NMC Horizon Report: 2014 Library Edition
http://cdn.nmc.org/media/2014-nmc-horizon-report-library-EN.pdf
56 page PDF
Via Gary Price:
“The first ever NMC Horizon Report > 2014 Library Edition was released today at the IFLA 80th General Conference and Assembly (WLIC) in Lyon, France by the New Media Consortium (NMC).
The report focuses on what’s ahead for academic and research libraries. Of course, this doesn’t mean that librarians who work in other types of libraries shouldn’t take a look at it.
The report is a collaboration between NMC and:
University of Applied Sciences (HTW), Chur
German National Library of Science and Technology (TIB) Hannover
ETH-Bibliothek Zurich
Summary (via NMC)
The report describes findings from the NMC Horizon Project, an ongoing research project designed to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have an impact on teaching, learning, and creative inquiry.
Six key trends, six significant challenges, and six emerging technologies are identified across three adoption horizons over the next one to five years, giving library leaders and staff a valuable guide for strategic technology planning.
Fast Trends (1-2 Years)
Increasing Focus on Research Data Management for Publication
Prioritization of Mobile Content and Delivery
Mid-Range Trends (3-5 Years)
Evolving Nature of the Scholarly Record
Increasing Accessibility of Research Content
Long-Range Trends (5 Years and Beyond)
Continual Progress in Technology, Standards Infrastructure
Rise of New Forms of Multidisciplinary Research
Key Challenges For Academic and Research Libraries Moving Forward
A number of challenges are acknowledged for presenting barriers to the mainstream use of technology in academic and research libraries.
Solvable Challenges (Both Understand and Know How to Solve)
Embedding Academic and Research Libraries in the Curriculum
Rethinking the Roles and Skills of Librarians
Difficult Challenges (Well Understood But With Solutions that are Elusive)
Capturing and Archiving the Digital Outputs of Research as Collection Material
Competition from Alternative Avenues of Discovery
Wicked Challenges (Complex to Define, Much Less Address)
Embracing the Need for Radical Change
Maintaining Ongoing Integration, Interoperability, and Collaborative Projects
Important Developments For Academic and Research Libraries Entering Mainstream Use in One Year or Less
Electronic Publishing
Mobile Apps
Emerging in Next 2-3 Years (2nd Horizon)
Bibliometrics
Citation Technologies
Open Content
Emerging in Next 4-5 Years (3rd Horizon)
The Internet of Things
Semantic Web and Linked Data”
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Stephen