[LM_NET] GEN: The Future of Libraries--Interesting Article!

[Sara Kelly Johns <sarakellyjohns@YAHOO.COM>]

Hi, this was sent to me by one of my SUNY
Plattsburgh's Feinberg Library colleagues, Nancy
Hoshlyk

It's rather thought-provoking, Sara Johns

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The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great
Transformation

By Thomas Frey, Executive Director of the DaVinci
Institute

summary:

The top trends affecting libraries, and four
suggestions on 
what to do 
In the report The Future of Libraries: Beginning the
Great 
Transformation, the DaVinci Institute, a nonprofit
futurist 
think tank, has put together 10 key trends that are 
affecting the development of the next generation
library. 
They are:

Time compression is changing the lifestyle of library
users 
Libraries are transitioning from a center of
information to 
a center of culture 
We are transitioning from a product-based to an
experience-
based economy 
The stage is being set for a new era of global systems

The demand for global information is growing
exponentially 
Over time, we will be transitioning to a verbal
society 
Search technology will become increasingly more
complicated 
We haven’t yet reached the ultimate small particle for

storage, but will soon 
All technology ends and all technologies commonly used

today will be replaced by something new 
Communication systems are continually changing the way

people access information 


Their recommendations:

Evaluate the library experience 
Preserve the memories of your own communities 
Embrace new information technologies 
Experiment with creative spaces so the future role of
the 
library can define itself 






the complete version of this article is available at: 

http://www.davinciinstitute.com/page.php?ID=120





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