Planning our future libraries : blueprints for 2025 / / Kim Leeder & Eric Frierson, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461740103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chicago, [Illinois] : , : ALA Editions, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-8389-9688-4; 0-8389-1207-9; 0-8389-9686-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (145 p.)
• Disciplina: 022/.3
• Soggetti: Library planning; Libraries - Forecasting; Public services (Libraries) - Forecasting; Organizational change; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Planning Our Future Libraries: Blueprints for 2025; Contents; Introduction; Embracing Participation; Reimagining Spaces; Building New Infrastructure; Leading for the Future; References; Part 1: Embracing Participation; Chapter 1: Redesigning Library Services Again: Revising Buckland's Manifesto; Buckland's Assumption and Three Types of Libraries; Situating Redesigning Library Services; The Library of 2025 versus the 100-Year Library; The Participatory Library; References; Chapter 2: Radical Trust: A User-Librarian Shared Model; Visions of Radical Trust; Advocates of Radical Trust for LibrariesScenario One: The Library 2025 without Radical Trust, or Resistance Is Futile; Scenario Two: The Library 2025 with Radical Trust, or the Athenaeum; Conclusion; References; Part 2: Reimagining Spaces; Chapter 3: Meaningful Space in a Digital Age; When Did My "Stuff" Become Content?; The Projection of Self through Our Spaces; Creating Meaningful Spaces; Narrative Design; Praxis: Library 2025; References; Chapter 4: The Faculty Commons: ; Reimagining the Intellectual Heart of Campus; The Evolution of Academic Library Buildings and Services; We Are More Than Books Aren't We?Students in the Library: From Adjustment to Transformation; The Library as a Platform for Faculty Innovation; A Focus on Teaching and Research; Spaces That Are Greater Than the Sum of Their Parts; References; Chapter 5: Free-Range Librarianship: Public Librarian as Park Ranger; Building a Model of "Everywhere"; Park Rangers and the Information Ecosystem; A Free-Range Librarianship Model; Conclusion; References; Part 3: Building New Infrastructure; Chapter 6: The Constant Innovator: A New Organizational Mode of Experimentation; A Call to Action: Taking Charge of Our Professional DestinyGoogle: A Model for Managing Innovation; The Practicalities: How All This Will Work; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: The Future of Funding: A Proposal for a National Library Card; Realign by 2025; Establishing a National Library Card; Embedding Libraries in the Tax Code; Social Impact Bonds and Libraries; A Public-Private Trust for Libraries; Reengaging First Use; References; Part 4: The Global Future; Chapter 8: International School Libraries: Current Status and Future Vision; Case Study One: Nepal; Case Study Two: Honduras; Case Study Three: BrazilThe International School Library Future; Getting to the International School Library 2025; References; Appendix: Redesigning Library Services: A Manifesto (Abridged); Introduction; Three Types of Library; Reinventing the Library; Organization and Implementation; The Challenge; Author's Note; About the Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This thought-provoking collection will challenge librarians at every kind of institution to start planning today for the library of tomorrow.