1. ILS Disruption AI, VR and the Blockchain M Ryan Hess
Senior Librarian for IT & Collections
Palo Alto City Library

2. Poll
Have you tried AI?
Have you tried VR?
Have you tried Bitcoin?

3. Takeaways
New technologies are disrupting our relationship to knowledge and information.
Libraries have new threats to our business
Libraries have amazing opportunities
The future ILS can either suffer those threats, or embrace those opportunities

4. Full Disclosure
“We can’t predict the future, but we can certainly explore it.” - Dylan Hendricks, Institute for the Future

5. Context Stubbornly siloed library data Emerging library linked data
Dying publishing industry
Changing information usage patterns
Increasing technological churn

6. Prepare for Takeoff

7. Trends3 AI taking off UI becoming UX
Digital currency: ready when you are

8. ILS Components
Metadata
OPAC
Transactions

9. ILS Components AI VR
Blockchain

10. ILS Components
Metadata
OPAC
Transactions

11. “.003 percent of content searches originate on library websites and catalogs.” -Eric Keith, SirsiDynix

12. Data Darwinism The walled garden is not an ecosystem
Linked data demands diversity
People will migrate have migrated
A new niche for libraries : link accelaration

13. Catalog Data Library Data Web Data Marc record Star Wars DVD
Star Wars eBook
Web image
sw.jpg
Marc record
IMDB:
George Lucas
Star Wars DVD
Hero’s Journey

14. Linked Data Library Data Web Data BIBFRAME Record Star Wars DVD
Star Wars eBook
Web image
sw.jpg
BIBFRAME
Record
IMDB:
George Lucas
Star Wars DVD
Hero’s Journey

15. Platform matters not
Wikipedia
Forbes List
Your library here
IMDB

16. AI – Don’t Sweat the Details
“People are racing against the machine, and many of them are losing that race…Instead of racing against the machine, we need to learn to race with the machine.”
– Erik Brynjolfsson, Director, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy

17. There’s an upcoming talk on the Hero’s Journey at your library!AI
There’s an upcoming talk on the Hero’s Journey at your library!
Star Wars eBook
Web image
sw.jpg
I like SW AI
BIBFRAME
Record
IMDB:
George Lucas
Star Wars DVD
Hero’s Journey

18. The Guided Web Experience
Today
IBM Watson
Siri, Cortana
Tomorrow
The Library as a set of APIs
Library as linked data contributor
Personalized AI (not search boxes)

19. The Ubiquitous Web A Definition:
The overlay of data upon every person, every object and every place at all times.

20. The Ubiquitous Web UW – A Definition:
The overlay of data upon every person, every object and every place at all times...
…managed and edited for humans by machines.

21. “The Internet will disappear”
Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Alphabet

22. ILS Components
Metadata
OPAC
Transactions

23. VR – the Ultimate UI
“I think we are talking about stories where you are the character and the stories are happening to you.” -Chris Milk, videographer and CEO of Within

24. Definitions
Augmented Reality
Virtual Reality

25. VR - Status Report Full sensory experience Direct neural integration
Contact lens VR
Consumer AR released
Pokemon Go
Consumer VR released
You are here

26. We’ve seen this movie before…
Human computer interaction
Browsers
User tasks
User expectations
Access modes
Adoption rates

27. VR + AI + OPAC
Searching becomes a dialogue New data visualizations Time-space distortions Serendipity as library’s killer app Social aspects become central

28. ILS Components
Metadata
OPAC
Transactions

29. Blockchain = Transactions

30. Blockchain = Transactions
Bitcoin
Other Cryptocurrencies
Contracts
Escrow Accounts
Any P2P transaction

31. Key Benefits “Private” No middleman Distributed verification
Micro-transaction-friendly
Programmable

32. Blockchain = Transactions
Books are…
Published
Reviewed
Purchased
Made available
Loaned
Returned

33. IPFS – A Blockchian Case Study
Web + Blockchain + Git + BitTorrent

34. Inter-planetary File System (IPFS)
“IPFS is a distributed file system that seeks to connect all computing devices with the same system of files… …it could complement or replace HTTP… ...It sounds crazy. It is crazy.” -IPFS README

35. Back to the Future
Paul Baran, 1964: “On Distributed Communications Networks”

36. IPFS Benefits Potentially more private Decentralized P2P distribution
Back-ups, versioning built-in
Faster
Cheaper

37. Chains Required Publisher Repository Copyright-clearing Authority data
Loaner
Linked Data node
Distributor
Reviewer

38. Protocol {IPFS-Blockchain}
Where is the ILS?
Repository
Protocol {IPFS-Blockchain}
Linked Data AI

39. Questions M Ryan Hess Senior Librarian for IT & Collections
Palo Alto City Library