256 pages
6" x 9"
Softcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-8389-1187-7
Year Published: 2013
AP Categories: A, B, C, D, I, J, Z
Academic and public libraries are much different today than they were even 15 years ago. With even bigger changes on the horizon, what lies in store? This volume offers ideas to academic and public librarians about the future of library services. Editors Hernon and Matthews invite a raft of contributors to step back and envision the type of future library that will generate excitement and enthusiasm among users and stakeholders. Anyone interested in the future of libraries, especially library managers, will be engaged and stimulated as the contributors- Examine the current state of the library, summarizing existing literature on the topic to sketch in historical background
- Project into the future, using SWOT analysis, environmental scans, and other techniques to posit how library infrastructure (such as staff, collections, technology, and facilities) can adapt in the decades ahead
- Construct potential scenarios that library leaders can use to forge paths for their own institutions
The collection of knowledge and practical wisdom in this book will help academic and public libraries find ways to honor their missions while planning for the broader institutional changes already underway.
Table of Contents
List of Figures, Tables, and Text Boxes Preface
1 Change—Major to Minor Fundamental Change
Some Important Trends
Creating the Library Compass
Concluding Thoughts
2 Building a Path to the Future Environmental Scanning Reports Concluding Thoughts
3 Transforming the Future
Identifying Trends
Building Scenarios
Transformation
4 Related Literature Scenario Planning Some Key Writings Use of Scenarios in General Writings Relevant to Academic Libraries Writings Relevant to Public Libraries Concluding Thoughts
5 Future Views of Academic Libraries Higher Education Trends in Academic Libraries Unfamiliarity with Libraries and the Role of Librarians Exploring the Use of Different Scenarios Six Academic Library Scenarios Extending the Scenarios beyond Fifteen Years Concluding Thoughts
6 Perspectives on Trends and Scenarios: Academic Libraries Scholarly Communication and Liberal Arts College Libraries (by Richard Fyffe) Scholarly Communication and the Role of the Liberal Arts College Library (by Diane J. Graves) Toward Building an Embedded Academic Library: The Case of Shaping Drexel University Libraries Spaces Revisiting the Scenarios through Space Planning Concluding Thoughts
7 Future Views of Public Libraries Public Library Association Planning Process Scenarios and Public Libraries Out-of-the-Box Thinking Concluding Thoughts
8 Perspectives on Trends and Scenarios: Public Libraries Scenario One: The “Status Quo” Library Scenario Two: The Community “Living Room” Scenario Three: The “Electronic” Library Scenario Four: The “Happening Place” Library Comments on the Scenarios Concluding Thoughts
9 Preparing for the Future: Some Final Thoughts Leadership Staff Abilities for the Present and Future Currents in Scenario Development Privatizing Libraries Libraries Merely Trying to Keep Up Revisiting Space Planning Issues of Importance to the Broader Organization Concept of Scenarios Revisited Concluding Thoughts
Appendix A: The Use of Scenarios in the Pierce County Library System (by Neel Parikh) Appendix B: The Anythink Revolution (by Pam Sandlian-Smith) About the Authors Index
About the Editors
Peter Hernon is a professor at Simmons College, Graduate School of Library
and Information Science, Boston, and the principal faculty member for the
doctoral program Managerial Leadership in the Information Professions. He
received his PhD degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, is the 2008
recipient of the ACRL’s Academic/Research Librarian of the Year award, is
the coeditor of Library & Information Science Research, and has taught, conducted
workshops, and delivered addresses internationally. He is the author
or coauthor of fifty-two books, including Assessing Service Quality and Viewing Library Metrics from Different
Perspectives.
Joseph R. Matthews is a consultant specializing in strategic planning, assessment,
evaluation of library services, customer service, use of performance
measures, and the balanced scorecard. He was an instructor at the San Jose
State University School of Library and Information Science. He is author of
The Customer-Focused Library, The Evaluation and
Measurement of Library Services, Scorecards for
Results, Strategic Planning and Management for
Managers, and Measuring for Results, and the coauthor (with Peter Hernon) of Listening to the
Customer, among other books.
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