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Direct linkMalenfant, Kara Josephine – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The intent of this study was to aid academic librarians in examining their perceptions of the future of higher education, engaging disciplinary faculty members to understand their views, and determining actions to take to shape the future. In this mixed methods study, scenarios about the future of higher education served as the basis for…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Action Research, Strategic Planning, Focus Groups
Peer reviewedWendorf, Richard – Libraries & Culture, 2002
The conclusions reached at the conference "Rare Book and Manuscript Libraries in the Twenty-first Century," (Houghton Library, Harvard University, 1992), summarized in this essay, provide a context for the "Flair" Symposium. Some issues have changed; others have not. Newer technologies have produced aids and challenges for…
Descriptors: Archives, Conferences, Futures (of Society), Information Technology
World Libraries on the Information Superhighway: Preparing for the Challenges of the New Millennium.
Fletcher, Patricia Diamond, Ed.; Bertot, John Carlo, Ed. – 2000
This book represents the thoughts and experiences of librarians and academics on the changing role of libraries in a global networked community. The first section of the book looks at the agendas for national libraries in a digital world. Issues covered include content and delivery, national policy and practice and strategies for success in a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Librarians
Download full textColorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. State Library and Adult Education Office. – 2001
This Strategic Plan for library development in Colorado includes a specific set of strategic directions for the next four years with suggested key activities to implement them, as well as a set of timeless principles upon which library development and service are based. The Long Range Planning Strategic Directions, 2001-2004, are outlined with key…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Services, Information Technology, Library Development
Peer reviewedGorman, Michael – Australian Library Journal, 1999
Lists values that should underpin librarians' work: stewardship, service, intellectual freedom, privacy, rationalism, commitment to literacy and learning, unfettered access to recorded knowledge and information, and democracy. Discusses how these values should be used to shape a vision of the future library, a "library as a place" that challenges…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Information Scientists
Peer reviewedGils, Wouter J. van – Electronic Library, 1995
Describes the historical development of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Library, and examines the future of scientific libraries in a digital era. Discusses technological changes in the library's policies, services, and organization, and presents an economic analysis of these changes. A sidebar summarizes the library's steps…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Economic Research, Electronic Libraries
Whitesides, William L., Sr., Ed. – 1998
This book, written by graduate students at the Catholic University (District of Columbia) School of Library and Information Science, examines current priorities, policies, and practices of public libraries. Following an introduction, "Reinventing Libraries: Responding to the Forces of Change" (Lisa Crisman), chapters include: (1) "A…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Appropriate Technology, Change, Cultural Context
