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Libraries, Museums and Archives :: Acumen
Both Nick Moore and Elaine Kempson began their careers in libraries and Acumen has maintained the connection. Some of the work referred to in other sections of this workforce was undertaken in the context of libraries - Nick Moore's work on performance measurement, for example. This section focuses on some of the recent consultancy assignments that we have undertaken. Cross domain work
Earlier this week I attended a workshop for the Academic Libraries of the Future project, held at Cardiff University. The aim of the project is to examine potential future scenarios within society and how this could impact on academic libraries. My workshop was examining ‘ The Wild West’ scenario; an era of instability and regional divides, largely market driven but relatively open. We began the day by trying to visualise this scenario and what it could be like if this was the case in 2050. We thought about how this might affect currency, language, global resources, communication, and education.
Joeyanne Libraryanne » Academic libraries of the future: where could we be in 2050?
Il est dix heures bien tassé lorsque je franchis les portes de Paris Expo, pour entrer au Salon I-Expo , l’antre de la Veille et de l’Intelligence Economique. Ils sont venus, ils sont tous là, ceux qui offrent des solutions informatiques de Veille. Premier constat, à quelques exceptions près, les exposants présents sont sensiblement les mêmes que ceux de Documation. . Pas de cabinet de l’Intelligence Economique (sau FLA Consultants), d’organisations de défense professionnelle (sauf ADBS), d’institutions publiques (sauf l’INPI), d’établissements de formation…La Veille et l’Intelligence Economique passent par Internet ou ne passent pas. Pour commencer, un saut sur le stand d’ Iscope , sur lequel les exposants sont déjà fort affairés à satisfaire la curiosité des visiteurs. C’est que, pour eux comme pour les autres, le Salon est une opportunité pour présenter leurs produits, mais aussi dénicher de nouveaux clients, sans compter la surveillance des concurrents…
Un chargé de Veille à I-Expo « Chronique d'un chargé de veille
… or that’s what I like to think as I embark upon another year teaching my ten week Research Methods module to our students taking the MA Information Studies degree. I always love the first sessions – the beginning of an opportunity to get on my soapbox and be a research methods nerd for the next couple of months or so! This morning we began with some discussion about What is research? and Why do we do it?
Training the practitioner-researchers of the future « Information Matters – Library and Information Studies at the University of Brighton
After listening to Part 1: Using WBCSD’s Vision2050 of a Sustainable World to Drive Corporate Innovation , attendees at the Front End of Innovation 2010 conference were invited to generate ideas for Vision 2050. • The biggest challenges are the names: the toothbrush example, protecting the market brand and existing business structure. It is hard to create partnerships.
Developing Vision 2050, Front End of Innovation forms Innovative Think Tank #FEIEUROPE
Dominik Tappert began by posing this question, “Why do we need innovation and early trend detection?” The answer is to be prepared for that special moment. Kaefer Aerospace is a worldwide leading integrator of insulation and interior solutions within the aerospace business. Our mission is to support our customer’s success by supplying comprehensive and innovation insulation systems and interior solutions. They are active in 3 countries and 7 locations. One of the most significant trends in business is digitalization.
The Trend Radar – Managing Trends and Innovations
Gartner, Inc. has identified four information-management roles that IT departments need to establish and recruit from outside the IT team in a major trend that will affect both IT and business. “Over the next two years, business demand for IT-driven growth and innovation will outstrip the supply of qualified people to fulfill job roles and as result traditional IT tasks are moving outside the IT department,” said Debra Logan, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. “The future of IT lies outside the IT department. Increasingly CIOs are coming from “the business” and “users” are taking control of their own information delivery infrastructure.”
BeyeNETWORK: Gartner Identifies Four Information Management Roles IT Departments Need to Remain Effective for 2010
What an opportunity « Information Matters – Library and Information Studies at the University of Brighton
Interesting piece in the latest Computer Weekly which reports on research from Gartner about the “4 roles that will define IT departments of the future”. They are: Those last 3 look a lot like the work currently done by many library and information professionals. If Gartner is right, perhaps the future for the LIS profession is brighter than many are predicting.
Welcome to the frustration decade (and the decade of change)
Here are my picks for the two most important trends of the decade we're just starting: Change : The infrastructure of massive connection is now real. People around the world have cell phones.
How College Students Find Information in the Digital Age
Check out “ Lessons Learned: How College Students Find Information in the Digital Age ” (PDF – 3MB), released on Tuesday 12/01/09 by Project Information Literacy. Karen Schneider says “If you can make time for reading just one professional report over the holidays, please make it [this one].” With that kind of endorsement from a trusted source like her, I’m sold.
Le Marketing 2.0 vu par … Anne Thevenet-Abitbol* | Cluster21 : la communauté du digital, des médias à la e-démocratie...
L'intelligence collective des 2 Vaches Les 2 Vaches des fermiers du bio, c'est avant tout une histoire d'hommes et de conviction. Ce n'est pas un lancement marketing, c'est un projet d'entreprise, c'est la vision d'une société, c'est la volonté de quelques uns de participer au développement de l'agriculture biologique. On ne se lance pas dans le bio pour faire du profit, on s'y lance parce qu'on croit en ses bienfaits - pour la santé de la terre et pour celle de ceux qui vivent dessus - et qu'on veut que le plus grand nombre de personnes en bénéficient. Le bio, c'est un combat, le bio c'est un engagement, et si nous y sommes allés avec Les 2 Vaches, c'est bien parce qu'on pensait qu'on avait un rôle à jouer sur ce marché.At ACRL, One Librarian Looks to the Very, Very, Distant Future - 3/19/2009 - Library Journal
In a session at last weekend's Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) conference billed as “not for the faint of heart,” University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) librarian and chief information officer Michael Ridley challenged librarians to imagine the library of the future—the very, very distant future. In a talk that had Star Trek fans among the audience brimming with enthusiasm, Ridley spoke of a “post-literate” future in which man and machine meld seamlessly together. Ridley got right to the point. “What we do is toast,” he told the audience.1 New research conducted by Ipsos MORI shows how academic library and IT services are budgeting for today’s economic conditions, but are in need of help to scenario plan for the long term impact of the recession. ‘The impact of the economic recession on university library and IT services’ report, commissioned by JISC, SCONUL and UCISA , contains the findings of 40 interviews carried out in 36 universities across the UK. The research shows that library and IT services are adept at managing their budgets year on year, but acknowledges that there is a need to develop creative solutions to be able to offer the current 24 hour access to resources students, academics and researchers currently expect.
Library and IT services need to plan for the future : JISC
Literacy is a learned skill involving an ability to transform characters on paper into mental concepts and images. Listening to an audio book requires a slightly different skill, but requires the ability to transform audio sounds into mental concepts and images. The trend in the information world is to make the interface between information and our brains as seamless and as invisible as possible. However, if all we do is download tons of information into our brains, we haven’t accomplished much. Information needs to be relevant, useful, and somehow meaningful. In short, we need to experience it.
Creating the Ultimate Information Experience | DaVinci Institute
Future Libraries: Nerve Center of the Community Ever since the people of ancient Nineveh began storing and classifying their books nearly 3,000 years ago, libraries have been hallowed and largely unchanging bastions of learning. But in the information age, libraries have been caste with a new identity, and the future is evolving into a very different place. Ten years ago, as the Internet began to take off, many in the tech elite were predicting the death of the public library. What the critics failed to predict, however, was libraries’ stirring ability to reinvent themselves.