Future Article: A Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto

Library 2.0: An Academic's Perspective: "A Librarian's 2.0 Manifesto" by Laura Cohen: http://liblogs.albany.edu/library20/2006/11/a_librarians_20_manifesto.html

Future of Libraries article

THE FUTURE OF THE ACADEMIC LIBRARY AND THE ACADEMIC LIBRARIAN: A DELPHI STUDY RELOADED

Authors: Blazej Feret; Marzena Marcinek

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Feret, Blazej¹ blazej.feret@bg.p.lodz.pl
Marcinek, Marzena² marcinek@biblos.pk.edu.pl

New Review of Information Networking; May2005, Vol. 11 Issue 1, p37-63, 27p, 8 diagrams, 16 graphs

At the 20th IATUL (International Association of Technological University Libraries) Conference held in 1999, the authors presented a paper ‘The Future of the AcademicLibrary and the Academic Librarian. A DELPHI Study’ (see http://www.iatul.org/conference/proceedings/vol09/papers/feret.html). The aim of that study was to identify trends and present a probable scenario for the year 2005. Much has changed since then. We live in a different world because of significant changes in technology and in information networking and access, internationalisation of teaching and research and fundamental changes in scholarly communication and publishing models, which in turn have imposed new legal regulations. All these factors have strongly influenced libraries and changed the library image in a way hardly to be predicted 6 years ago. This paper presents the results of a new study conducted in 2005. It has two main objectives: to verify the results of theof the experts’ predictions with the reality as of the year 2005) to make further extrapolation, focused on competencies that librarians should develop as professional information suppliers and experts, to meet future needs. A Delphi method ofof questions, subsequent analysis of the responses to the open and closed questions and a development of the expert consensus about the topic ofthe study. The panel of experts was composed of the librarians and informationof whom were also involved in the previous study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Future of the Library Article

20 Maxims for Collection Building

Date: Sep 15, 2007 | Author: By Barbara Genco, as told to Raya Kuzyk

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At the Pratt Institute School of Information and Library Science, New York, last fall, Barbara Genco, collection development director at the Brooklyn Public Library, taught a course on collection development principles, theory, and practice. LJ asked her to distill her curriculum down to 20 talking points that address the future of collection development and the working world awaiting this generation of library school graduates.

The impact of technology has transformed libraries. What we're trying to teach in library school now is that the job requires skills of inquiry, investigation, and rethinking. Collection development, vendor relationships, ethics, stewardship of collections—all these things continue, but the environment is entirely changed and will keep changing indefinitely...... continued at:

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