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OCLC's The Future of Libraries

In the report The Future of Libraries: Beginning the Great Transformation, the DaVinci Institute, a nonprofit futurist think tank, has put together 10 key trends that are affecting the development of the next generation library. They are:

Time compression is changing the lifestyle of library users
Libraries are transitioning from a center of information to a center of culture
We are transitioning from a product-based to an experience-based economy
The stage is being set for a new era of global systems
The demand for global information is growing exponentially
Over time, we will be transitioning to a verbal society
Search technology will become increasingly more complicated
We havenÃ?’t yet reached the ultimate small particle for storage, but will soon
All technology ends and all technologies commonly used today will be replaced by something new
Communication systems are continually changing the way people access information

Their recommendations:

Evaluate the library experience
Preserve the memories of your own communities
Embrace new information technologies
Experiment with creative spaces so the future role of the library can define itself

From the e-mail message OCLC Abstracts.

I'm not so sure about "Over time, we will be transitioning to a verbal society." They seem to mean folks will be talking to their computers. Well, if you can imagine a room or plane full of people all talking to their machines you can see the drawback. And you thought mobile phones were a disturbance. Maybe if they could be used in a cone of silence.

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