Summary of Suggestions on Planning and the Future of Libraries
Author : Carleton Bruns Joeckel
Publisher :
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 26,44 MB
Release : 1934
Category : Libraries
ISBN :
Author : Carleton Bruns Joeckel
Publisher :
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 26,44 MB
Release : 1934
Category : Libraries
ISBN :
Author : Kim Leeder
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 43,28 MB
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838996884
This thought-provoking collection will challenge librarians at every kind of institution to start planning today for the library of tomorrow.
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 20,26 MB
Release : 2001-01-23
Category : Law
ISBN : 0309171687
Digital information and networks challenge the core practices of libraries, archives, and all organizations with intensive information management needs in many respectsâ€"not only in terms of accommodating digital information and technology, but also through the need to develop new economic and organizational models for managing information. LC21: A Digital Strategy for the Library of Congress discusses these challenges and provides recommendations for moving forward at the Library of Congress, the world's largest library. Topics covered in LC21 include digital collections, digital preservation, digital cataloging (metadata), strategic planning, human resources, and general management and budgetary issues. The book identifies and elaborates upon a clear theme for the Library of Congress that is applicable more generally: the digital age calls for much more collaboration and cooperation than in the past. LC21 demonstrates that information-intensive organizations will have to change in fundamental ways to survive and prosper in the digital age.
Author : Steve O’Connor
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 49,46 MB
Release : 2010-09-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1780630468
In this information age it is widely recognised that, in order to maintain relevance and to gain a competitive edge, libraries and other organisations in the business of information must continuously assess their roles, collections, services and perhaps most importantly, their business practices. Scenarios are a way of predicting and describing a future three to five years away while strongly engaging one’s community in choosing the future which is preferable. The horizon in which assessments about future roles change is growing shorter and shorter. While it is almost clichéd to state that change is the only constant, differing scenarios of what libraries might be allow all of us to contemplate futures we might otherwise not allow. Drawing on extensive experience in libraries in different parts of the globe, the authors provide a rich analysis of planning, managing and implementing change in information organisations through scenario planning. Through extensive practical applications, both actual and theoretical, the authors provide a strong background understanding and direct the reader through a planning process that is both readily applicable and innovative for all information organisations, irrespective of their size or client base. Extensive exploration of what it means to ‘shape our futures’ rather than having our future shaped for us Valuable techniques for understanding futures and creating different scenarios Practical applications are illustrated through examples and real life experience
Author : American Library Association
Publisher :
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 45,15 MB
Release : 1934
Category : Libraries and state
ISBN :
Author : Walt Crawford
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 13,76 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780838906477
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 : Jeremy Myntti
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 23,26 MB
Release : 2019-07-03
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838917135
In today’s information landscape, there are fewer topics that more urgently demand expansive discourse than digital preservation, which touches on everything from technology to copyright. The Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS) steps up to the challenge with this comprehensive overview. Global in scope, it features case studies and contributions that discuss such key issues as the history of digital preservation; digital preservation and information ethics; strategies for getting started, sustaining digitization programs, and performing evaluation; fine-tuning digital preservation workflows, with a look at Digital Streams Matrix for analyzing pathways and tasks; preserving e-books, mobile device data, and other specific types of materials; collaborative efforts in digital preservation, including jargon-free techniques for engaging non-technical colleagues in digital legacy tools and processes; and the copyright, legal, and administrative issues connected with digital preservation. Academic librarians, technical services staff, technologists, and administrators will all benefit from this incisive collection.
Author : Kent Hendrickson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 43,61 MB
Release : 2019-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1000757900
In the seven chapters of this book, first published in 1991, the topics of planning and creativity as they apply to the management of academic libraries are discussed fully, with specific examples and detailed guidelines. Topics such as involving all members of the library staff in decision making and encouraging creativity in an unstable work environment are explored, as are new developments like performance measures.
Author : Resource Planning Group Inc
Publisher :
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 19,32 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Library planning
ISBN :
Author : Peter Hernon
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 45,36 MB
Release : 2013-01-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0838911870
Academic and public libraries are much different today than they were even 15 years ago. With even bigger changes on the horizon, what lies in store? This volume offers ideas to academic and public librarians about the future of library services. Editors Hernon and Matthews invite a raft of contributors to step back and envision the type of future library that will generate excitement and enthusiasm among users and stakeholders. Anyone interested in the future of libraries, especially library managers, will be engaged and stimulated as the contributorsExamine the current state of the library, summarizing existing literature on the topic to sketch in historical backgroundProject into the future, using SWOT analysis, environmental scans, and other techniques to posit how library infrastructure (such as staff, collections, technology, and facilities) can adapt in the decades aheadConstruct potential scenarios that library leaders can use to forge paths for their own institutionsThe collection of knowledge and practical wisdom in this book will help academic and public libraries find ways to honor their missions while planning for the broader institutional changes already underway.