Background Reading for Visioning and Transforming

Sites below represent information from all types of libraries; however, all sites provide valuable perspective and content for all participants. So, if your interest is academic libraries, review all recommended sites and not just those for academic environments. We recommend you begin with the eight shaded resources selected by the Visioning Task Force Steering Committee.

Must Reads…

Strong Libraries - Adaption & Renewal in Libraries - http://www.stronglibraries.com "Strong Libraries is a model to help your library adapt and renew in the current information environment of challenge and change.  "The status quo is no longer acceptable in libraries." Richard Wayne

DaVinci Institute Content rich web environment with 35 papers by futurists including “The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great Transformation”

http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/2006/11/04/saturday-morning-keynote-by-joan-frye-williams/

The Shifted Librarian (Blog entries)

http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2006/06/25/20060625_scanning_the_future_your_library.html

OCLC Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources Extensive, thoughtful 290 page report based on survey research data (results included in appendices http://www.oclc.org/reports/pdfs/Percept_all.pdf

Taiga Higher education administrator/ managers future/trend identification

http://www.taigaforum.org/docs/ProvocativeStatements.pdf

University of Texas 12 page report of future/trends based on guided discussion by higher education

administrators/managers http://www.lib.utexas.edu/symposium/symposium_white_paper.pdf

Also Recommended…

Future of School Libraries At Library Research Service - Significant data on school libraries gathered and reported in both data and narrative http://www.lrs.org/impact.php

Librarian in Black Blog/discussion format with a wide variety of contributors focusing on future trends, ideas, projects, news www.librarianinblack.net

“Long Overdue” by ALC’s Libraries for the Future 84 page report on future library/public community data and opinion based on survey and appreciative enquiry http://www.actforlibraries.org/pdf/LongOverdue.pdf

Making Cities Stronger: Public Library Contributions to Local Economic Development Public libraries and economic

development recommendation based on community discourse and survey data http://www.urbanlibraries.org/files/making_cities_stronger.pdf

NCES Reading Report Card on Literacy Extensive report on elementary school children and literacy…libraries aren’t mentioned per se but good overview of elementary children/schools

http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/pdf/main2007/2007496.pdf

Pew Internet & American Life Reports on Demographics Rich web environment on data about the Internet and technology and media http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/c/2/topics.asp

“Shift Happens” Six minute video on global information

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljbI-363A2Q

School Libraries – Design recipe of the future with a short but well written article on the critical role a school library will play in the school of the future

http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/kqweb/kqarchives/volume31/311myerberg.cfm

Tame The Web Blog with opinions and comments scattered throughout reports and news bites on trends, futures, etc. http://tametheweb.com/2007/02/ten_tech_trends_for_librarians_1.html

Texas State Demographer’s Reports Although this site provides rich data, much strength in content comes from 10+ presentations/papers presented on the topic. Obviously, great background on Texas. http://txsdc.utsa.edu/