top trends in colorado libraries 2011
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What are the trends in 2011 in Colorado libraries? Join this presentation to find out and bring your own ideas of trends you are seeing. Knowing what other libraries are doing is helpful. Knowing what the trends are across various libraries is even more helpful in understanding our future. Presented by Sharon Morris at the Colorado Association of Libraries Conference, October 2011.TRANSCRIPT
Top Trends in Colorado Libraries2011
Sharon MorrisCAL Conference
October 15, 2011
Trend
1. The general direction in which something tends to move.
2. A general tendency or inclination.
3. Current style; vogue: the latest trend in fashion.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition ©2000 Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009.
Fad
A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition ©2000 Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009.
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School Libraries
Mobile
Eee…
EE-books
E-content
E-publishing
E-search
E- training
Role of the library?• Literacy• Community Center• Community Leader• Broadband Anchor Institution• Workforce & Economic Development
Support• Third Place – Meeting Space• Learning Place (inc instruction)• Creative Space• One Stop Shop• “Center for Public Happiness” John
Cotton Dana
Family Literacy
Community
Public Computer Centers
Public Computer Centers
Future Glance - Language
Transliteracy
Library as verb
Value
Innovation
Glance Forward – Driving Forces
Policy Influences
User & Community Needs & Interests
New Technology
Your Thoughts?