【新書】－ Information Tomorrow

Mon 29th Oct 2007

美國最近有一本剛出版的新書在部落客間廣為宣傳，名書是 Information Tomorrow – Reflections on Technology and the Future of Public & Academic Libraries。這本書邀請了 20位現今在圖書館與科技應用上的領先思想家共同著作，他們以不同的方式來說明那些新科技將影響圖書館的行動和目標，並且針對如何使用科技來滿足讀者的需求提供點子。此書的討論內容對系統館員、圖書館 IT 人員、主管及任何使用或對科技使用有興趣的圖書館員應該會想看看此書。

這20位專家是：

● Stephen Abram
● Lori Bell
● Steven J. Bell
● John Blyberg
● Robert Bocher
● Daniel Chudnov
● Jill Emery
● Meredith G. Farkas
● Megan K. Fox
● Beth Gallaway
● Joseph Janes
● David Lee King
● Jenny Levine
● Tom Peters
● Dorothea Salo
● John D. Shank
● Michael Stephens
● Rhonda B. Trueman
● Jessamyn West
● Alane Wilson

Stephen Abram 那裡也大約列出每位專家所寫的內容：

• Megan Fox’s informed view on the potential of mobile devices to transform information work.
• Dan Chudnov’s take on the emerging role of open source, open access and open content in our world.
• John Blyberg’s views on the future of the ILS and OPAC.
• Discursions on changing publishing models by Jill Emery.
• The challenges facing scholarly publishers and academic libraries by Dorothea Salo.
• Beth Gallaway and the new and positive role gaming is playing in education and libraries.
• Joseph Janes on competing with the Googles of the world
• Michael Stephens on the Read/Write Web.
• Robert Bocher on the emerging critical issue of libraries and privacy
• David King on positive user experiences in library websites.
• Jenny Levine, the Shifted Librarian, on Library 2.0.
• Steven J. Bell and John D. Shank on the blended librarian’s role in academic learning.
• Meredith Farkas on the future of library and information science education
• Jessamyn West on the negative side of technology – technophobia, technostress, and technorealism.
• Lori Bell on the exciting virtual world, Second Life, and the Library 2.0 project there.
• And lastly, Alane Wilson who reads the tea leaves and points to the opportunities.