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.
+ Prospector
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?
