Articles about the future of libraries
Libraries of the Future: 8 technologies we would love to see
Libraries lead the way to digital citizenship. They should be the first places where most advanced technologies are implemented.Today, libraries are not only about lending books. They are creative spaces, not only for individuals, but also teams. They are economic incubators and learning hubs.
Most of all, the libraries are the entry points to the digital world. They are the way to embrace technology and avoid digital exclusion.Therefore, to improve technological literacy of local communities, libraries should be equipped with relevant technologies.
Libraries of the future are going to change in some unexpected ways
According to David Pescovitz, co-editor at Boing Boing and research director at the Institute for the Future, a Palo Alto-based collective that makes forecasts about our world, it’s likely in the coming decades that society’s traditional understanding of a library will get completely upended.
The Future of Libraries
A recent contest sponsored by the Knight Foundation awarded shares of a $1.6 million prize to 14 winners who came up with the best, most innovative ideas for helping libraries better serve their changing communities. Here is a list of some of the most innovative ideas from the contest, along with several other examples of ways libraries are changing with the times.
Institute wide task force on the future of libraries (MIT) Preliminary Report
In October 2015, MIT Provost Martin A. Schmidt asked Chris Bourg, Director of Libraries, to convene and lead an Ad Hoc Task Force on the Future of Libraries. The Task Force was charged with seeking broad input from the MIT community and from domain experts on how the MIT Libraries ought to evolve to best advance the creation, dissemination, and preservation of knowledge, and to serve as a leader in the reinvention of research libraries. These are the resulting recommendations.
What will become of the library: How it will evolve as the world goes digital
An excellent article that places the concerns and fears for the future of libraries into perspective not with resignation but a pragmatic approach to the challenges ahead. The article ends with: In the end, it’s up to us—scholars, makers, and artists, seekers of community, access, and safe haven, and above all, readers in the old, human sense of the word—to rise to the level of these monuments we’ve built.
Libraries lead the way to digital citizenship. They should be the first places where most advanced technologies are implemented.Today, libraries are not only about lending books. They are creative spaces, not only for individuals, but also teams. They are economic incubators and learning hubs.
Most of all, the libraries are the entry points to the digital world. They are the way to embrace technology and avoid digital exclusion.Therefore, to improve technological literacy of local communities, libraries should be equipped with relevant technologies.
Libraries of the future are going to change in some unexpected ways
According to David Pescovitz, co-editor at Boing Boing and research director at the Institute for the Future, a Palo Alto-based collective that makes forecasts about our world, it’s likely in the coming decades that society’s traditional understanding of a library will get completely upended.
The Future of Libraries
A recent contest sponsored by the Knight Foundation awarded shares of a $1.6 million prize to 14 winners who came up with the best, most innovative ideas for helping libraries better serve their changing communities. Here is a list of some of the most innovative ideas from the contest, along with several other examples of ways libraries are changing with the times.
Institute wide task force on the future of libraries (MIT) Preliminary Report
In October 2015, MIT Provost Martin A. Schmidt asked Chris Bourg, Director of Libraries, to convene and lead an Ad Hoc Task Force on the Future of Libraries. The Task Force was charged with seeking broad input from the MIT community and from domain experts on how the MIT Libraries ought to evolve to best advance the creation, dissemination, and preservation of knowledge, and to serve as a leader in the reinvention of research libraries. These are the resulting recommendations.
What will become of the library: How it will evolve as the world goes digital
An excellent article that places the concerns and fears for the future of libraries into perspective not with resignation but a pragmatic approach to the challenges ahead. The article ends with: In the end, it’s up to us—scholars, makers, and artists, seekers of community, access, and safe haven, and above all, readers in the old, human sense of the word—to rise to the level of these monuments we’ve built.
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