize their service. 

“Personal Relations between Librarians and Readers,” American Library 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciro/288022773 

Samuel Green


1876




What stories are 

these libraries telling?


http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomextra/165320894


http://flickr.com/photos/aaronschmidt/96941719/



http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/1924719853


http://www.flickr.com/photos/sirexkat/3663560279/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/travelinlibrarian/144297435/



http://www.flickr.com/photos/shifted/664305548/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/shifted/2713826051/ 







http://www.flickr.com/photos/surlygirly/120136808/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/auntie/104031952/



http://flickr.com/photos/yarmando/236030044




Focus on trust and open 

conversation instead of new 

rules. Focus on understanding 

those folks who might be 

breaking your rules by listening 

to their needs. 



Perform a 

“Kindness Audit.”



Library space 

evolves. 



http://www.flickr.com/photos/pavelm/283910901 

Communities are human 

systems given form by 

conversations that build 

relatedness. 

Peter Block


Community Conversation


Keep Stories 

Share Stories 

Make Stories 

http://www.alatechsource.org/blog/2009/07/the-visitors.html


“…to belong is to be 

related to and a part of 

something. To belong to a 

community is to act as a 

creator and co-owner of 

that community.” Peter Block


http://www.flickr.com/photos/capemaycountylibrary/2806051062/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelcasey/2480883931


http://www.fayettevillefreelibrary.org/about-us/services/fablab





The Library is 

everywhere.


http://www.moodiereport.com/document.php?c_id=1177&doc_id=25054





Library content 

evolves. 



Will we see more 

reading via PAGES 

or PIXELS?


Photo by Michelle Plantz for R-2


http://www.flickr.com/photos/adafruit/3350369712


Books? Reading? 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/polvero/3425248707/


http://twitter.com/meganmulherin/status/4128934554


http://www.flickr.com/photos/ericajoy/2578677776/



https://kindle.amazon.com/post/see_more/2B0DZKSG2T33L


The book of the future 

requires collaboration, so let's 

start the change before we 

have to. 

http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/02/future-of-the-book.html





Preserving a community’s 

digital heritage is the work 

of both libraries and 

museums, but involving the 

community in these efforts 

is imperative as we move 

forward. 

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/02/opinion/michael-stephens/the-age-of-participation-office-hours/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesterpubliclibrary/5472494416/



Learning evolves. 



“The world is changing 

faster than ever and our skill 

sets have a shorter life.” 

Thomas & Brown


“Play is the basis for 

cultivating imagination and 

innovation.” 

Thomas & Brown 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gaspi/12944421/


“Where imaginations 

play, learning happens”.


Learning everywhere. 

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/04/opinion/michael-stephens/learning-everywhere-office-hours/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/stainedglasswaterfall/2615543276/


The mobile device will be 

the primary connection 

tool to the internet 

for most people in the 

world in 2020. 

http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2008/The-Future-of-the-Internet-III.aspx 



$0.00




Learning everywhere. 

http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/04/opinion/michael-stephens/learning-everywhere-office-hours/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/stephenpoff/3091258409 

Confidence & 

Exploration



Self-directed 

Learning



Self-directed 

Work


Personal Learning 

Network


http://www.mindmeister.com/110599029/personal-learning-networks


Tweet Tweet


What are you 

doing?


What are you 

LEARNING?


What should we do? 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ciro/288022773

Tame the Web | Michael Stephens http://www.flickr.com/photos/81787495@N00/59415205/ 

| SJSU SLIS | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 

How do we prepare 

our users 

for life changes...

..and make them life long 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/anoxlou/368053190 

learners...


Willing to learn.


Willing to explore.


... & outside our world.


Willing to listen to 

our users.


Willing to teach.


Willing to leave our 

physical walls.


http://tametheweb.com/the-hyperlinked-library/


Going 

forward... 


The future? 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maurizio_l/3477330734/

Communications 

technology 

continues to change 

and connect 

the world. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gsfc/6760135001 

This is desired and leveraged.


Mobile technology access will be 

ubiquitous. Our “world” travels 

with us. Libraries are present and 

available everywhere we go. 



The library is a community hub. 

Flexible, open and connected. 

Meeting place. Anything space. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dokdelft/5283163908


Helping users create, curate and 

share their own digital content/ 

creations/story is the norm.


Libraries will be key to curating 

geo-spacial information 

environments & hyperlocal 

resources. Users contribute.

Tame the Web | Michael Stephens | SJSU SLIS | Creative http://www.flickr.com/photos/22545434@N00/470892327/ 

Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 

The library uses the latest 

technology to make strong 

connections: between individuals, 

groups and the world. Knowledge 

flows. Planning is human-centered.


Key Ideas: 

Community 

Creation 

Collaboration 

Curiosity 

Connectivity 


Tame the Web | Michael Stephens | SJSU SLIS | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share http://www.flickr.com/photos/jennx/2513840755 

Alike 3.0


I hope that we tell our 

story well. 

http://alatechsource.org/blog/2008/12/stories-open-doors-the-heart-5-hopes-for-the-new-year.html


I hope that we guide 

our users into the 

digital landscape. 



I hope that we open 

our doors to everyone. 



I hope that we 

encourage the heart. 


Tame the Web | Michael Stephens | SJSU SLIS | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share http://www.flickr.com/photos/pea_green/293802058 

Alike 3.0 

The Library 

encourages the Heart


There is more than one way 

to measure profits and 

losses. On every level, 

institutions can and should 

have a heart. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlosporto/775089650 

Randy Pausch 

The Last Lecture


http://www.flickr.com/photos/iblee/2627365040 

What can we do?


How do we create our future? 



Be 

Transparent 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mdumlao98/237755557/


Break down 

barriers. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/smb_flickr/2319127301/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/nomextra/165320894 

Value EVERY member 

& non-member.


Let our core values 

guide everything we do. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/guybrariang/2381377612/


Stories have 

power. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pietroizzo/281276147/


http://www.flickr.com/photos/gragsie/2726960906 

Extend the mission.

Tame the Web | Michael Stephens | SJSU SLIS | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregpc/2958014333 

Alike 3.0 

Evaluate


Watch the horizon. 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/kruggg6/99414638


Learn always 

Image: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aaronschmidt/281619803


Be nimble. Be quick 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bpc009/3327905619/


Have Fun 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/danorbit/1814156778


Know it’s okay to fail.


http://www.flickr.com/photos/yahya/132963781/ 

Develop your 

Personal Learning 

Network


Involve your users 

every step of the way.


Be creative 

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tookie/183503927/

Tame the Web | Michael Stephens http://www.flickr.com/photos/81787495@N00/59415205/ 

| SJSU SLIS | Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 

Be Human

http://www.flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/203437970/ 


Be Kind



http://www.flickr.com/photos/pea_green/293802058 

Bring your Heart 

with You 

http://tametheweb.com/2008/04/26/meme-passion-quilt-or-what-i-want-for-new-librarians/


Let the heart 

drive change. 



Michael Stephens 

mstephens7@mac.com 

@mstephens7 

slisweb.sjsu.edu | tametheweb.com

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