What’s on my bedside table you ask? (well…maybe you didn’t but I’ll tell you anyway!)
A few weeks of Entertainment Weekly: Gotta stay in tune with pop culture, yes?
2003 OCLC Enviromental Scan: Pattern Recognition: I can’t say enough about this one. This report to the OCLC membership includes a look at the social, technology, economic and library landscape as well as future trends for libraries, a focus on content, and much much more. Just the Glossary and Readings List are worth the $16 it cost for it to be shipped to my door.
The volume includes a section on major trends in the library landscape. I kid you not: these are the things adminstarors, reference librarians and IT folks need to know about as they set to planning the future of their organizations.
Key terms? Collaboration…New Roles…Accountability…
OCLC Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources
I cheered for the Scan at Gaming Symposium and immediately ordered a copy of OCLC’s Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources yesterday. Karen’s posted about it already. I went right to buying a hard copy so not only can I…