TY  - BOOK
AU  - Leeder,Kim
AU  - Frierson,Eric
TI  - Planning our future libraries: blueprints for 2025
SN  - 9780838912072
PY  - 2013///
PB  - American Library Association
N1  - Chapter, Lesson, Part; Part 1: Embracing Participation; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 1: Redesigning Library Services Again: Revising Buckland's Manifesto; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 2: Radical Trust: A User-Librarian Shared Model; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Part 2: Reimagining Spaces; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 3: Meaningful Space in a Digital Age; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 4: The Faculty Commons: Reimagining the Intellectual Heart of Campus; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 5: Free-Range Librarianship: Public Librarian as Park Ranger; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Part 3: Building New Infrastructure; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 6: The Constant Innovator: A New Organizational Mode of Experimentation; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 7: The Future of Funding: A Proposal for a National Library Card; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Part 4: The Global Future; Chapter, Lesson, Part; Chapter 8: International School Libraries: Current Status and Future Vision; Cover, Title,Planning our future libraries: blueprints for 2025--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Contents--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Introduction--References, Appendix, Index,Appendix: Redesigning Library Services: A Manifesto (Abridged)--References, Appendix, Index,About the Contributors--References, Appendix, Index,Index
N2  - [Auto Generated] Introduction This is not the first book to attempt to forecast the future of libraries ,nor will it be the last .The rapid pace of change in librarianship over the past 30 years has created an environment of instability that many are eager to dispel .If nature abhors a vacuum ,librarians detest the uncertainty of the future --and with good reason .Libraries throughout the United States have seen their budgets slashed ,branches closed ,and missions challenged .The short-termeconomic forecast offers little promise of a reversal .Without some concrete vision through which to redefine their form and function ,it appears possible ,even likely ,that libraries could soon be headed into oblivion .Those prepared to wail and gnash their teeth in distress
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