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LIBRARIES ARE CHANGING. SO ARE OUR NEEDS.

WE MIGHT AS WELL BE TRYING TO SEND A TEXT MESSAGE WITH A ROTARY PHONE…

MARC AS LINKED DATA?

WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME WORKING AROUND THE ILS BECAUSE IT’S NO LONGER SERVING THE PURPOSES

WE NEED.

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SOLVE PROBLEMS THAT EXIST NOW.

DON’T GET BURIED WITH THE DRIVE TO CREATE BIG SHINY ALL ENCOMPASSING NEW TOOLS.

OUR MOST USED TOOLS ARE OUTDATED AND BROKEN.

I FOUND THAT I COULD NO LONGER USE THEIR SOFTWARE. SO I STARTED TO DEVELOP MY OWN UTILITY TO SUIT MY NEEDS. –TERRY REESE

IT CAME DOWN TO REALIZING THAT THE THINGS WE MEASURED FOR LIBRARY STATS WERE MOSTLY USELESS. I TRIED TO IMAGINE WHAT WOULD BE USEFUL STATS TO HAVE AND DEMYSTIFYING THE BUILDING USAGE SEEMED LIKE AN OBVIOUS THING TO TRY AND DO. – JASON GRIFFEY

STORY TIME

THE DESIGN OF GOOD ACOUSTICS IN LIBRARIES IS NOT TO LOWER NOISE LEVELS BUT RATHER TO ENABLE SPACES TO BETTER SERVE THE PURPOSES USERS NEED.

THE INTERNET OF THINGS CAN QUICKLY BECOME AN INTERNET OF BROKEN THINGS.

BLUETOOTH PREGNANCY TEST

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ILS AS MICRO SERVICES, NOT AN ALL IN ONE SOLUTION.

STORY TIME

6 OUT OF THE 9 VENDORS RESPONDED

THEY ARE STORING PASSWORDS IN

PLAINTEXT.

ANSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS WE CAN’T ALWAYS ASK.

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Whitni Watkins | @_whitni | whitni.xyz

There are great examples of leveraging technology to solve library problems.

Internet of things – Nu uh. Not yet.

Library software needs fixing.

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BUILD SYSTEMS THAT DO ONE THING AND DO IT WELL.

BUILD SYSTEMS TO WORK TOGETHER.

BUILD SYSTEMS TO HANDLE DATA FORMATS THAT ARE PART OF THE UNIVERSAL INTERFACE.

A take on The Unix Philosophy according to Doug McIlroy

MODULARITY

Eric Raymond’s 17 Unix Rules

COMPOSITION

LEAST SURPRISE

DIVERSITY

EXTENSIBILITY

SIMPLICITY

PARSIMONY

REPAIR

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FOR ONCE I KNOW THE PROPER QUESTION, I COULD SOLVE THE PROBLEM IN LESS THAN FIVE

MINUTES. –ALBERT EINSTEIN

Problem (n) : a situation, person, or thing that needs attention and needs to be dealt with or solved.

THINK ABOUT YOUR USERS

LISTEN TO UNDERSTAND.

WHAT IS.

WHAT COULD BE.

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Whitni Watkins | @_whitni | whitni.xyz

Align your design with the Unix Philosophy.

Solve the right problems.

Collaborate with your customers.

SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF NOW