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Decades of Innovation:
& Tips for the Future
Marshall Breeding
Independent Consultant, Author, and
Founder and Publisher, Library Technology
Guides
http://librarytechnology.org/
http://twitter.com/mbreeding
April 28, 2015
Computers in Libraries 2015
Host and Panelists
• Marshall Breeding: Independent Consultant
• Jason Griffey: Founder, Evenly Distributed
• Meg Backus: IT Manager, Anchorage Public
Library
• Jan Holmquist: Global Librarian, Denmark
• Darlene Fichter: GovInfo Librarian, University
of Saskatchewan
Agenda
• Marshall: Brief presentation
– Libraries have experienced incredible change since the first small Computers
in Libraries Conference thirty years ago. The realm of library technology
likewise has seen dramatic transformation. Breeding, whose career has
paralleled CIL, highlights some of the interesting, amusing, and important
touchstones marked by this important annual conference. He offers tips on
how to stay relevant over time through continual innovation! (30 min)
• Audience participation: best and worst technologies implemented
by libraries (15 minutes)
• Panel Discussion: Jason, Meg, Jan, Darlene
– Looking forward: Emerging trends, interesting technologies, and opportunities
for innovation in libraries. First trend: 10 min each.
0oThree Decades of Technology
A look back to the early years of the Computers
in Libraries conference, the major tides of
technology, and some personal observations
Early Years
Small Computers in Libraries
1985: Strategic library systems ran on
mainframes
Small computers provided tools for innovation
and productivity beyond the more formal and
structured mainframe systems
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Photo credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Personal_Computer#/media/File:Ibm_pc_5150.jpg
IBM PC
Apple iPhone 5
Year of manufacture
1981
2012
Cost
$2,000 with monitor and two drives
$199 for 16G model
Processor
Intel 8088 processor
Apple A6 dual core
Performance
4.77 MHz
1.3 GHz
Memory
256 kilobytes
1G LPDDR2 DRAM
Storage
One or two floppy drives using 360
kilobyte double-density disks
16, 32 or 64G Flash memory
Operating System
IBM BASIC / PC-DOS 1.0
iOS 6.1.3
Graphics Display
Either an 11.5-inch monochrome 5151 4-inch 1,136 by 640 LCD at a 16:9
CRT or a color model (with a CGA card) aspect ratio that is capable of
that had a 640-by-200 resolution and
showing millions of colors
could display 16 colors
Connectivity
Most had none, but a 14.4 kilobits/sec
modem and eventually a 56k model
could be added
EDGE networks in the 850, 900,
1,800, 1,900 MHz band, most cellular
networks, Bluetooth 2.1 and all Wi-Fi
bands (802.11 a/b/g/n)
John Breeden I. 30-year showdown: IBM PC vs. Apple iPhone May 29, 2013
http://gcn.com/Articles/2013/05/30/Comparisons-IBM-PC-iPhone5.aspx
Communication Technologies
• Dial-up modems
• No High-speed local area networks
• Ethernet invented in 1973, but not used in
libraries until the mid to late 1980s
• Internet pre-cursors: BITNET, ARPANET,
NSFNET
– Massive multi-player game: MUD (Multi-User
Dungon) 1984
• ~1988 Networks converge into the Internet
Internet before the Web
• Telnet: Online catalogs with Text menus
• HyTelnet: Hyperlinked access to library
catalogs
– Created by Peter Scott
• FTP used to transfer files
• E-mail becomes international
CD-ROM
Content distribution before the internet
Library databases distributed on physical media
Initially intended for use on 1 computer
CD-ROM networks enabled broader access
Hyptertext and Linking
• Gopher: initially created at the University of
Minnesota in 1991: involved dedicated clients
• Campus Wide Information Systems
– CWIS magazine published by Meckler
• WAIS – Brewster Kahle
The Web emerges
• 1989: Tim Berners-Lee invents the Web
• 1991: Web begins to see use outside CERN
• …mostly used by academics
The Web explodes
• Mosaic client developed in 1993 by Marc
Andreeson of NCSA
• Use expands into the general population
Semantic Web
Virtual Reference
Online
Catalogs
Electronic Journals
OPACs
CSS
WAIS
Discovery
Use Statistics
Coding
Gopher
LaserDisc
Responsive Design
Innovation
Video – InfoTubey Awards
Nancy Melin Nelson
Editor for Computers in Libraries
Conference Organizer
VP Meckler Corp
Eric Flower
Eric Flower, University of Hawaii - West Oahu
Started the Tuesday evening “Dead Technology”
session
Passed away July 12, 2013
Alan Meckler
Tom Hogan
Photo by Don Hawkins
Audience Participation
• Winners: What was the technology that was
the most successful, innovative, or
transformative for your library?
• Losers: Name a technology that was
overrated, over hyped, or otherwise
unsuccessful.
Panel Discussion
• Jason Griffey: Founder, Evenly Distributed
• Meg Backus: IT Manager, Anchorage Public
Library
• Jan Holmquist: Global Librarian, Denmark
• Darlene Fichter: GovInfo Librarian, University
of Saskatchewan
Looking forward: New or emerging technologies
poised to strengthen libraries