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Recommended Reading for Evolving Library Services for Digital Natives Pages
Digital Natives: the Millennial Generation
"A selective bibliography about "digital natives" or the "millennial generation" and what libraries can do to meet their needs. Created for the Idaho Library Association Southwest Regional Conference Keynote address, April 8, 2006."
Perceptions of Libraries and Information Resources: A Report to the OCLC Membership, by Cathy De Rosa, Joanne Cantrell, Diane Cellentani, Janet Hawk, Lillie Jenkins, and Alane Wilson. (2005) OCLC; ISBN: 1556533640. Available from the State Commission’s collection † (025.58 PERCEPT 2005). Download a PDF version at no charge at http://www.oclc.org/reports/2005perceptions.htm
A Research Study of 14-35 year olds for the Future Development of Public Libraries, by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport http://www.bl.uk/about/cooperation/pdf/publiclibraries.pdf
Stephen Abram. " The Shop Window: Compelling and Dynamic Library Portals"
Stephen Abram. "Web 2.0, Library 2.0, and Librarian 2.0: Preparing for the 2.0 World"
Stephen Abram. "The Proof is in the Podding", (In PDF file format)
Jim Collins, "Good to Great and the Social Sectors"
Michael Culligan. "Digital Natives in the Classroom"
Mark Federman, Enterprise Awareness, McLuhan Thinking, 2003 (Keynote speech at The Information Highways Conference in PDF format)
Aaron Schmidt. "Are You Game?" (EBSCOhost)
K.G. Schneider. "The User Is Not Broken: A Meme Masquerading as a Manifesto"
Blogs To Read:
Stephen’s Lighthouse
http://stephenslighthouse.sirsi.com/
Walking Paper
http://www.walkingpaper.org/
Tame the Web
http://www.tametheweb.com/
It's All Good
http://scanblog.blogspot.com/
ALA Techsource Blog
http://www.techsource.ala.org/blog/
Resources in the Professional Development Collection at ICL
The Virtual Reference Desk: Creating a Reference Future , New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2006 (025.52 VIRTUAL 2006).
Digital Inclusion, Teens, and Your Library , Farmer, Lesley S. J., Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2005 (027.62 FARMER).
Extreme Teens: Library Services to Nontraditional Young Adults , Anderson, Sheila B., Westport, Conn. : Libraries Unlimited, 2005 (027.62 ANDERSO 2005).
Developing and Promoting Graphic Novel Collections , Miller, Steve, New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2005 (Z692.G7 M55 2005).
Teens and Libraries: Getting it Right , Walter, Virginia A., Chicago : American Library Association, 2003 (027.62 WALTER T).
Technically Involved: Technology-based Youth Participation Activities for Your Library , Braun, Linda W., Chicago : American Library Association, 2003 (027.62 BRAUN6).
Do it Right!: Best Practices for Serving Young Adults in School and Public Libraries , Jones, Patrick, New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2001 (027.62 JONES).
Links & Recommended Reading To Get You Thinking
Nonfiction
The 2003 OCLC Environmental Scan: Pattern Recognition: A Report to the OCLC Membership, by Cathy De Rosa (Contributor), Lorcan Dempsey (Contributor), Rick Limes (Contributor), Linda Shepard (Contributor), Alane Wilson (Editor). (2004). OCLC; ISBN: 1556533519. Available from the State Commission’s collection† (021.65 Derosa). Download a .pdf version at no charge at http://www.oclc.org/membership/escan/default.htm.
A profession-wide report that focuses on the future of libraries and looks at trends, predictions and obstacles to succeeding in that future.
2004 Information Format Trends: Content, Not Containers by OCLC. (2004).
As the boundaries blur between content, technology and the information consumer, the report shows how format now matters less than the information within the container. Download a .pdf version at no charge at: http://www.oclc.org/reports/2004format.htm
The Age of Spiritual Machines: When Computers Exceed Human Intelligence, by Ray Kurzweil. (1999) Penguin; ISBN: 0140282025. Available from the State Commission’s collection† (ISL 006.3 KURZWEI).
From front flap: The Age of Spiritual Machines is no mere list of predictions but a phophetic blueprint for the future. Kurzweil guides us through the inexorable advances that will result in computers exceeding the memory capacity and computational ability of the human brain.
The Art of the Long View: Planning for the Future in an Uncertain World, by Peter Schwartz. (1991). Doubleday; ISBN: 0385267320. Available from the State Commission’s collection† (ISL 658.4012 SCHWART).
A guide on how to write scenarios to make better decisions for the future.
Abram, Stephen. Articles and PowerPoint presentations on a variety of library related issues by Stephen Abram, Vice President of Innovation, Sirsi Corporation
Prensky, Marc. “Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants” Examines the different learning styles of those who have used digital technology since birth and the ways educators (and libraries?) must adapt to successfully engage them.
Educating the Net Generation, by Diana Oblinger. (2005). Educause; ISBN: 0967285321.
Contains a chapter on libraries.
Brand, Stewart, "Environmental Heresies," Technology Review, May 2005, pp.60-63
Epstein, Jason, "The Future of Books," Technology Review, January 2005, pp.60-63
The Future of Libraries: Six Perspectives on how libraries, librarians, and library patrons will adapt to changing times. Technology, Winter 2004, p. 13-17.
The Future of Music: Manifesto for the Digital Music Revolution, by David Kusek* and Gerd Leonhard; edited by Susan Gedutis Lindsay. (2005). Berklee Press; ISBN: 0876390599. Available from the State Commission’s collection† (ISL 381.4578 KUSEK).
A vision of the way music will be delivered and listened to in the future.
Futuring: The Exploration of the Future, by Edward Cornish. (2004). World Future Society; ISBN: 0930242572. Available from the State Commission’s collection (ISL 303.49 CORNISH)
From back flap: “Open your eyes to the world of the future and how you can prepare for it. Edward Cornish is president of the World Futurist Society and editor of its magazine.” The Futurist.
Futurist, March/April 2005 issue. If the link prompts you for a password login to LiLI-D and do a publication search for Futurist in Academic Search Premier.
The Global Future: A Brief Introduction to World Politics, by Charles W. Kegley and Gregory A. Raymond*. (2005). Thomson/Wadsworth; ISBN: 053453693X. Available from the State Commission’s collection† (ISL 303.482 KEGLEY).
An overview of trends in foreign policy, global security, and global welfare. Accompanying CD-ROM titled: International relations interactive.
Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't, by Jim Collins. (2001). HarperBusiness; ISBN: 0066620996. Available from the State Commission’s collection† (ISL 658 COLLINS).
From front flap: The findings of the Good to Great study will surprise many readers and shed light on virtually every area of management strategy and practice.
Roush, Wade, "The Infinite Library," Technology Review, May 2005, pp.54-59 Looks at the Google digitization project and how it could affect libraries
Information Anxiety 2 by Richard Wurman. (2001). Que; ISBN: 0789724103.
From Publisher’s Weekly: “Wurman identifies a special ailment of this age of communications so-called 'information anxiety,' caused, in his view, by an overwhelming flood of data, much of it from computers and much of it unintelligible”
Sterling, Bruce*, "Order Out of Chaos," Wired, vol. 13 (4), April 2005, p.83 What is folksonomy, and can it help librarians organize information?
Scrolling Forward: Making Sense of Documents in the Digital Age, by David M. Levy. (2001). Arcade Publishing; ISBN: 1559706481. Available from the State Commission’s collection† (ISL 302.2 LEVY).
From back cover: Scrolling Forward takes a common, everyday object, the document, and illuminates what it reveals about us. In this period of digital transition, our written forms as well as reading and writing habits are being disturbed and transformed. Potentially unsettling questions arise: What is the future of the book? What will happen to libraries, education, literature, journalism? What does all this mean for me, my world? Levy masterfully navigates these concerns, offering reassurance while sharing his own excitement for the future.
Beck, John. “Staying in the Game” OCLC Newsletter, #267, January/February/March 2005. Suggestions for creating a library environment attractive to both the Boomer and Gamer generations
Tomorrow Now: Envisioning the Next Fifty Years, by Bruce Sterling*. (2002 1st ed.). Random House; ISBN: 0679463224 (acid-free paper) or 0812969766 (pbk.) Available from the State Commission’s collection† (ISL 303.49 STERLI).
From front flap: “Sterling describes the world our children might be living in the over next fifty years and what to expect next in culture, geopolitics, and business”
The Transparent Society: Will Technology Force Us to Choose Between Privacy and Freedom? by David Brin, (1999). Perseus Books Group; ISBN: 0738201448. Available from the State Commission’s collection† (ISL 323.44 BRIN)
From the back cover: “The biggest threat to our freedom, Brin warns, is that surveillance technology will be used by too few people, not too many.”
Cetron, Marvin and Owen Davies, "Trends Now Shaping the Future," The Futurist, May/June 2005, pp.37-50
The Visionary's Handbook: Nine Paradoxes That Will Shape the Future of Your Business by Watts Wacker, Jim Taylot, Howard B. Means. (2001). HarperBusiness; ISBN: 0066619882 (pbk.)
From back cover: “Captures the interlocking web of paradoxes that abound in everyday business life, and provides an essential map to help make the future work for every individual and every company in the challenging and uncertain times ahead.”
Fiction
Building Harlequin’s Moon, by Larry Niven and Brenda Cooper*. New York: Tor Books, 2005.
Brenda is a long-time associate of Futurist.com.
“A saga of space colonization spanning generations and thousands of years, it is a terrific read. Fast moving and full of rich characters the story finds a ship full of earth-born people attempting to escape an over-technological earth, now stranded and forced to use the very same high technology to create a new world. And in the process, they must create a new civilization of humans and confront their own prejudices and fears. Breathtaking.”
The Child Goddess, by Louise Marley. New York: ACE. 2005
“Initially a conventional first-contact story, Marley's sensitive, lyrical SF novel, set on 23rd-century Earth and the oceanic world Virimund, swiftly evolves into a meditation intertwining spiritual values, godhood itself and romantic love.”
Sloan, Robin and Thompson, Matt. “EPIC 2014” 8 minute video produced by the History of Media is a futuristic presentation about how information might be delivered in the year 2014.
Holy fire: A Novel, by Bruce Sterling*. (1996). New York : Bantam Books, ISBN: 0553099582.
In the 21st Century, suffering and illness have been banished as everything from food to education is free, but boredom still plagues mankind. So after undergoing an operation to rejuvenate herself by 75 years, Mia Ziemman travels to Prague to join bohemians seeking meaning in life.
Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson. (2004). Berkley Publishing Group; ISBN: 0425192938.
The Singers of Nevya trilogy, by Louise Marley*. (including Sing the Light. (1995). Ace Books)
Includes Sing the Light, Sing the Warmth, Receive the Gift.
Notes
* Speaker at Idaho Library Futures Conference.
† All materials available at the Idaho Commission for Libraries can be borrowed by contacting lending@libraries.idaho.gov.
All publications available via interlibrary loan by contacting Shirley at shirley.hansen@libraries.idaho.gov.
If you have other reading suggestions, please send them to Sue (sue.walker@libraries.idaho.gov) to add to the list.
Past Futures Conferences
- 1998 Futures Conference
- Biennial report for 1964-1966 describing the Library in 2000
Cover - Page 1 - Page 2 - Page 3
2020 Vision Presenters' Web Sites
- Brenda Cooper
- Glen Hiemstra, facilitator
- Joseph Janes
- David Kusek - BerkleeShares and Future Of Music
- Louise Marley
- Gregory A. Raymond
- Bruce Sterling
