Planning our future libraries : blueprints for 2025 / Kim Leeder and Eric Frierson, editors. - Chicago : American Library Association, An Imprint of the American Library Association, (c)2014. - xiii, 130 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographies and index.

Redesigning library services again : revisiting Buckland's manifesto / Radical trust : a user-librarian shared model / Meaningful space in a digital age / vBen Malczewski -- The faculty commons : reimagining the intellectual heart of campus / Free range librarianship : public librarian as park ranger / The constant innovator : a new organizational mode of experimentation / The future of funding : a proposal for a national library card / International school libraries : current status and future vision / Brett Bonfield -- Dave Harmeyer -- Krisellen Maloney -- Hugh Rundle -- Megan Hodge -- John Chrastka -- Lesley Farmer.

The rapid pace of change over the past thirty years has created an environment of instability. What has it meant for libraries? Budgets slashed, branches closed, and missions challenged. This collection of essays views a future focusing on innovative qualities and achievable projections that you can build on to meet the needs of your community.



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Libraries--Forecasting.
Library planning.
Organizational change.
Public services (Libraries)--Forecasting.

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