tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137713.post5239577500316367323..comments2024-03-19T16:26:45.863-04:00Comments on Digitization 101: For New Yorkers: Libraries, legislators and Muhammad YunusJill Hurst-Wahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16355882159165026398noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137713.post-33451696510855953892010-02-25T09:35:57.262-05:002010-02-25T09:35:57.262-05:00Apps for various smartphones can be very profitabl...Apps for various smartphones can be very profitable, so don't discount the idea that a library could generate a useful funding stream by creating and selling apps. Great idea!Jill Hurst-Wahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16355882159165026398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137713.post-8972177487386933572010-02-24T19:35:13.626-05:002010-02-24T19:35:13.626-05:00Here's one possible way of funding libraries. ...Here's one possible way of funding libraries. Find some of the best writers, illustrators, animators, musicians and dramatists within a neighborhood. Bring them together in the library space after hours.<br /><br /> Challenge them to produce original rich media stories with compelling story lines. Then have these rich media stories sold via Apple's App Store for viewing on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.<br /><br /> What might these stories look like? They might look something <a href="watch?v=XCFMM95XJMg" rel="nofollow">like this.</a><br /><br /> Could this revenue stream fully fund a library? Probably not. Could it supplement existing library funding? Quite possibly so. Would collaborative creativity within the library space create value for the community apart from the possible revenue stream? Decidely so.<br /><br /> To open up our minds, we might need to open up our libraries for such after hour experimentations.<br /><br /> Could there be anything to be more proud of for a neighborhood to fund its own library with its own creativity? We might need to invent a word for that.<br /><br />Phil Shapiro, Public Geek<br />Takoma Park Maryland LibraryPhil Shapirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16051999512417898279noreply@blogger.com