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.

[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 ...