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  • Dec 18, 11

    'Global connectivity, smart machines, and new media are just some of the drivers reshaping how we think about work, what constitutes work, and the skills we will need to be productive contributors in the future. This report analyzes key drivers that will reshape the landscape of work and identifies key work skills needed in the next 10 years.'

    www.iftf.org/futureworkskills2020 trends forecasting work skills change reports

  • Nov 11, 11

    'Across focus and specialization, I have observed a curious trend. No matter whence the identity question comes, inhabitants of libraryland tend to produce iterations of the same answer: our continued relevance depends on becoming more like something else entirely. Not one something in particular, mind you, but any number of somethings. A few of the professional makeover suggestions I found, in no particular order:...'

    www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/...shapeshifting-at-the-periphery librarians change

    • In an interesting twist on the situating concept, I have discovered that part of my legitimacy as a liaison librarian depends on exactly this: remaining consciously peripheral as I participate. Existing on the edge of the academy – a widely acknowledged and consistent complaint of the research librarian – is actually one of our most valuable strengths. Let me explain: In academia, situated learning and collective identity formation are far from idyllic, and are subject to the same struggles and mitigating factors as any other social construct (particularly at the graduate level). Dialectic is intentionally combative, there are power dynamics in any classroom or department, and the journey from academic edge to center can induce frustration, cronyism, and idea-jockeying. Among those for whom knowledge is either leverage or capital (e.g., students and faculty), there may be significant vulnerability in admitting an insight gap of any kind, which can translate to plain old not seeking help when it is needed. Thanks in large part to our nosebleed-section proximity to the academic horizon, not only can librarians provide a source of strategic insight into everything from evidence-based practice to open access publishing to ease the legitimate participation of our users, we create neutral spaces and services that are functionally external to the intellectual scrums happening in their disciplines.

  • Nov 11, 11

    'This Lead Pipe post is about two libraries attempting to reinvent services, collections, and spaces as the walls of their buildings come crashing down. Rather than embarking on phased construction projects, the library buildings at both St. Edward's University and Millersville University will be completely shut down for a period of one and two years, respectively. Co-authors Eric Frierson, Library Digital Services Manager at St. Edward's and Erin Dorney, Outreach Librarian at Milersville discuss renovations as catalysts for change, experimentation and flexibility, and distributed/embedded librarianship.'

    www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/...renovation-catalyst renovation libraries change

  • Nov 11, 11

    'Want a culture of innovation? Choose a few of the following guidelines and make them happen. If not YOU, who? If not NOW, when?'

    www.ideachampions.com/...50_ways_to_fost_1.shtml lists innovation

  • Oct 26, 11

    'An impor­tant part of keep­ing up is know­ing what tools and tech­nolo­gies you absolutely need to use, and what you can ignore for the time being. In aca­d­e­mic libraries, it means know­ing the tools that stu­dents really want and use ver­sus the tools that trend­watch­ing librar­i­ans claim they should be want­ing and using.'

    blogs.princeton.edu/...tools-not-trends web tools tools academic libraries students change

  • Jul 14, 11

    'Let me say that expertise with programming, formats and standards is, of course, very important. It’s just that I happen to think several other talents have a greater bearing on success in today’s workplace. Such as an ability to understand and adapt to new ways of using technology, for example. It’s music to my ears when job-seeker shows awareness of how quickly the way we work can change. Archives and libraries depend ever more on technology-driven systems to accomplish their mission, and those systems are ever evolving. Staff with an eagerness to help refine how things are done are especially prized. Deep technical expertise is optional here. The most important thing is a basic understanding of how the different system parts—both automated and manual—contribute to doing the job at hand.'

    blogs.loc.gov/...al-archivist-or-librarian-need change librarians librarianship libraries archivists digitization digital preservation

    • Let me say that expertise with programming, formats and standards is, of course, very important. It’s just that I happen to think several other talents have a greater bearing on success in today’s workplace. Such as an ability to understand and adapt to new ways of using technology, for example. It’s music to my ears when job-seeker shows awareness of how quickly the way we work can change. Archives and libraries depend ever more on technology-driven systems to accomplish their mission, and those systems are ever evolving. Staff with an eagerness to help refine how things are done are especially prized. Deep technical expertise is optional here. The most important thing is a basic understanding of how the different system parts—both automated and manual—contribute to doing the job at hand.

  • Jun 03, 11

    'He noted that from his perch at an educational institution, and from his research of changing pedagogical preferences, there are some major trends everyone involved in academia must react to....'

    scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/...ture-of-libraries-and-learning trends forecasting academic libraries higher education change

    • Making students creators of information and focusing them on projects is  becoming an important and useful tool in the age of information overload — in  which information overload moves from being a bug and becomes a feature.
    • For libraries designed to be physical spaces for physical objects, rethinking  the architecture (in the broadest sense) of the library will be crucial. How  much is virtual? How much is physical? To check themselves, the Harvard  librarians are asking “WWYD?” (What Would Yale Do?). Competition and  collaboration will both drive innovation. Abundance means cooperation makes  sense, but local concerns will drive local innovation. Harvard has had to create  a collection development policy for the first time, and it’s still in draft —  basically, the presumption that they could buy everything proved untenable, even  if it was never quite true.

  • May 26, 11

    'However, there is another kind of manipulation and maneuvering that is a problem -- when managers use their position to bend subordinates to their will.
    While short-term gains may result, in the end the heart is taken out of people.
    Your staff may become good soldiers, but they will lose something far more important in the process -- their ability to think for themselves.
    General George Patton said it best, "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity." '

    www.ideachampions.com/..._the_root_of_th.shtml change innovation management

  • Apr 29, 11

    'Williams raises an excellent point. Who would put Cassandra in charge of anything? What a loser. She's given the gift of prophecy along with the curse of being ignored. Everyone thinks she's crazy, and it goes seriously downhill from there.'

    www.libraryjournal.com/...s_on_leadership_geeks.html.csp libraries librarians change

  • Apr 26, 11

    'There’s a cadre of LIS students coming up who would jump at the chance for jobs in digital media labs or the Information Commons. Before that can happen, however, library leadership must move beyond the lending/reference model to a broader view of what’s possible in a community-based space focused on helping people.'

    www.libraryjournal.com/...stuck_in_the_past_.html.csp librarians librarianship change

  • Mar 15, 11

    'No one can deny that getting out of the box is a good thing to do. Seems like a no-brainer, eh? Kind of like helping little old ladies cross the street. Or tearing down the Berlin Wall.
    But before you start planning your heroic escape, answer me this:
    What the heck is the box, anyway? '

    www.ideachampions.com/...unless_youve_be.shtml change innovation

  • Dec 17, 10

    'Some librarians are fearful impediments to progress. Some librarians allow perfect metadata to be the enemy of good access. Some libraries, as institutions, do not foster innovation and experimentation, and are deeply resistant to change. It’s so disappointing.'

    mollykleinman.com/...when-librarians-are-obstacles change librarians innovation

    • Innovation and progress can’t happen without failure. It’s how we learn, as individuals and as institutions and as species. Yes, library budgets are tight these days. Tighter than we ever thought they could get. With money so tight, and cuts so deep, it’s easy to think that now is not the time to take risks, but of course, now is exactly the time to take risks
    • The primary responsibility of academic libraries is to support teaching, learning, and research, and so those experiments and the people conducting them are highly relevant to us. We must make sure that we remain relevant to them. If they see us as an obstacle it is only a matter of time before we become obsolete.

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  • Nov 16, 10

    'This preoccupation with challenging traditional stereotypes and images, while at the same time seeking reassurance and justification for why and how librarians do what they do, is merely one of a number of symptoms of a deeper malaise or 'condition of discomfort'[1] underlying the library profession. Other symptoms can be found in the profession's difficulty in naming itself - there is much debate about whether to call oneself a librarian, information scientist, information manager or knowledge worker. '

    www.alia.org.au/...hillenbrand.html librarians librarianship change trends

    • This article will seek to identify the characteristics and qualities of this  crisis in an attempt to draw some conclusions about future trends and directions  for the profession. The argument put forward is that the symptoms of the crisis  are outward signs of a deeper transformation which is taking place within the  profession. This transformation is demonstrated by an evolutionary shift within  the discipline from Library Studies to Information Science to Knowledge  Management.

  • Nov 16, 10

    The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is pleased to offer Route 21, a one-stop-shop for 21st century skills-related information, resources and community tools.

    www.p21.org/index.php skills forecast trends change

  • Nov 07, 10

    'For years, once-vibrant technologies, products, and companies have been dropping like teenagers in a Freddy Krueger movie.'

    technologizer.com/...eath-of-practically-everything change technology

  • Nov 07, 10

    'Except...Beta, VHS, DVD, next big thing on the horizon. Consumers weren't particularly interested in repurchasing their libraries in yet another new-and-improved format. They were particularly uninterested in getting in the middle of a format war that would leave angry consumers on the losing side. In mid-2008, I attended a conference panel where a publishing executive noted overall sales of players for both formats were in the 500,000 range (cannot confirm this number, but sales of HD units were pretty meager).'
    'Bookish lesson. Change will happen. Fight for the future, not the past.'

    radar.oreilly.com/...i-am-a-veteran-of.html books dvds videos change technology

  • Oct 15, 10

    'To her credit, the assistant director of the library doesn’t seem to be one of these librarians.
    To Assistant Director Helen Rigdon, the results represent a double-edged sword. “While this increase in numbers is good for circulation, we worry about just being thought of as a ‘video store,’” she told LJ.
    That should be worrying, because as everyone knows, video stores are a dying industry.'

    blog.libraryjournal.com/...videos-circ-stats videos libraries change

    • As I said in the previous post, some librarians live in a la-la land where  digitizing information means it will be more available to everyone, but that’s  just not the case. Digitizing information means that its delivery can be  controlled more by the content creators.

       

      Once you have a physical book, DVD, or CD out in the world, it’s  uncontrollable. People can loan or copy and distribute the content as they will.  Attempts to stop digital copying from a disc are generally fruitless if you have  $40 to invest in the right copying software. If a physical item is for sale  somewhere, no one can stop a library from purchasing it.

    • After trying to navigate some of the music and video services libraries are  supplying, most normal people would just as soon go to iTunes, Amazon, or  Netflix. And those poor people who just can’t afford to download or stream music  and movies will just be out of luck, because there’s no constitutional right to  free entertainment.

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