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Newspapers no more, and online you realise it's about knowledge

Newspapers no more, and online you realise it's about knowledge | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From www.smh.com.au - February 10, 2013 3:57 PM
When I told people what I'd done, they were aghast.
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There are some challenges navigating the different newspaper formats & there is nothing to wrap broken glass in, but the author of this article feels that they've made a good move.
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Future Trends in Libraries

What will libraries of the future look like? This channel aims to compile articles addressing this question.
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These Librarians Really Hate Little Free Libraries

These Librarians Really Hate Little Free Libraries | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From www.citylab.com - May 3, 2017 10:55 PM
Does that birdhouse filled with paperbacks on your block represent an adorable neighborhood amenity or the “corporatization of literary philanthropy”?
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Criticism of Little Free Libraries from librarians. They suggest that proper full sized libraries staffed by actual librarians are better.
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Announcing the NMC Horizon Report > 2017 Library Edition

From www.nmc.org - April 5, 2017 10:31 PM
New report reveals the top trends, challenges, and technology developments disrupting academic and research libraries worldwide.
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How Wikipedia Is Cultivating an Army of Fact Checkers to Battle Fake News

How Wikipedia Is Cultivating an Army of Fact Checkers to Battle Fake News | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From psmag.com - March 5, 2017 9:10 PM
The online encyclopedia has been fact checking the Internet for more than 15 years. Now it wants to bring its skeptical eye to the masses.
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Wikipedia was combating fake news and alt-facts before they were a thing.
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Singapore May Have Designed the World's Best Bus Stop

Singapore May Have Designed the World's Best Bus Stop | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From www.citylab.com - March 1, 2017 6:36 PM
An architecture firm and the government collaborated on a bus stop with books, a rooftop garden, and a swing.
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Cutting edge public services.
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Is 3D Printing Dying?

Is 3D Printing Dying? | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From faillab.wordpress.com - December 5, 2016 10:10 PM
Inc.'s John Brandon recently wrote about The Slow, Sad, and Ultimately Predictable Decline of 3D Printing. Uh, not so fast. 3D Printing is just getting started. For libraries whose adopted mission is to introduce people to emerging technologies, this is a fantastic opportunity to do so. But it has to be done right. Another dead…
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Interesting reflections on 3D printing.
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Autonomous search agents could support researchers

From idm.net.au - November 7, 2016 11:08 PM
Researchers could soon enlist help from digital assistants to review vast swathes of literature, according to a new report on artificial intelligence. In tests run by academics at the Universities of Strathclyde and Glasgow, simulated search agents went head-to-head with humans in a computer search challenge – and won.
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No need to go wading through piles of search engine results. Let a digital assistant do most of the donkey work.
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In the age of the algorithm, the human gatekeeper is back

In the age of the algorithm, the human gatekeeper is back | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From www.theguardian.com - October 11, 2016 7:24 PM
The rise of algorithms has been relentless, but we need human input in our world of technological innovations
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There is plenty of room for informed librarians to add value to intelligently selected content! :-)
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A Snapshot of a 21st-Century Librarian

A Snapshot of a 21st-Century Librarian | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From www.theatlantic.com - August 10, 2016 8:53 PM
As the way people access information changes, librarians like Theresa Quill are exploring ways to make their jobs newly relevant.
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Omnity debuts a new kind of search engine for heavy-duty researchers

Omnity debuts a new kind of search engine for heavy-duty researchers | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From venturebeat.com - May 25, 2016 7:13 PM
Omnity isn’t taking on Google directly, and that’s probably a good thing. But the company is debuting a new kind of search engine today that it is targeted at researchers, such as academics, scientists, financial experts, inventors, medical professionals, lawyers, and journalists.
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This search engine finds links (expected and unexpected) between topics and documents that could be quite useful to researchers.
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What is missing from the kids’ internet?

What is missing from the kids’ internet? | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From www.theguardian.com - August 11, 2015 1:01 AM
Media that kids and adults enjoy together is the smart way to prepare children for online danger
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Where do libraries fit in this picture? How can we help parents deliver this education?

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How Libraries Can Survive In The Digital Age

How Libraries Can Survive In The Digital Age | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From thinkprogress.org - June 15, 2015 12:04 AM
The rampant evolution of technology is causing libraries to have an identity crisis. To stay relevant, they're rethinking their role in society.
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The library a public innovation space helsinki 18.3.15

From www.slideshare.net - March 24, 2015 11:21 PM

8 statements about the library as a public innovation space for people

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 Avant l'activité humaine était conditionnait par l'architecture  et l'aménagement de l'espace. Aujourd'hui, ce sont les activités qui inspirent l'aménagement.
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The new libraries of Singapore

The new libraries of Singapore | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From www.designinglibraries.org.uk - March 24, 2015 11:09 PM
A photo essay on the new libraries of Singapore provides an opportunity to see how libraries are retaining their relevance in the digital information age.

Via Alexandra Brooks Robinson
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Cheap Smartphones Leave the Poor More Vulnerable to Hacking and Harassment

Cheap Smartphones Leave the Poor More Vulnerable to Hacking and Harassment | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From www.slate.com - April 30, 2017 10:47 PM
This piece was originally posted on Global Voices Advocacy. When it comes to smartphones, not all users are created equal. Low- and middle-income peop
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The fight against fake news is putting librarians on the front line – and they say they’re ready

The fight against fake news is putting librarians on the front line – and they say they’re ready | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From www.csmonitor.com - April 5, 2017 10:28 PM
As fake news and complex immigration orders have inundated the public sphere, libraries are opening their doors and fact-checking skills to people of all backgrounds seeking information.
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Librarians doing their jobs can be powerful bullshit detectors.
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In Finland, Kids Learn Computer Science Without Computers

In Finland, Kids Learn Computer Science Without Computers | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From www.theatlantic.com - March 5, 2017 9:06 PM
Students can learn the basics with a set of knitting needles.
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Teaching kids to code without computers.
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A futuristic library in France is like the city’s living room (pictures)

A futuristic library in France is like the city’s living room (pictures) | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From ebookfriendly.com - February 21, 2017 9:47 PM

The public library in Thionville is an example of how libraries evolve to meet the changing needs of communities.
The newly opened libraries are no longer the places with rows of beautiful bookshelves. They offer their patrons tons of other media, a space for discussion, and an opportunity to learn new skills.
Take a look at the futuristic public library in Thionville, a city of 40 thousand inhabitants in the Moselle department, in northeastern France.
The building was opened in 2016. It’s called Puzzle – Mediathèque de Thionville and is located at 68 Boulevard Foch.

This space is exploding with creativity and is full of fresh design ideas.

Let’s start with the floor. The grass is almost everywhere, inviting you to rest and spend some time reading, watching, or studying. There are lots of hidden rooms and alleys. Each one may serve as a quiet reading space. And there are reading bubbles and nooks everywhere!

The library was designed by Dominique Coulon and Associates, an architecture agency from Strasbourg. The creators’ ambition was to create the project that would become a new model for media libraries.

The idea is built around the concept of “a third place” – a place where patrons become actors in their own condition.

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How I Detect Fake News

How I Detect Fake News | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From medium.com - November 30, 2016 4:38 PM
How I traced the falsity of one internet meme, and what that teaches us about how an algorithm might do it I have a brother who is a big Donald Trump fan, and he frequently sends me articles from…
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Wikipedia is fixing one of the Internet’s biggest flaws

Wikipedia is fixing one of the Internet’s biggest flaws | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From www.washingtonpost.com - October 25, 2016 5:07 PM
The Internet has so many cesspools, it's surprising to see what happens behind the scenes at Wikipedia.
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Editing Wikipedia apparently leads people to have more civilised conversations, and more balanced views.
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The New York Public Library is Moving 1.5 Million Books to an Underground Lair

The New York Public Library is Moving 1.5 Million Books to an Underground Lair | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From www.atlasobscura.com - August 28, 2016 8:37 PM
The books will live highly organized lives underneath Bryant Park.
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This article provides a picture of  how NYPL is trying to balance the needs of researchers with the need to make intelligent use of space in the library.
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Virtual Realty is Getting Real in the Library

Virtual Realty is Getting Real in the Library | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From faillab.wordpress.com - June 27, 2016 5:41 PM
My library just received three Samsung S7 devices with Gear VR goggles. We put them to work right away. The first thought I had was: Wow, this will change everything. My second thought was: Wow, I can't wait for Apple to make a VR device! The Samsung Gear VR experience is grainy and fraught with…
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Virtual reality is having its "Hello World!" moment...
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The Rise of Pirate Libraries

The Rise of Pirate Libraries | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From www.slate.com - May 24, 2016 7:45 PM
Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. All around the world, shad
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These libraries are sort of like Pirate Bay, but a bit stealthier, and with an academic focus.
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Always innovative Toronto Public Library lets us check out humans as well as books

Always innovative Toronto Public Library lets us check out humans as well as books | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From www.yongestreetmedia.ca - June 15, 2015 7:06 PM
Even as it's entered the digital age, the Toronto Public Library has kept real live people at the heart of its enterprises, keeping the world's biggest library system busy and an crucial part of everyday Toronto life.
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Library of the future: 7 technologies we would love to see

Library of the future: 7 technologies we would love to see | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From ebookfriendly.com - May 5, 2015 11:19 PM
Library future depends on technologies. We've collected a couple of great concepts that could be used in the near future.
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Some ideas for future library technologies. Some you will have heard of, others are new.

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new innovative technologies
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Rethink the library: Next gen becomes resource for tech, entrepreneurs

Rethink the library: Next gen becomes resource for tech, entrepreneurs | Future Trends in Libraries | Scoop.it
From www.denverpost.com - March 24, 2015 11:14 PM

At some Colorado libraries, there are no overdue fines, no Dewey Decimal System and absolutely no shushing!

A revolution is underway. And leading the charge is Anythink, the rebooted seven-branch Adams County system, which has a smattering of digital studios, 3-D printers, photography labs and a cafe. Anythink has gone from one of the state's worst-funded library systems to a national leader within a decade.

On Monday, Anythink's innovation team was in Austin, Texas, at South by Southwest Interactive to inspire the tech community into collaborating with libraries. Joining a group of spirited librarians known as lib*interactive, the Anythink team hit the streets equipped with temporary tattoos, colorful chalk and a snappy slogan: "Not the same old shhh."

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