Category: link round-up

Every Friday, UNBOUND posts links from the past week that relate to the future of libraries and current trends in LIS. April 9 – 15, 2017 is National Library Week and this year’s theme is “Libraries Transform.” Check out ALA’s website for more information. Enjoy!

Blog of the Week: Library of the Future

This blog is run by the ALA’s Center for the Future of Libraries. The Center has identified several trends and areas to watch for in the news relating to how libraries will continue to evolve presently and into the future. The weekly “Read for Later” post compiles many different articles, reports, and developments in the greater LIS and tech world. Follow this link to read the blog.

Tech Related:

1. The Father of the Web is Worried About How Ugly It’s Become via NPR’s All Tech Considered
2. Knight Prototype Fund Open Call: How Might We Improve the Flow of Accurate Information? via Knight Foundation
3. Europeana content can be discovered with the Art Up Your Tab Chrome Extension via Europeana

Reports:

1. Women’s Media Center “The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2017”
2. New Media Consortium Horizon Report: 2017 Library Edition 

Public Library related:

1. Designing The Public Library of the Future via New York Public Radio’s The Takeaway
2. Boulder Public Library tries to ‘look into the future‘ via DailyCamera

Every Friday, UNBOUND will post links from the past week that relate to the future of libraries and current trends in LIS. Enjoy!

Technology related:

1. Helping Libraries Keep Pace with the Demands of the Digital Age via the Knight Foundation
2. Why Some American Libraries are Obsessed with Making Viral GIFs via MarketWatch

Online and Digital Initiatives:

1. NASA Unveils New Searchable Video, Audio and Imagery Library for the Public via PR Newswire
2. China’s Global Energy Finance Database Now Available from Boston University via LibaryJournal infoDocket
3. JSTOR Receives $50,000 NEH Grant to Support Research on High-Quality Digitization, Digital Preservation of Arabic-Language Scholarly Journals via JSTOR

Every Friday, UNBOUND will post links from the past week that relate to the future of libraries and current trends in LIS. Enjoy!

Technology related:

1. Dream Job Interrupted: Is the Job of the Future Creating an Unsatisfied Generation? via Medium.com
2. 3 Ways Technology Both Widens and Bridges the Generational Divide at Work via Entrepreneur.com

Future of the Library related:

1. Public discussion has begun on the future of Main Library in South Bend: Expert leads discussion on planning for the future of public libraries via South Bend Tribune
2. “The Library Has Never Been More Important” Arizona State U plans to invest more than $100 million via Inside Higher Ed

Online & Digitization Initiatives:

1. NARA & Mellon Foundation Partner to Create Digital Edition Publishing Cooperatives via LibraryJournal infoDocket
2. Gates Foundation announces open-access published venture via nature.com
3. Sounded to Bits: Digital Preservation of U-M Library’s Audio Collections via University of Michigan blog

Every Friday, UNBOUND will post links from the past week that relate to the future of libraries and current trends in LIS. Enjoy!

GeoVisual Search from Descartes Labs Makes the Earth Searchable

via TechCrunch

Librarians, ‘hactivists’ gather to secure federal data

via The Houston Chronicle

Google: Libraries Get Youth Excited About CS

via ALA Direct Dispatch

Human Library Event at San Diego Library 

via CBS.com

Article on ‘Rock Star’ Librarians Inflames Teachers, Children’s Lit Community

via Education Week’s blog: Curriculum Matters

Every Friday, UNBOUND will post links from the past week that relate to the future of libraries and current trends in LIS. Enjoy!

Lou Reed Archives Head to New York Public Library

via The New York Times

City of Boston Announces Beta Release of New Open Data Platform, “Analyze Boston”

via Library Journal infoDocket

Leading to the Future: Leadership Institute participants envision what libraries might become

via American Libraries Magazine

Whose Global Village? New Book Release

via UCLA

The Opposite of Artificial Intelligence Could be the Key to Saving Tech Jobs

via Forbes