The top trends shaping the face of cloud services by 2020 "A Gartner analyst claims many firms will lose their market positions through digital incompetence in the next few years - but understanding the future of technology will swing this around." http://www.zdnet.com/article/the-top-trends-shaping-the-face-of-cloud-services-by-2020/#ftag=RSSbaffb68 "1. Cloud has become the platform for the next transition 2. By 2017, 75 percent of IT organizations will have a bimodel capability — and half will make a mess trying to maintain this balance 3. Digital business incompetence will cause a quarter of organizations to lose their market position by 2017 4. The Internet of Things (IoT) will be the driving force behind business and technological change for the foreseeable future 5. The most important, disruptive thing in the cloud market today is not actually technology — but rather the customer" Stephen

How Users Search and Discover: User Scenarios By Christine Stohn, Senior Product Manager, Discovery & Delivery, Ex Libris http://initiatives.exlibrisgroup.com/2015/06/how-users-search-and-discover-user.html "Last time, you will recall, I described how Ex Libris user studies were designed to provide a better understanding of users’ discovery needs, by placing their search scenarios in their real-world context.  During the collection and analysis of a wide range of user case studies, three core discovery concepts repeatedly appeared in our user scenarios: Search and find Exploration Learning Personalization In this post, I’m looking at these concepts in the context of two different scenarios that I see as fairly representative of various classes of users." Stephen

How to Motivate Yourself to Do Virtually Anything [Article] - See more at: http://www.99smartideas.com/blog/how-to-motivate-yourself#sthash.kLOA89C3.dpuf Stephen

Reading Research Infographic Our friends at CBC Books helped us turn our research into this handy, shareable infographic. http://www.nationalreadingcampaign.ca/research/reading-research-infographic/   Stephen

Cloud Computing [July/August 2015] http://www.kmworld.com/Archives/WhitePaperPreviewIssue.aspx?IssueID=5403 Download PDF   "Grasping For The Cloud The cloud is gathering. There have been several baby steps leading up to now. ASPs (application service providers) opened the door to off-site, provided service that allowed organizations to off-board certain IT functions to a data center somewhere off site. Typically, the organization owned the licenses for the applications; the data center simply stored and maintained them and provided a grade-of-service that was usually negotiated in advance . . . . Top Three Differences between Enterprise and Consumer Clouds The cloud has been a boon to people and businesses that enjoy its convenience, agility and flexibility. But increasingly, corporate users are choosing the cloud applications they use without involving IT, and often without understanding the issues that can result when critical corporate information is shared through consumer cloud applications. . . . Why KM in the Cloud May Be Right for You Why KM in the Cloud May Be Right for You Deploying knowledge management (KM) in the cloud might be the right strategy if your organization is looking to further expand into digital services for customer engagement. It might also be the best strategy if your current system is three versions behind and you are concerned about the high upgrade costs. But, how do you know for sure? Let’s take a look at some of the business benefits of cloud KM. A few distinct advantages are unique to deploying cloud KM . . . ." Stephen

Infographic: The History of Science Fiction http://the-digital-reader.com/2015/06/29/infographic-the-history-of-science-fiction/ You can buy this as a print. At 40″ by 22″ it is not a large poster, but it is an expensive one.  It costs $44.   click to embiggen

COMMUNITY-LED WORK IN PRACTICE https://clacommunityled.wordpress.com/2015/06/29/series-roundup-community-led-work-in-practice/ "One of the CLA Community-Led Library Service Network’s goals for 2014-2015 was to create a series of posts exploring aspects of community-led work, providing an opportunity to share information about the work being done in Canadian libraries and offering useful information and ideas to others in an accessible and readable format. To date, Network members have contributed eight posts as part of our Community-Led Work in Practice: Experiences from Canadian Libraries series. Laura Young wrote about Edmonton Public Libraries’ epl2go, a mobile service providing communities with library services when access to a traditional library branch is limited. In Let the Community Lead, Andrea Cecchetto and Leah Rucchetto shared Markham Public Library’s experience using a community-led approach in developing their strategic plan. Rejuvenating library service in a rural community through community engagement was the focus of a post by Amanda Fullerton and Sara Gillis of Halifax Public Libraries. John Pateman of Thunder Bay Public Library contributed a series of posts on developing a community led strategy, staff and service structures, systems, and service culture. PDF versions of these posts, and a lengthy list of other community-led resources, are available on the Network website’s Resources page." https://clacommunityled.wordpress.com/resources/ Stephen

2015 Internet Trends Report - Simplified & Designed http://www.slideshare.net/TimG1/internettrends-final?ref=https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/49889255 KPCB 2015 Internet Trends Report - Simplified & Designed. from Stinson   Stephen

The Digital Textbook Report 2015 Digital Textbook Report 2015 from junejamrichparsons Stephen

Teens are abandoning TV in droves http://www.businessinsider.com/teens-are-abandoning-tv-in-droves-2015-7 Stephen