Toto: I Don’t Think We’re in Kansas Anymore (Libraries, Trainers, and Wizards of Oz) By Paul Signorelli For the ASTD Mt. Diablo Chapter 17 February 2009

Lots of Information = Little Retention

The Future of Libraries?

Developing Our Wizards

Architect Witold Rybczynski’s Tour of Libraries (One of Eight) (Posted on Slate Website) Washington, D.C. Central Library

Architect Witold Rybczynski’s Tour of Libraries (Second of Eight) (Posted on Slate Website) Chicago, Central Library

Architect Witold Rybczynski’s Tour of Libraries (Third of Eight) (Posted on Slate Website) San Francisco, Main Library

Architect Witold Rybczynski’s Tour of Libraries (Fourth of Eight) (Posted on Slate Website) Nashville, Main Library

Architect Witold Rybczynski’s Tour of Libraries (Fifth of Eight) (Posted on Slate Website) Denver, Central Library

Architect Witold Rybczynski’s Tour of Libraries (Sixth of Eight) (Posted on Slate Website) Seattle, Central Library

Architect Witold Rybczynski’s Tour of Libraries (Seventh of Eight) (Posted on Slate Website) Salt Lake City, Main Library

Architect Witold Rybczynski’s Tour of Libraries (Eighth of Eight) (Posted on Slate Website) New York Public Library, Reading Room

It May Not Be Oz, but… New York Public Library, Reading Room

And in the East Bay… And at Oakland Public…

It May Not Be Oz, but…

How Libraries Serve Us Onsite: SF

How Libraries Serve Us Onsite: Oakland

Services In Contra Costa County

How Libraries Serve Us Virtually…

Options…

And Responses…

Cutting Edge: Ohio University Libraries

And Don’t Forget the Basics

Finding What We Need: The OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog)

SOPACS (Social OPACs)

Pictures and a Thousand Words…

Finding It

Online Databases

Ask a Librarian

Tracking It Down

If At First We Don’t Succeed…

We Follow the Links…

…Don’t Forget Interlibrary Loan…

…and the Library of Congress…

…or WorldCat--over a billion items.

The Future of Libraries Revisited

The Information Commons at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte

North Carolina State: Hill Library Learning Commons

Lied Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

University of Arizona Information Commons (1)

University of Arizona Information Commons (2)

University of Arizona Information Commons (3)

Close to Home: Santa Clara University, Harrington Learning Commons

Santa Clara University: Harrington Learning Commons

Santa Clara: Technology, Learning, and Playfulness

By Any Other Name: Oakland Public Library’s TeenZone

Oakland Public Library TeenZone

Oakland Public Library TeenZone Map Wall

Questions & Contact Information Paul Signorelli & Associates 1032 Irving St., #514 San Francisco, CA

Credits (Page 1 of 2) (Images taken from flickr.com unless otherwise noted): Title slide: nics~pics' photostream at Los Angeles Times blog image from Closed sign from Reedsburg Public Library site at holiday-closed-hours.html Montage of library photos from library websites including the Library of Congress (main reading room), Berkeley Public, Contra Costa County (book-dispensing machine), Kenya National Library Services (books delivered by camels), and University of British Columbia (automated compact storage area) Images from Witold Rybczynski’s photo-essay “Borrowed Time: How Do You Build a Public Library in the Age of Google?” found on Slate website at Screen shots from various libraries (San Francisco Public, Oakland Public, and Contra Costa County libraries) Skype as a reference tool, from Char Booth’s slide show at communication-forward-internet-voice-and-video-in-libraries Telephone to reach a librarian at Denver Public Library from Hewink's photostream at photostreamhttp://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/02/what-will-the-l.htmlhttp://reedsburglibrary.blogspot.com/2008/07/july-4th- holiday-closed-hours.htmlHewink's photostream

Credits (Page 2 of 2) Information Commons: Images of J. Murrey Atkins Library at University of North Carolina, Charlotte; North Carolina State Hill Library Learning Commons, at University of North Carolina, Charlotte; and Lied Library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, from Barbara Tierney’s 2007 PowerPoint presentation at University of Arizona Information Commons images at Santa Clara University: Harrington Learning Commons images at and Oakland Public Library TeenZone images taken from TeenZone MySpace pages at &imageID= ; &imageID= ; and &imageID= &imageID= &imageID=