Library 2020: Today's Leading Visionaries Describe Tomorrow's

Library 2020: Today's Leading Visionaries Describe Tomorrow's Library

Thinking about the future of libraries, librarianship and the work librarians do is as old as libraries themselves. (No doubt seminars were organized by the Alexandria Librarians Association on the future of the scroll and what to do about the rising barbarian tide.) At no time in our memory, though, have these discussions and conversations been so profound and critical.

Here one of todayâ€™s leading thinkers and speakers about the future of libraries brings together 30 leaders from all types of libraries and from outside librarianship to describe their vision of what the library will be in 2020. Contributors including Stephen Abram, Susan Hildreth, Marie Radford, Clifford Lynch, and Library Journalâ€™s The Annoyed Librarian were asked to describe the â€œlibrary of 2020,â€ in whatever terms they wanted, either a specific library or situation or libraries in general. They were told: â€œbe bold, be inspirational, be hopeful, be true, be provocative, be realistic, be depressing, be light-hearted, be thoughtful, be funâ€¦be yourself, and for heavenâ€™s sake, donâ€™t be boring.â€ Not that they could be.

Broadly representative of important perspectives and aspects within the profession as well as featuring important voices beyond the professional realm, Library 2020 presents thought-provoking and illuminating visions from many points of view. It is both required reading for library leaders and trustees as well as an ideal supplemental text for LIS classes looking at the future of the profession.
Country USA
Brand Scarecrow Press
Manufacturer Scarecrow Press
Binding Paperback
ReleaseDate 2013-05-23
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780810887145

Country	USA
Brand	Scarecrow Press
Manufacturer	Scarecrow Press
Binding	Paperback
ReleaseDate	2013-05-23
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780810887145

Library 2020: Today's Leading Visionaries Describe Tomorrow's Library

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