Top Trends in Colorado Libraries2011

Sharon MorrisCAL Conference

October 15, 2011

Trend

1. The general direction in which something tends to move.

2. A general tendency or inclination.

3. Current style; vogue: the latest trend in fashion.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition ©2000 Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009.

Fad

A fashion that is taken up with great enthusiasm for a brief period of time; a craze.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition ©2000 Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009.

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School Libraries

Mobile

Eee…

EE-books

E-content

E-publishing

E-search

E- training

Role of the library?• Literacy• Community Center• Community Leader• Broadband Anchor Institution• Workforce & Economic Development

Support• Third Place – Meeting Space• Learning Place (inc instruction)• Creative Space• One Stop Shop• “Center for Public Happiness” John

Cotton Dana

Family Literacy

Community

Public Computer Centers

Public Computer Centers

Future Glance - Language

Transliteracy

Library as verb

Value

Innovation

Glance Forward – Driving Forces

Policy Influences

User & Community Needs & Interests

New Technology

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