Colleagues, The DaVinci Institute has some clear ideas about the future of libraries. Interestingly, the organization is a member of ALA and Frey, the executive director, is on the ALA landscape (articles, speaking, etc.). I think that it is beneficial to occasionally review futurist literature for another (outside of the profession) perspective. Hope that this article is worthwhile reading for you. Pauletta http://www.davinciinstitute.com/papers/the-future-of-libraries/ Pauletta Brown Bracy, PhD Director Office of University Accreditation North Carolina Central University 1801 Fayetteville Street Durham, North Carolina 27707 919.530.6900 / Professor School of Library and Information Sciences ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________

Pauletta, et al., This is indeed an excellent series of articles, and a nice snapshot of thoughtful musings on libraries from a non-library perspective, which is extraordinarily important for us to pay attention to as we do our jobs. I'm really interested that the author has co-opted some of the ideas that James Neal, the Vice Provost/Librarian at Columbia U., has been espousing since at least 2005: first that information technology will render most libraries' collections of modern printed books as ubiquitous as they are available either on the shelf, electronically, or via hyper-efficient interlibrary loan. Secondly, the academic library must embrace the worth of its special collections, as they are the cultural real estate that the library is charged with maintaining, preserving, and making available--either in physical formats or electronically. Bottom line, naysayers notwithstanding, libraries do have a future, and a full plate of opportunities as teaching institutions, access providers, preservers of the cultural record, and as a marketplace of ideas. *David* David Clendinning Director, Drain-Jordan Library West Virginia State University Institute, West Virginia On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Bracy, Pauletta B <pbracy@nccu.edu> wrote: > Colleagues, > > The DaVinci Institute has some clear ideas about the future of libraries. > Interestingly, the organization is a member of ALA and Frey, the executive > director, is on the ALA landscape (articles, speaking, etc.). I think that > it is beneficial to occasionally review futurist literature for another > (outside of the profession) perspective. Hope that this article is > worthwhile reading for you. > > Pauletta > > > > http://www.davinciinstitute.com/papers/the-future-of-libraries/ > > > > > > > > Pauletta Brown Bracy, PhD > > Director > > Office of University Accreditation > > North Carolina Central University > > 1801 Fayetteville Street > > Durham, North Carolina 27707 > > 919.530.6900 > > / > > Professor > > School of Library and Information Sciences > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > HBCU-LibAdmin mailing list > HBCU-LibAdmin@lists.hbculibraries.org > http://lyralists.lyrasis.org/mailman/listinfo/hbcu-libadmin > >

Pauletta, et al., This is indeed an excellent series of articles, and a nice snapshot of thoughtful musings on libraries from a non-library perspective, which is extraordinarily important for us to pay attention to as we do our jobs. I'm really interested that the author has co-opted some of the ideas that James Neal, the Vice Provost/Librarian at Columbia U., has been espousing since at least 2005: first that information technology will render most libraries' collections of modern printed books as ubiquitous as they are available either on the shelf, electronically, or via hyper-efficient interlibrary loan. Secondly, the academic library must embrace the worth of its special collections, as they are the cultural real estate that the library is charged with maintaining, preserving, and making available--either in physical formats or electronically. Bottom line, naysayers notwithstanding, libraries do have a future, and a full plate of opportunities as teaching institutions, access providers, preservers of the cultural record, and as a marketplace of ideas. *David* On Tue, May 31, 2011 at 10:02 AM, Bracy, Pauletta B <pbracy@nccu.edu> wrote: > Colleagues, > > The DaVinci Institute has some clear ideas about the future of libraries. > Interestingly, the organization is a member of ALA and Frey, the executive > director, is on the ALA landscape (articles, speaking, etc.). I think that > it is beneficial to occasionally review futurist literature for another > (outside of the profession) perspective. Hope that this article is > worthwhile reading for you. > > Pauletta > > > > http://www.davinciinstitute.com/papers/the-future-of-libraries/ > > > > > > > > Pauletta Brown Bracy, PhD > > Director > > Office of University Accreditation > > North Carolina Central University > > 1801 Fayetteville Street > > Durham, North Carolina 27707 > > 919.530.6900 > > / > > Professor > > School of Library and Information Sciences > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email > ______________________________________________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > HBCU-LibAdmin mailing list > HBCU-LibAdmin@lists.hbculibraries.org > http://lyralists.lyrasis.org/mailman/listinfo/hbcu-libadmin > > -- *David* B. David Clendinning Director, Drain-Jordan Library West Virginia State University Institute, West Virginia 25112 PHONE: 304.766.3239 FAX: 304.766.4103