[PDF] Libraries Of The Future eBook

Author : Walt Crawford
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 48,79 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780838906477

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Argues against the futuristic idea of virtual libraries because it is devastating to the societal mission of libraries, proposing instead a balanced, human-oriented approach to technology that complements print, community library buildings, and user-friendly librarians.

Author : Kim Leeder
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 18,84 MB
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838996884

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This thought-provoking collection will challenge librarians at every kind of institution to start planning today for the library of tomorrow.

Author : Osuigwe, Nkem Ekene
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 29,28 MB
Release : 2019-11-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1799811182

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Information in today’s modernized world has become much more attainable with the use of technology. A resource that has fallen victim to this are library services. What was once a staple of knowledge and communication has failed to keep pace with recent advancements in information service providers. Library practitioners need to learn how to manage change, build influence, and adapt their services to remain relevant within local communities. Libraries can continue to play a key role in future aspects of information provision, but proper research is a necessity. Managing and Adapting Library Information Services for Future Users is a collection of innovative research that encapsulates practices, concepts, ideas, and proposals that would chart pathways for libraries of all types to envision and understand how to thrive and remain relevant in the competitive information provision environment. It is expected to motivate librarians and information scientists to probe further into how libraries would better serve user communities of the 21st century who have options of accessing information from sources other than from libraries. While highlighting topics including artificial intelligence, human design thinking, and alternative finance, this book is ideally designed for librarians, information specialists, architects, data scientists, researchers, community development practitioners, policymakers, faculty members, and students seeking current research on emerging advancements in library optimization.

Author : Wendy Evans
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 473 pages
File Size : 42,58 MB
Release : 2011-04-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1780632630

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This book reviews both the historical and future roles that public, private, academic and special libraries have in supporting and shaping society at local, regional, national and international levels. Globalisation, economic turmoil, political and ethnic tensions, rapid technology development, global warming and other key environmental factors are all combining in myriad and complex ways to affect everyone, both individually and collectively. Fundamental questions are being asked about the future of society and the bedrock organisations that underpin it. Libraries and Society considers the key aspects of library provision and the major challenges that libraries – however defined, managed, developed and provided – now face, and will continue to face in the future. It also focuses on the emerging chapter in cultural, economic and social history and the library’s role in serving diverse communities within this new era. Looks at all types of library in a period of major and discontinuous change, tackling the fundamental questions of the future of libraries in the context of major societal, political and environmental issues Poses important questions for the profession and policy development Fills a major gap in literature (recent discourse and debate on the future of democracy, for example, the library is rarely included)

Author : R. Howard Bloch
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 38,38 MB
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780520088115

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""Future libraries" rassemble d'émérites avocats, historiens, informaticiens, linguistes, et architectes pour aborder le futur des bibliothèques, des livres et de l'écrit dans l'ère électronique.

Author : Thomas Frey
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 27,75 MB
Release : 2016-09-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1683500180

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A trend expert predicts what’s next for fields like education and government while sharing how readers can shape their own futures. Epiphany Z is a dynamic approach to envisioning, comprehending, and ultimately thriving in the radically different futures emerging around us at the speed of light. Distilling decades of research, experience, and proven success in correctly identifying and accurately extrapolating today’s trends and innovations into tomorrow’s realities, futurist Thomas Frey gives you an advance ticket to the most explosive period of change in all of human history. Frey’s unparalleled ability to detect emerging trends from the smallest of clues gives him an edge on other futurists. Now he’s sharing the edge with you! · What are tomorrow’s hottest industries? · What huge industries of today are doomed to extinction? · How will our lives be changed by advancements in robotics, in drone technology, and in manufacturing and transportation? · How can education cope with the explosive new world of enhanced information, hyperactive business environments, and unimaginable cultural shifts? · Who will be the masters of tomorrow’s universe—and who will be left behind? · Above all, how can you protect yourself from the most disruptive aspects of the changes sweeping your way—as well as become one of the masters of these changes? Those changes are taking place now. Thomas Frey shows where they will be taking all of us tomorrow and offers a roadmap for the future.

Author : Susan L. Mizruchi
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 47,91 MB
Release : 2020-03-09
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3030333736

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The role of archives and libraries in our digital age is one of the most pressing concerns of humanists, scholars, and citizens worldwide. This collection brings together specialists from academia, public libraries, governmental agencies, and non-profit archives to pursue common questions about value across the institutional boundaries that typically separate us.

Author : Dr Anne Goulding
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 41,92 MB
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1409485579

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Public Libraries in the 21st Century presents a comprehensive analysis of the impact of recent policy initiatives directly targeted at public libraries along with broader developments in the public sector environment within which they operate. Key features include: • An exploration of the context within which public libraries are operating and analysis of their role in local and national life; • Examples of best practice in service delivery; • Evaluation of the challenges and opportunities confronting public library managers; • Wide ranging coverage, including information from published and unpublished sources, supplemented by interviews with key stakeholders in the public library sector. The book provides a unique and thorough guide to the contemporary discourses surrounding issues of identity, social purpose, value and strategy facing the public library service.

Author : Rebekkah Smith Aldrich
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 32,22 MB
Release : 2018-06-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838917534

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This thought-provoking treatment of timely topic offers important points of consideration for library administrators and managers, as well as scholars of urban planning, public policy, disaster recovery, and related disciplines.