Librarian as Futurist: Changing the Way Libraries Think About the Future

dc.contributor.author	Mathews, Brian	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-24T01:05:27Z	en
dc.date.available	2014-07-24T01:05:27Z	en
dc.date.issued	2014-07	en
dc.description.abstract	Are librarians preoccupied with the future? There are countless books, articles, blog posts, webinars, and conference presentations filled with speculation about what libraries will become. This is understandable with the emergence of new roles for libraries and librarians as we determine our identity across the digital landscape. This essay offers guidance for thinking about the future. By adopting the cognitive tools and mindsets used by practitioners of strategic foresight, library leaders can position their organizations for greater impact and value. Knowing how to discover, design, assess, and address possible future scenarios is becoming increasingly critical, and this skill should become part of our professional fluency.	en
dc.identifier.citation	portal: Libraries and the Academy Volume 14, Number 3, July 2014	en
dc.identifier.issn	1531-2542	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10919/49667	en
dc.language.iso	en_US	en
dc.publisher	The Johns Hopkins University Press	en
dc.rights	In Copyright	en
dc.rights.uri	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/	en
dc.subject	academic libraries	en
dc.subject	futurism	en
dc.subject	futurists	en
dc.subject	change literacy	en
dc.subject	strategic foresight	en
dc.title	Librarian as Futurist: Changing the Way Libraries Think About the Future	en
dc.type	Article	en

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