About the "Cloud Computing", the video clip is
easier to understand the concept of clouding computing than Galen Gruman's various introduction to many definition of it. At
the beginning of the digital era, an individual computer was independent
to utilize and store information, but this trend had changed due to the
Internet. "Cluding Computing" is a technology which is more
affordable and efficient for a general user. A user just needs a computer
having an Internet connection to utilize an application to utilize certain
without installing and storing software in an individual computer. Users are
connected to the service server through their Internet,do their
work with their work, and save their work at an application service provider's
server. This technology could be realized thanks to the development of Web 2.0.
Thomas Frey's article about The Future of
Libraries is very interesting
to me. I deeply agree with him that libraries should be changed to survive in
the digital technology but I do not agree with some of his suggestions.
However, I post his 10 trends about the future library and add my opinion
at the end of a trend.
Trend #1 – Communication systems are
continually changing the way people access information.
Books
are a technology, and writing is also a technology, and every technology has a
limited lifespan.
I
agree with it but we should remember that system is a mere tool, not a goal.
Trend #2 – All technology ends. All
technologies commonly used today will be replaced by something new.
That
something else will be faster, smarter, cheaper, more capable, and more
durable, work better, and look cooler than anything we have today. This
is clear but we should seriously deliberate what kind of technology
should be adopted into the library system.
Trend #3 – We haven’t yet reached the ultimate
small particle for storage. But soon.
The
most critical component of stabilizing information storage will surround the
issues of findability.
This is important fact because many libraries are
spending tremendous fund for resource digitizing projects.
Trend #4 – Search Technology will become
increasingly more complicated
As
we achieve the ability to conduct more and more complicated searches, the role
of the librarian to assist in finding this kind of information also becomes
more and more important. People will not have the time and skills necessary to
keep up on each new innovation in the search world, and they will need a
competent professional to turn to.
Librarian should change
their role from information keeper to information finder or seeker.
Trend #5 – Time compression is changing the
lifestyle of library patrons
The
spectrum of human need is continually expanding. The paradigm of “need” is
changing, evolving, and most importantly, speeding up.
Trend #6 – Over time we will be transitioning
to a verbal society
He
also predicts that by 2050 literacy will be dead
I do not agree. I think
that literacy continues with many reasons.
Trend #7 – The demand for global information is
growing exponentially
Many
secrets in tomorrow’s business world lie in the writings of people who did not
speak English or any of the other prominent global languages.
Trend #8 – The Stage is being set for a new era
of Global Systems
Trend #9 – We are transitioning from a
product-based economy to an experience based economy
Books
themselves will transition from a product to an experience. As books change in
form from simple “words on a page” to various digital manifestations of the
information, future books will be reviewed and evaluated by the experience they
create
Because information is very accessible so patrons
judge a library with their experience from its services, not quality of
collection that it offers.
Trend #10 – Libraries will transition from a
center of information to a center of culture
