I'm always interested in the present and future of libraries. There's a steady stream of reports from various organizations that are broadly relevant to the (mostly academic) library biz but they can be tough to keep track of. I thought I'd aggregate some of those here. Of course I've very likely missed a few, so suggestions are welcome in the comments.
I did a similar compendium about a month ago here.
- NMC Horizon Report > 2014 Higher Education Edition
- Technology to the Rescue: Can Technology-Enhanced Education Help Public Flagship Universities Meet Their Challenges?
- Policy Recommendations for Open Access to Research Data in Europe (RECODE): Legal and ethical challenges
- Canadian Research Knowledge Network Integrated Digital Scholarship Ecosystem (IDSE): Preliminary Report
- International Workshop on Contributorship and Scholarly Attribution (including report)
- State of America's Libraries Report 2014
- Symantec’s Internet Security Threat Report
- The Digital Campus 2014 (Some parts paywalled by The Chronicle of Higher Ed)
- The Nonacademic Careers of STEM PhD Holders
- Transforming Liaison Roles in Research Libraries
- The Oberlin Group Statement on Ebooks & Libraries
- Digital Canada 150
- The Value and Impact of Data Sharing and Curation: A synthesis of three recent studies of UK research data centres
- Knowledge Infrastructures: Intellectual Frameworks and Research Challenges
- The Information Literacy User’s Guide
- Monitoring Progress in the Transition to Open Access: Report of a Working Group
As usual, if I forgotten anything recent please let me know in the comments.
More like this
Via a mailing list, the Top 1000 Books in the US, ranked in order of library holdings. The Top 25 (after the cut):
As is occasionally my habit when a big story breaks, I have gathered together all the relevant documents I could find concerning the recent controversy about the Canadian Conservative government's recent consolidation of the libraries at their Department of Fisheries & Oceans.
7 Things Librarians Are Tired of Hearing
Library without books debuts at Florida’s newest college
Thanks to Mark Spicer for bringing this item to my attention. Note that the site I'm linking to sells printer cartridges, but still has some cool content.
This is wonderful and appreciated, John. Thank you.