IFLA Releases Trend Report 2024 Survey Results
From the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions:
Following the 2024 Trend Report Literature Review, IFLA ran a survey in August to gather perspectives on the impacts of the Trends identified, as well as the connections between them. The results are now available, and will support the definition of scenarios in the full Trend Report.
The central mission of IFLA’s Trend Report is to support libraries, library and information workers, and their associations in approaching the future in an informed, structured and confident way.
It is therefore fitting that the launch of the 2024 edition – the first major new edition since the original in 2013, will take place at the in Brisbane, Australia, on 30 September – 3 October.
To support this work, the Trend Report 2024 will centre around a series of scenarios. These build on the trends already identified in the Trend Report Literature Review, exploring the positive or negative consequences these could have, and in particular how they might interact.
In order to guide these scenarios, IFLA ran a survey between 9 and 29 August, welcoming inputs and perspectives from across the field. The results
Direct to Trend Report 2024: Survey Results
21 pages; PDF.
Direct to Complete Release
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About Gary Price
Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.
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