On 27/05/2011 18:25, B.G. Sloan wrote:
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> "On 11/1/2010, Taiga Forum 6 met in Palo Alto to begin developing a new set of provocative statements regarding some future challenges to academic libraries. Another group discussed the draft statements at ALA Midwinter in San Diego in January, 2011. The Taiga Forum Steering Committee has taken that input and created this third round of Taiga Forum Provocative Statements. As before, the statements are intended to provoke conversation rather than attempt to predict the future."
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> See: http://bit.ly/l1URO1
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While the Taiga Forum is always diverting, one of the problems I have
with the statements is that they are almost always negative for the
future of the library. One of them, e.g.
"5. no more collection building
Within five years, information needs will be met through on-demand
purchasing. Big deals will have been eliminated and collection building
will only be meaningful for a select few designated libraries."
could be worded as "Within five years, the definition of the
"collection" will have changed for libraries, to include the totality of
the information universe. New methods of dealing with this inclusive
environment are being devised, and the response has been overwhelmingly
positive from the public, while librarians themselves feel as if they
have regained a bit of control and have garnered new ares of respect
within society."
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James Weinheimer weinheimer.jim.l_at_gmail.com
First Thus: http://catalogingmatters.blogspot.com/
Cooperative Cataloging Rules: http://sites.google.com/site/opencatalogingrules/
Received on Mon May 30 2011 - 09:42:29 EDT