[OPLIN 4cast] OPLIN 4cast #401: Looking to the horizon

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OPLIN 4cast #401: Looking to the horizon
September 3rd, 2014

NMC logoThe New Media Consortium recently released the NMC Horizon 
Report: 2014 Library Edition 
<http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2014-nmc-horizon-report-library-EN.pdf> [pdf], 
produced in collaboration with the University of Applied Sciences in 
Chur, the Technische Informationsbibliothek in Hannover, and the 
ETH-Bibliothek in Zurich. The NMC Horizon Project started in 2002, and 
each year it investigates emerging technologies and trends likely to 
affect education around the globe. That means the Library Edition is 
focused on academic and research libraries rather than public libraries, 
but some of the topics discussed in the report will look very familiar 
to any type of library.

  * *Prioritization of mobile content and delivery* (page 8) "'The Right
    to e-Read' campaign by the European Bureau of Library Information
    and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA) is a Europe-wide initiative
    to raise awareness for stakeholders and policy makers about the
    challenges libraries face in providing e-books and digital content
    because of copyright concerns. Libraries in the United States are
    closely following the legal policies regarding the purchasing and
    resale of digital content."
  * *Rethinking the roles and skills of librarians* (page 22) "A number
    of universities have experimented with fellowship programs and other
    non-permanent hiring situations that bring in people with the
    desired skills to work on discipline-specific projects. This
    strategy provides libraries the opportunity to test new types of
    professionals and see if their roles merit the creation of a new
    position."
  * *Competition from alternative avenues of discovery* (page 26) "A
    recent Slate article explored libraries' potential transition from
    print materials to technology and training. Academic and research
    libraries are incorporating more authentic experiences for
    information discovery - immersive opportunities that Google Scholar
    and Wikipedia cannot yet foster. Seattle University's Lemieux
    Library, for example, is home to the Media Production Center where
    students and faculty receive the training and support needed to turn
    their creative ideas into tangible products."
  * *Semantic web and linked data* (page 44) "Library catalogs will be a
    more valuable information resource if their metadata is an
    interoperable part of the semantic web and not siloed in separate
    inaccessible databases. It is no longer enough for libraries to have
    their own websites with collection data; there is growing emphasis
    to integrate these collection catalogs into sites and services more
    frequently accessed by users."

*/Articles from Ohio Web Library <http://ohioweblibrary.org>:/*

  * Library as classroom.
    <http://web.b.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/lrc/detail/detail?sid=1ed8c0d5-e172-4cea-a745-7633475a3695%40sessionmgr114&vid=0&hid=124&bdata=JnNpdGU9bHJjLWxpdmU%3d#db=lfh&AN=95951696>
    (/Library Journal/, 5/15/2014, p36 | Michael Stevens)
  * Emerging technologies center.
    <http://web.b.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/chc/detail?sid=aac7f842-64bd-4b9d-aed3-1c44cd642926%40sessionmgr114&vid=0&hid=124&bdata=JnNpdGU9Y2hjLWxpdmU%3d#db=cmh&AN=96236915>
    (/Nursing Education Perspectives/, Mar/Apr 2014, p131-132 | Diane J.
    Skiba)
  * The New Media Centers' consortium: A tool for legitimizing
    technology in higher education.
    <http://web.b.ebscohost.com.proxy.oplin.org/ehost/detail/detail?sid=932cf3c8-508a-4be3-802d-8e7e552f1b42%40sessionmgr113&vid=0&hid=124&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=buh&AN=614872>
    (/Journal of Research on Computing in Education/, Spring 1998,
    p296,11p. | David Richard Moore and John K. Burton)

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