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13 user groups that libraries could target The library is about the people. When thinking about the identity crisis librarians have been facing, it becomes clearer and clearer that the library is defined by the local community. Thus, before thinking about “what to offer”, many libraries are putting more emphasis on the “who”. By dividing the local community into smaller segments that have similar needs and demands from your library, it will be easier to understand how you can fulfill them. 1.Small Businesses/ Entrepreneurs 2.Families with small children 3.Teens 4.Students 5.Elderly 6.Refugees 7.Job Seekers 8.People with disabilities 9.Newcomers 10.Teachers 11.Lonely people 12.Tourists 13.Homeless people The examples above are just a few of the segments your library can choose to target. It is important as a library to find out what your user segments are. Libraries that succeed to target all their local community would clearly create a lot of value for those people

Current technology trends in libraries.....  libraries are using technology to improve services for customers today. Innovative libraries are using digital tools to: – Make services easier to use and access – Inspire and inform – Help customers learn new skills Digital maker labs  Coding clubs Digital storytelling  Virtual reality Mobile apps Open Libraries  RFID technologies  Cloud printing, copying, and scanning Robots Kinetic bikes in the library Single sign on to resources   Streaming services https://princh.com/current-technology-trends-in-libraries/?utm_source=Princh+Blog+Subscribers+List&utm_campaign=8029fda38a-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_Blog&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bd3634c511-8029fda38a-54203261#.W6t6nNdKjIU

10 innovative technologies to implement at the library of the future.... Given that the main mission of libraries is to offer equality of access to information for every citizen, then why not be a trendsetter in digital use and implement more emerging technologies? As Mogens Vestergaard, Manager of Library and Citizen Service at Roskilde Libraries in Denmark emphasizes in our interview here, “it is the library’s obligation to be at the edge of different uses of culture and uses of technolog This article presents a range of relevant and useful innovative technologies to implement at the library. We focus on the technology’s applicability and the benefits it could bring to the library. https://princh.com/8-technologies-to-implement-at-the-library-of-the-future/?utm_source=Princh+Blog+Subscribers+List&utm_campaign=8029fda38a-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_Blog&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bd3634c511-8029fda38a-54203261#.W6t3TNdKjIU

The Atlas of New Librarianship by R.David Lankes... Libraries have existed for millennia, but today the library field is searching for solid footing in an increasingly fragmented (and increasingly digital) information environment. What is librarianship when it is unmoored from cataloguing, books, buildings, and committees? In The Atlas of New Librarianship, R. David Lankes offers a guide to this new landscape for practitioners. He describes a new librarianship based not on books and artefacts but on knowledge and learning; and he suggests a new mission for librarians: to improve society through facilitating knowledge creation in their communities. The vision for a new librarianship must go beyond finding library-related uses for information technology and the Internet; it must provide a durable foundation for the field. Lankes recasts librarianship and library practice using the fundamental concept that knowledge is created through conversation. New librarians approach their w

Books and libraries – a reason to celebrate.... Some people are fortunate enough to live in a country where having books at home is commonplace, where literary awards or awareness days are part of the annual calendar and there’s a thriving book industry. So sometimes it is easy to forget quite how integral books are to our lives. Book Aid International has gathered these stories from readers in Malawi and they are a powerful reminder of the difference and joy that books and libraries can bring. https://princh.com/books-and-libraries-reason-to-celebrate/

5 ways you can use partnerships to transform your library into a community hub... There is no doubt that people value libraries as a great source of information and relaxation during work or leisure time. Nonetheless, by taking a brief look at the public library statistics offered by UNESCO, it seems the direction for public libraries is one of funding cuts, decreasing amount of book loans or reducing the number of branches. The modern library goes beyond the traditional book-based library service. There is much more a library can offer to its visitors and it can become a central hub for knowledge exchange where people can easily spend hours and hours. Here are 5 ways you can transform your library into a community hub. https://princh.com/use-partnerships-to-transform-your-library-into-a-community-hub/

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Creating the Catalog, Before and After FRBR by Karen Coyle........ There is a great deal of talk today about the future of the library catalog. There is also ongoing work on developing a "next generation" library bibliographic data format, possibly based on the model presented by the IFLA study group on the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records.  There is a tendency, however, to treat the current state of data and catalogs as a starting point. The historical context is, however, much richer. The history that we need to confront is long and complex. In terms of technology, you can date library catalogs back to the times of clay tablets and to tags affixed to the ends of scrolls in Greek and Roman times. Technological progress led to the use of book catalogs, paper slips, and eventually cards. In modern times the catalog technology moved from physical cards to a virtual catalog on computer and managed by a database system. In progress today is a transition fr