Library Trends

Report Checks out Library Trends

Dian Schaffhauser | August 18, 2015

Research and academic libraries are moving quickly in many directions in response to expectations of patrons who are growing accustomed to the consumer technology experience and digitization of content. Among the trends that are redefining institutional libraries: a push for mobile content delivery, more focus on managing research data and rethinking the use of library spaces. These and other trends were highlighted in a new, freely available report published by the NMC, a community of experts in educational technology.

Source: http://www.nmc.org/news/its-here-the-nmc-horizon-report-2015-museum-edition/

<more at http://campustechnology.com/articles/2015/08/18/report-checks-out-library-trends.aspx; related links: http://www.nmc.org/nmc-horizon-news/nmc-releases-the-nmc-horizon-report-2015-library-edition/ (The NMC, the University of Applied Sciences (HTW) Chur, the German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB), Hannover, and ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, are jointly releasing the NMC Horizon Report > 2015 Library Edition during a special online event. This is the second edition of the NMC Horizon Report that explores the realm of academic and research libraries in a global context.) and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikcPU5Q6tPs (NMC Horizon Report :: 2015 Higher Education Edition. Published on February 10, 2015); further, see also: http://www.nmc.org/news/its-here-the-nmc-horizon-report-2015-museum-edition/ (Museum Report edition of the NMC Horizon Report for 2015)>